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The kids are alright

Explore first loves, LGBTQ+ identities, and life’s challenges with uplifting audiobooks for kids and teens.
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  • Audiobook

    The Luis Ortega Survival Club

    by Sonora Reyes ...
    Narrated by Elisa Meléndez ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    From the bestselling author of the National Book Award Finalist The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a revenge story told with nuance, heart, and the possibility of healing. An ideal next read for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson.Ariana Ruiz wants to be noticed. But as an autistic girl who never talks, she goes largely ignored by her peers—despite her bold fashion choices. So when cute, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Girls of Fate and Fury

    by Natasha Ngan ...
    Narrated by Allison Hiroto ...
    Audiobook 3 - Girls of Paper and Fire

    Unabridged

    13 hours 32 min

    New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan delivers a stunningly beautiful, heartbreaking finale to the epic Girls of Paper and Fire series."Don't struggle, Lei-zhi. It's time to take you back to the Hidden Palace. You're going home."The final pages of Girls of Storm and Shadow brought a jaw-dropping conclusion that had the fates of Lei and Wren hanging in uncertainty. But one thing was ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Queen of Air and Darkness

    by Cassandra Clare ...
    Narrated by James Marsters ...
    Audiobook 3 - The Dark Artifices

    Unabridged

    30 hours 25 min

    Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare’s Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy. Queen of Air and Darkness is a Shadowhunters novel.What if damnation is the price of true love?Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Carry On

    by Rainbow Rowell ...
    Narrated by Euan Morton ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 38 min

    #1 New York Times bestselling author!Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    I'll Give You the Sun

    by Jandy Nelson ...
    Narrated by Julia Whelan, Jesse Bernstein ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 57 min

    A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow RowellJude and her brother, Noah, are incredibly close twins. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude surfs and cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Ace of Spades

    by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ...
    Narrated by Jeanette Illidge, Tapiwa Mugweni ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 49 min

    **This program includes an author's note read by the author.Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.**All you need to know is . . . I’m here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do. —AcesWhen two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Jonny Appleseed

    A Novel

    by Joshua Whitehead ...
    Narrated by Joshua Whitehead ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 41 min

    WINNER, Lambda Literary Award; Georges Bugnet Award for FictionFinalist, Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction; Amazon Canada First Novel Award; Indigenous Voices Award; Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award; Firecracker Award for FictionLonglisted for the Scotiabank Giller PrizeA Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearA tour-de-force debut novel about a Two-Spirit Indigiqu... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $5.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Blood Like Magic

    by Liselle Sambury ...
    Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt ...
    series Blood Like Magic

    Unabridged

    16 hours 14 min

    “High stakes, big heart, and lots of Black Girl Magic…unputdownable.” —Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery BoysA rich, dark urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first love to save her family’s magic. The problem is, she’s never been in love—she’ll have to find the perfect guy before she can kill him.After years of ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars

    A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir

    by Kai Cheng Thom ...
    Narrated by Adri Almeida ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 13 min

    At once a love letter and challenge to the traditional transgender memoir, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars is a playful, surrealist dance through queer coming of age.A haunted young girl (who happens to be a kung-fu expert and pathological liar) runs away from an oppressive city, where the sky is always grey, in search of love and sisterhood—and finds herself in a magical place known only as the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $5.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Imogen, Obviously

    by Becky Albertalli ...
    Narrated by Caitlin Kinnunen ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 33 min

    A New York Times and Indie bestseller!With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexuality, identity, and friendship in this timely new novel.Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down.She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    When You Get the Chance

    by Tom Ryan, Robin Stevenson ...
    Narrated by Emily Lawrence, Vikas Adam ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 55 min

    Follow cousins on a road trip to Pride as they dive into family secrets and friendships.As kids, Mark and his cousin Talia spent many happy summers together at the family cottage in Ontario, Canada, but a fight between their parents put an end to the annual event. Living on opposite coasts—Mark in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Talia in Victoria, British Columbia—they haven’t seen each other in years. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Some Faraway Place

    A Bright Sessions Novel

    by Lauren Shippen ...
    Narrated by Alanna Fox, Charlie Ian ...
    Audiobook 3 - The Bright Sessions

    Unabridged

    10 hours 48 min

    Some Faraway Place**, the third Bright Sessions novel from creator Lauren Shippen, features Rose, who has her humdrum life flipped upside down when she starts to travel into dreams.**Rose Atkinson’s mother can see the future. Her father can move things he doesn't touch. Her brother Aaron can read minds. And Rose, well, she makes a mean spaghetti bolognese.Everyone else in her family is Atypical, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    I'm the Girl

    by Courtney Summers ...
    Narrated by Lori Prince ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 51 min

