Showing results by publisher "Audible Originals" in Teen & Young Adult

Thirteen-year-old Emily Poe has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: A chance to attend the exclusive Audyn School in Manhattan. But to win the scholarship, she has to pass a test like nothing she’s ever experienced before: A nearly bare room, a set of strange clues, a locked door. And a mysterious organization - the Leopold Foundation - that’s watching her every move.

Aaron Fortin is new in town. He drives a brand-new Acura—a gift from his parents for uprooting him in the middle of senior year. Showing up on his first day at the local public school in that nice of a car? He knows he’ll never blend in, and he doesn’t care to try. The car, the new-kid mystique, he can use all that.... Crystal Giordano carpools to the same school in her friend Trevor’s beat-up van. In the van along with Crystal and Trevor are Paul, Harmony, and Gayle. Crystal’s technically part of their misfit group, but most of the time, she feels like she’s the only one who doesn’t fit.

The baseball season has begun, and Zachary Wilson, in his final year of school, is at the pinnacle of his life. Baseball is his passion and his ticket to a promising future. However, a muscle tear during a game leaves him out of the game for months, plunging him into an overwhelming darkness. In the midst of his desperation, he finds a ray of light in an unexpected situation: the mysterious patient Sunny Smith in the hospital. Intrigued, he begins to visit her regularly, sharing with her his deepest and darkest thoughts.

When up-and-coming young rapper Koh is discovered on a live Twitch stream and sent out to Los Angeles to follow his dreams, he is quickly thrown to the wolves by producers, agents, and money-hungry industry hangers-on. Soon he meets the sexy and talented songwriter Jessi Fyre, and he tells her about his desire to work with a relatively unknown producer whose identity remains a secret but goes by the moniker "Pierre."

A nurse sits by herself in the hospital cafeteria. A businessman misses his train. These two young strangers are destined to meet, if the job is done right. Three onlookers play cupid in this romantic story, told from afar.

A temporada de beisebol começou e Zachary Wilson, no último ano de escola, está no auge da vida. O beisebol é sua paixão e sua passagem para um futuro promissor. No entanto, uma ruptura muscular durante uma partida o deixa afastado dos gramados por meses, mergulhando-o em uma escuridão avassaladora. Em meio ao seu desespero, ele encontra um raio de luz em uma situação inesperada: a misteriosa paciente Sunny Smith no hospital. Intrigado, ele começa a visitá-la regularmente, compartilhando com ela seus pensamentos mais profundos e sombrios.

The first day at a new school is tough for any kid, but it's especially scary when you're going to a school for spies. Cammie Morgan has spent her whole life dreaming of becoming a Gallagher Girl, but she has no idea what she’ll face when she arrives at The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women. Secret passages? Check. Lab experiments that might make you lose your eyebrows (and other body parts)? Check. Classmates who are the smartest, strongest, most intimidating girls in the world? Double check.

Micah Cole has been in deep space for three years while his parents chase their obsession with finding intelligence to the far corners of the universe, but Micah dreams of the friends he left behind and counts the days until they return home. When a devastating meteor shower nearly destroys their ship, Micah is separated from his family and stranded on Sovereign, a vast planet of raging rivers, towering forests, and deadly creatures. If Micah ever wants to see his family or his home again, he’ll have to learn to how to survive on a hostile alien world, all alone.

Grammy winning family hip-hop artist Secret Agent 23 Skidoo’s rhyme-writing workshop will get aspiring rhymers ready for the limelight. Skidoo breaks down song writing and performing basics into easy-to-follow examples alongside short chapters featuring cultures that have songs at their core, including West African griots, Australian indigenous songline culture, and Viking rhyme battling.

Part dark romance, part fairy tale, DISORDER marks the arrival of bestselling Italian author Rokia, available for the first time in English, in a vibrant translation by Beth Hickling-Moore. The production is voiced by an all-star cast: Diane Guerrero (Orange is the New Black), William Gao (Heartstopper), Freya Allan (The Witcher) and Connor Swindells (Sex Education.)

For as long as she can remember, Sara Brooks has dreamed of going to Harvard. Every single choice she's made in life has led her to her picture-perfect early application. So when she gets an email saying she’s been deferred to the regular admission pool, she is devastated. It's when Sara visits her guidance counselor that she learns the truth: While she always assumed she was first in her class, she's actually third. And what's worse, she's been knocked off the top spot by Charles Chase, an entitled, preppy doucher who's got all the advantages in the world.

