This timely and powerful novel tells the story of three different children seeking refuge. What everyone wants to know is: what really happened that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.īut what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. Eva Nine is searching for anyone else like her, for she knows that other humans exist, because of an item she treasures: a scrap of cardboard on which is depicted a young girl, an adult, and a robot, with the strange word, WondLa. When a marauder destroys the underground sanctuary that Eva Nine was raised in by the robot Muthr, the 12-year-year-old girl is forced to flee aboveground. How their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck. Decades later Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each becomes interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives, binding them by an invisible thread of destiny.Īll the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. Lost and alone in the forbidden Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Watson. Mercy’s antics will keep your kids laughing and distract them on long drives. This laugh out loud series includes many books, but this audiobook features Mercy Watson to the Rescue and Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride. Mercy is not just a pig, she’s a porcine wonder according to her owners Mr. When looking for audio books for kids, it can be helpful to find books that are part of a series. The Mercy Watson Collection, Volume 1: By Kate DiCamillo Top Audiobooks for a Family Road Trip Best Family Friendly Audiobooks (Grade School) 1. Grimm’s Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm Family Audiobooks High Schoolers will Enjoy.13. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer.
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan Best Audiobooks for Family Road Trips (Middle School Students).How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 2. The Roald Dahl Audio Collection: as told by Roald Dahl.1. The Mercy Watson Collection, Volume 1: By Kate DiCamillo.
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