Denver Public Library: Teens: Entertainment/media - Teen Tech Week 2012: Great Audiobooks for Teens

Great Audiobooks for Teens

	Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman, narrated by Katherine Kellgren In 1573, the crippled, scorned, and destitute Meggy Swann goes to London, where she meets her father, an impoverished alchemist, and eventually discovers that although her legs are bent and weak, she has many other strengths.
	Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, narrated by Emily Janice Card and Emma Bering An angry, grieving seventeen-year-old musician facing expulsion from her prestigious Brooklyn private school travels to Paris to complete a school assignment and uncovers a diary written during the French revolution by a young actress attempting to help a tortured, imprisoned little boy – Louis Charles, the lost king of France.
	Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan, narrated by MacLeod Andrews and Nick Podehl When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both
	The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon, narrated by Dion Graham In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
	Rapture of the Deep by L. A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren In 1806, star-crossed lovers Jacky Faber and Jaimy Fletcher are kidnapped by British Naval Intelligence and forced to embark on yet another daring mission – this time to search for sunken Spanish gold off the Florida coast.
	Precious by Sapphire, narrated by Bahni Turpin A self-portrait of a black teenage girl – big, fat, unloved. For Precious, as she is called, hope appears when a courageous teacher, a young black woman, bullies, cajoles and inspires her to learn to read. By the author of American Dreams.
	One Crazy Summer by Rita Garcia Williams, narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson 14-year-old Gayle is in trouble again. This time mama is determined to change things, sending her to relatives down South to experience a life drastically different from the urban environment she's always known
	Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson, narrated by Dion Graham Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart.

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