High school star athlete Colin Kaepernick is at a crossroads in life. Heavily scouted by colleges and MLB, he has a bright future ahead of him as a highly touted baseball pitcher. Except Colin feels differently. Change the Game is an audio adaptation of celebrated athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick’s YA graphic memoir, where he looks back on a pivotal decision he faced as a baseball pitcher during his senior year of high school. Narrated by Colin Kaepernick, this audiobook features a stellar cast including Jaden Michael (Colin in Black and White).

Tras llegar a un colapso emocional por no sentirse seguro de sí mismo y creer que todos estaban en su contra, Max finalmente llega a una conclusión; tiene que cambiar su realidad y permitir que sus heridas sanen. Han pasado cinco años desde la muerte de su madre y sabe que es hora de dejarla ir y recordarla con amor, en su búsqueda emocional muchas preguntas salen a flote e intentará responder cada una de ellas, a pesar de estar rodeado de personas que lo aman, para él no es suficiente porque siente que no está dando lo mejor.

Schizophren oder paranormal begabt? Harper Green, die Heldin der neuen Fantasy-Reihe von Carola Lowitz und Susanna Mewe ist anders. Und gefangen in einem System, das Menschen skrupellos manipuliert und als Waffen benutzt. Die 20-jährige Harper nimmt Dinge wahr, die anderen verborgen bleiben. Durch Zufall findet sie heraus, dass ihre vermeintliche Krankheit eine Gabe ist – und hinter dem Tod ihres Vaters mehr steckt, als gedacht. Der Wahrheit auf der Spur, taucht Harper nach und nach ein in ein Geflecht von Lüge und Manipulation, bei dem die Drahtzieher ganz oben sitzen.

Teenie-Detektive auf gefährlichen Spuren: Mit dem ungleichen Duo Basti und Sabse schickt Hörspiel- und Comicautorin Frauke Schmickl zwei übersinnlich begabte Kids auf geheime Missionen, um neben Schule, Fußball und Serienmarathon mal eben schnell die Welt zu retten. Besuch? Ist nicht immer willkommen. Vor allem, wenn er aus einem Paralleluniversum anklopft und gleich ganz Schafsbüttel übernehmen will. Wie gut, dass es "Weltenwächter" gibt, die unschöne Überraschungen abwehren – ohne, dass wir Normalos etwas davon mitbekommen.

When their Republic was ravaged by plague and fell into chaos, a monastic order of girls called the Daughters of Zahra took up arms and became known as Warmaidens. Fifty years later, the plague has passed, and the Republic survived, but the Warmaidens live on, training for battle since childhood and providing protection to their communities.

In Love Right Now we hear stories from people living in the Middle East today who risk everything for love.

Cruda storia di quattro ragazzi crudeli, che si divertono a far soffrire gli altri. Ogni ragazzo del gruppo cerca nella sofferenza degli altri una propria vendetta sul mondo, ma il vero motivo per cui ognuno di loro si diverte a provocare sofferenze è che nessuno di loro ha veramente provato su se stesso la sofferenza.

Panic is a legendary game played by graduating seniors in the middle-of-nowhere town of Carp, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher: After a series of challenges ranging from sleeping in a haunted house to running across a highway blindfolded, one winner takes home a cash prize in the tens of thousands at the end of the summer. Participating players are sworn to secrecy, which means little is known of Panic’s history. Until now.

Verwandte Seelen - Eine Liebe zwischen Unsterblichkeit und Tod von Erfolgsautorin Nica Stevens ist der erste Teil der großen Fantasy-Trilogie. Der Beginn der mitreißenden Geschichte von Sam und Jake, deren Völker seit jeher in Feindschaft leben. Mit der Kraft ihrer Liebe ziehen sie in den Kampf gegen das Schicksal und die Mächte des irdischen Daseins. Die 19-jährige Sam lebt in einer dunklen Welt der Tyrannei und Unterdrückung, die von den Unsterblichen beherrscht wird. Selbstbestimmung und Freiheit werden martialisch bekämpft, die Diktatur der Angst ist allgegenwärtig.