    The program includes a bonus bridge story, Greetings from Sunny Los Angeles, featuring Dan Bittner as West McCray."Narrator Lori Prince pulls listeners into the complicated world of teenagers with her portrayal of 16-year-old Georgia Avis, who longs to escape poverty and sees her beauty and sexuality as her ticket out." - AudioFile magazine**The next searing and groundbreaking queer young adult ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Boy Meets Boy

    by David Levithan ...
    Narrated by Nicholas Robideau ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 1 min

    What if you went to a school where it was actually all right to be who you really are? That’s the enchanting place David Levithan has created in his highly acclaimed first novel. But even if the gay kids and the straight kids all get along just fine, even if it’s all right for the quarterback to be a cross dresser named Infinite Darlene and the cheerleaders to ride Harleys into the pep rally, the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Queerleaders

    by M.B. Guel ...
    Narrated by Chloe Cannon ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 8 min

    Mack snuck a look over her shoulder at the cheerleaders just as Veronica took her place at the top of the pyramid. Time seemed to slow as Veronica swung her long, blond ponytail over her shoulder, pompoms high in the air . . . Mackenzie is used to being different from other kids-and to being bullied for not fitting into the rigid social expectations of her Catholic high school. Luckily, Mack's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    This Is Why They Hate Us

    by Aaron H. Aceves ...
    Narrated by Alejandro Ruiz ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 3 min

    Enrique “Quique” Luna has one goal this summer—get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi by pursuing his other romantic prospects. Nevermind that he’s only out to his best friend, Fabiola. Nevermind that he has absolutely zero game. And definitely forget the fact that good and kind and, not to mention, beautiful Saleem is leaving LA for the summer to meet a girl his parents are trying to set him up with ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The One True Me and You

    A Novel

    by Remi K. England ...
    Narrated by Laura Knight Keating, Vico Ortiz ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 18 min

    One small fandom convention.One teen beauty pageant.One meet-cute waiting to happen.Up-and-coming fanfic author Kaylee Beaumont is internally screaming at the chance to finally meet her fandom friends in real life and spend a weekend at GreatCon. She also has a side quest for the weekend:Try out they/them pronouns to see how it feels.Wear more masculine-presenting cosplay.Kiss a girl for the first ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Queen of Junk Island

    by Alexandra Mae Jones ...
    Narrated by Katherine King So ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 48 min

    From debut author Alexandra Mae Jones comes a compelling, nuanced exploration of bi identity and body image with a ghostly backdrop—perfect for fans of Nina Lacour.Still reeling from a recent trauma, sixteen-year-old Dell is relieved when her mom suggests a stay at the family cabin. But the much-needed escape quickly turns into a disaster. The lake and woods are awash in trash left by a previous ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    A Cruel and Fated Light

    by Ashley Shuttleworth ...
    Narrated by Vikas Adam, Neo Cihi, Michael Crouch, Natalie Naudus, Mizuo Peck, Imani Jade Powers ...
    series Hollow Star Saga

    Unabridged

    23 hours 7 min

    Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones.After thwarting the man behind the gruesome ironborn murders—and breaking several fae laws to ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Out of the Blue

    by Jason June ...
    Narrated by Neo Cihi, André Santana ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 15 min

    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From Jason June, author of the breakout teen debut novel Jay’s Gay Agenda, comes Out of the Blue, a stand-alone dual POV queer rom-com that asks if love is enough to change everything you’ve grown up believing. Perfect for fans of Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas and Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly.Crest is not excited to be on their Journey: the month-lo... ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Ramona Blue

    by Julie Murphy ...
    Narrated by Therese Plummer ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 55 min

    The fourth novel from Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’—now a Netflix feature film starring Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston, with a soundtrack by Dolly Parton!For fans of Rainbow Rowell and Morgan Matson, Julie Murphy has created another fearless heroine, Ramona Blue, in a gorgeously evocative novel about family, friendship, and how sometimes love can be ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Darkness Outside Us

    by Eliot Schrefer ...
    Narrated by James Fouhey ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 49 min

    They Both Die at the End meets The Loneliest Girl in the Universe in this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award winner!Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission.Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with no ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Pumpkin

    by Julie Murphy ...
    Narrated by Chad Burris ...
    series Dumplin’

    Unabridged

    7 hours 20 min

    **Return to the beloved world of Julie Murphy’s #1 New York Times bestselling Dumplin’—now a popular Netflix feature film starring Jennifer Aniston—in this fabulously joyful, final companion novel about drag, prom, and embracing your inner Queen. This audio edition is performed by Chad Burris (Broadway’s Mean Girls, Frozen, and The Book of Mormon).Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Spellhacker

    by M. K. England ...
    Narrated by Marisol Ramirez ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 43 min

    From the author of The Disasters, this genre-bending YA fantasy heist story is perfect for fans of Marie Lu and Amie Kaufman.In Kyrkarta, magic—known as maz—was once a freely available natural resource. Then an earthquake released a magical plague, killing thousands and opening the door for a greedy corporation to make maz a commodity that’s tightly controlled—and, of course, outrageously ... Read more

    $27.99 USD