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Narrated by:
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Georgette Perna
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By:
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Jennifer L. Holm
About this listen
Believe in the possible...with this "warm, witty, and wise" New York Times best-selling novel from three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer L. Holm. A perfect listen about a child's relationship with her grandfather!
Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world...but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. And weirdly enough...he looks a lot like Ellie’s grandfather, a scientist who’s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this pimply boy really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth?
With a lighthearted touch and plenty of humor, Jennifer Holm celebrates the wonder of science and explores fascinating questions about life and death, family and friendship, immortality...and possibility.
And don’t miss the much-anticipated sequel, The Third Mushroom!
©2014 Jennifer Holm (P)2014 Listening LibraryListeners also enjoyed...
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Perfect marriage of voice and text
- By Anne Macdonell on 03-01-15
By: Sharon M. Draper
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Fuzzy Mud
- By: Louis Sachar
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Fifth-grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh-grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad Hilligas challenges Marshall to a fight. To avoid the conflict, Marshall takes a shortcut home through the off-limits woods. Tamaya, unaware of the reason for the detour, reluctantly follows. They soon get lost. And then they find trouble - bigger trouble than anyone could ever have imagined.
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Great book! I really like audibke
- By LUZZY on 11-19-18
By: Louis Sachar
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The Lion of Mars
- By: Jennifer L. Holm
- Narrated by: Maxwell Glick
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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Bell has spent his whole life—all eleven years of it—on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid—he loves cats and any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't they have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell—a regular kid in a very different world—to uncover the truth and save his family...and possibly unite an entire planet.
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That the rats got on the ship
- By Heather T. on 09-18-24
By: Jennifer L. Holm
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Space Case
- By: Stuart Gibbs
- Narrated by: Gibson Frazier
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Like his fellow lunarnauts - otherwise known as Moonies - living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon. And he's bored out of his mind. Kids aren't allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they're trapped inside the tiny moon base with next to nothing to occupy their time - and the only other kid Dash's age spends all his time hooked into virtual reality games.
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BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD
- By Vicky Justin on 03-20-17
By: Stuart Gibbs
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The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
- By: Stacy McAnulty
- Narrated by: Ana Isabel
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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Lucy Callahan was struck by lightning. She doesn't remember it, but it changed her life forever. The zap gave her genius-level math skills, and ever since, Lucy has been homeschooled. Now, at 12 years old, she's technically ready for college. She just has to pass 1 more test--middle school!
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great empowering atory
- By a reader from Miami, FL on 05-24-19
By: Stacy McAnulty
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Turtle in Paradise
- By: Jennifer L. Holm
- Narrated by: Becca Battoe
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
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Life isn't like the movies, and 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. So when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle says goodbye without a tear and heads off to Key West, Florida, to stay with relatives she's never met.
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Older story
- By Donna Thomas-McNeely on 03-21-13
By: Jennifer L. Holm
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Save Me a Seat (Scholastic Gold)
- By: Sarah Weeks, Gita Varadarajan
- Narrated by: Josh Hurley, Vikas Adam
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
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Two boys - one white, one Indian American - gain strength from each other from afar as they struggle to navigate middle school, family, and friendships.
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It was inspiring!
- By Sunshine on 08-26-17
By: Sarah Weeks, and others
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When Stars Are Scattered
- By: Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed
- Narrated by: full cast, Dominic Hoffman, Christine Avila, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future...but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day.
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Informative . Very interesting !
- By vanessa nance on 04-01-22
By: Victoria Jamieson, and others
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Hello, Universe
- By: Erin Entrada Kelly
- Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo, Amielynn Abellera
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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In one day four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and she loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so that he can concentrate on basketball.
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Who would have thought?
- By Judy A. on 02-18-19
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The Last Mapmaker
- By: Christina Soontornvat
- Narrated by: Sura Siu
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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As assistant to Mangkon’s most celebrated mapmaker, twelve-year-old Sai plays the part of a well-bred young lady with a glittering future. In reality, her father is a conman—and in a kingdom where the status of one’s ancestors dictates their social position, the truth could ruin her. Sai seizes the chance to join an expedition to chart the southern seas, but she isn’t the only one aboard with secrets. When Sai learns that the ship might be heading for the fabled Sunderlands—a land of dragons, dangers, and riches beyond imagining—she must weigh the cost of her dreams.
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Marvelously well-written, beautifully narrated
- By Holly on 08-27-22
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When You Reach Me
- By: Rebecca Stead
- Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
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By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid, like the crazy guy on the corner.
But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a new kid for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The apartment key that Miranda's mom keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then Miranda finds a mysterious note.
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Excellent intrigue story
- By Brianna on 12-26-09
By: Rebecca Stead
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Shouting at the Rain
- By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Narrated by: Lisa Cordileone
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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Delsie loves tracking the weather - lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's always lived with her kindhearted Grammy, but now, she's looking at their life with new eyes and wishing she could have a "regular family". Delsie observes other changes in the air, too - the most painful being a friend who's outgrown her. Luckily, she has neighbors with strong shoulders to support her, and Ronan, a new friend who is caring and courageous but also troubled by the losses he's endured.
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Wondering life lessons
- By Amazon Customer on 08-28-19
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- Sandy Palmer
- 05-13-15
Awesome
T̥ͦH̥ͦI̥ͦS̥ͦ B̥ͦO̥ͦO̥ͦK̥ͦ I̥ͦS̥ͦ T̥ͦH̥ͦE̥ͦ B̥ͦE̥ͦS̥ͦT̥ͦ B̥ͦO̥ͦO̥ͦK̥ͦ E̥ͦV̥ͦE̥ͦR̥ͦ
ᗩT ᖴIᖇᔕT I ᕼᗩTEᗪ ᔕᑕIEᑎᑕE ᗩᑎᗪ ᑎOᗯ I ᗩᗰ Iᑎ ᒪOᐯE ᗯITᕼ IT💗
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- David S. Bonner
- 04-26-15
Good family story!
Great for a long car ride and the narrator was excellent - very enjoyable and a good family story. Listen to it
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- carolyn
- 07-22-23
Excellent story with lots of twists
A well told tale that combines non-fiction information with fiction. Very entertaining! A good introduction for middle school science
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- Re Re
- 05-30-16
Great read aloud for 4th grade.
The story is entertaining. I like the focus on science and the clever introduction of various scientists and their accomplishments.
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- Theo Almufti
- 06-03-18
Beautiful story, I recommend greatly.
This book is great and makes you think differently and look st the world better.
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- Wendi
- 07-23-16
probably a better read than a listen
The story was very creative. The moral reminded me of Tuck Everlasting. The narrator's voice too babyish for main character, to Valley-girl for the babysitter (thankfully, she was not in the story much). The other voices were great, though. I loved the way the writer incorporated science history and the dilemmas faced with different discoveries.
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- momof3
- 08-07-16
Good Middle School pick
Listened to this over the course of two road trips with my 13, 11 and 5 year old. They enjoyed it and it made us laugh - and think.
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- Carol H
- 01-12-20
A really good book!!
The narrative was awesome, I truly enjoyed the style of this book. I'd like to re- read it again.
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- Marge H
- 04-27-20
What a wonderful story
This book my 11 year old daughter and I listened to it together. It brought out in-depth conversations about the ethical aspects of science. It is funny and interesting.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-01-23
Great story but the narrator, not so much
I really liked the story I thought it was really interesting and it makes me want to read the sequel but the narrators voice was kind of annoying and she gave me headaches
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