Title: The Lovely Bones
Author: Alice Sebold
ISBN: 1600240682 (Audio Book)
Narrator: Alice Sebold
Plot Summary: Susie Salmon is a teenager living in a suburb of Philadelphia. When she is brutally raped and murdered by a neighbor, her family must cope with their grief, loss, and determination to find Susie's killer and bring him to justice. Susie is not her killer's first victim, but he has evaded capture for many years, and this time is no exception, although he is eventually met with a form of justice. While all this is taking place, Susie watches her family's goings-on from heaven, eventually witnessing their slow rebirth as a functional family unit, and the continuation of life in the form of her sister's child.
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Author: James Joyce
ISBN: 1556904215 (Audio Book)
Narrator: Donal Donnelly
Plot Summary: Stephen Daedalus is a young man growing up in Dublin, Ireland at the turn of the century. He is raised in a loving family, goes to good schools, and receives a fine academic and religious education, considering at one point becoming a member of the clergy. As he grows older, though, he grows increasingly disillusioned with what he has been taught to believe, and yearns to grow beyond the geographical and intellectual borders that have been set up for him.
Author: James Joyce
ISBN: 1556904215 (Audio Book)
Narrator: Donal Donnelly
Plot Summary: Stephen Daedalus is a young man growing up in Dublin, Ireland at the turn of the century. He is raised in a loving family, goes to good schools, and receives a fine academic and religious education, considering at one point becoming a member of the clergy. As he grows older, though, he grows increasingly disillusioned with what he has been taught to believe, and yearns to grow beyond the geographical and intellectual borders that have been set up for him.
Eragon
Title: Eragon
Author: Christopher Paolini
ISBN: 0439244196 (Audio Book)
Narrator: Gerard Doyle
Other Books in Series: Eldest, Brisingr
Plot Summary: Eragon, an orphaned young man, lives with his uncle and cousin in a small town in the country of Alagaesia, ruled over by a tyrannical king. When Eragon finds a mysterious stone in the Spine, a forested mountain range near his village, he is stunned when it hatches into a dragon, whom he raises and names Sephira. When word gets back to the king's soldiers, they burn Eragon's uncle's house searching for the dragon, killing his uncle, Garrow, in the process. Dragons and their riders possess a psychic bond; through this bond, Sephira is able to instruct Eragon in the skills and responsibilities befitting his new status. As he and Sephira travel to find a group of rebels dedicated to defeating the king, they meet new traveling companions, rescue a beautiful and powerful female elf, battle and battle with the race of dwarves against evil sorcerers known as Shades and an orc-like race called Urgals, who serve the king. During his adventures, Eragon finds out about the history of dragons and their riders, as well as one who bore his name.
Author: Christopher Paolini
ISBN: 0439244196 (Audio Book)
Narrator: Gerard Doyle
Other Books in Series: Eldest, Brisingr
Plot Summary: Eragon, an orphaned young man, lives with his uncle and cousin in a small town in the country of Alagaesia, ruled over by a tyrannical king. When Eragon finds a mysterious stone in the Spine, a forested mountain range near his village, he is stunned when it hatches into a dragon, whom he raises and names Sephira. When word gets back to the king's soldiers, they burn Eragon's uncle's house searching for the dragon, killing his uncle, Garrow, in the process. Dragons and their riders possess a psychic bond; through this bond, Sephira is able to instruct Eragon in the skills and responsibilities befitting his new status. As he and Sephira travel to find a group of rebels dedicated to defeating the king, they meet new traveling companions, rescue a beautiful and powerful female elf, battle and battle with the race of dwarves against evil sorcerers known as Shades and an orc-like race called Urgals, who serve the king. During his adventures, Eragon finds out about the history of dragons and their riders, as well as one who bore his name.
The Chocolate War
Title: The Chocolate War
Author: Robert Cormier
ISBN: B002AR3GAC (Audio Book)
Narrator: George Guidall
Plot Summary: Jerry Renault, a student at a prestigious Catholic boys' high school, has recently lost his mother. While at school, he is menaced by a secret society known as The Vigils, a group that enforces its own way at the school with the tacit approval of the administration. When the school's annual fund-raising chocolate sale comes around, Jerry decides not to participate, earning the wrath of both the Vigils and his teachers. Jerry's refusal to conform to the school's expectations escalates into an orchestrated display of brutal violence. Jerry ultimately emerges alive from this confrontation, but not without suffering both physical and emotional scars.
Author: Robert Cormier
ISBN: B002AR3GAC (Audio Book)
Narrator: George Guidall
Plot Summary: Jerry Renault, a student at a prestigious Catholic boys' high school, has recently lost his mother. While at school, he is menaced by a secret society known as The Vigils, a group that enforces its own way at the school with the tacit approval of the administration. When the school's annual fund-raising chocolate sale comes around, Jerry decides not to participate, earning the wrath of both the Vigils and his teachers. Jerry's refusal to conform to the school's expectations escalates into an orchestrated display of brutal violence. Jerry ultimately emerges alive from this confrontation, but not without suffering both physical and emotional scars.
Be More Chill
Title: Be More Chill
Author: Ned Vizzini
ISBN: 0060747811 (Audio Book)
Reader: Jesse Eisenberg
Plot Summary: Jeremy Heere is just an average teenage boy, pining after a girl who doesn't know he exists - until he hears about a tiny internal supercomputer that can help you learn how to be cool, and win over any girl you want. This computer, known as a "squip," does everything it promises on the label at first, but Jeremy soon finds out that being the "cool" guy the squip wants him to become isn't everything he initially thought it would be.
Author: Ned Vizzini
ISBN: 0060747811 (Audio Book)
Reader: Jesse Eisenberg
Plot Summary: Jeremy Heere is just an average teenage boy, pining after a girl who doesn't know he exists - until he hears about a tiny internal supercomputer that can help you learn how to be cool, and win over any girl you want. This computer, known as a "squip," does everything it promises on the label at first, but Jeremy soon finds out that being the "cool" guy the squip wants him to become isn't everything he initially thought it would be.
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