Audiobooks narrated by Hope Newhouse

In the stand-alone companion to the New York Times–bestselling A Wolf Called Wander, a young orca whale must lead her brother on a tumultuous journey to be reunited with their pod. This gorgeously illustrated animal adventure novel explores family bonds, survival, global warming, and a changing seascape. Includes information about orcas and their habitats. For Vega and her family, salmon is life. And Vega is learning to be a salmon finder, preparing for the day when she will be her family’s matriarch. But then she and her brother Deneb are separated from their pod when a devastating earthquake and tsunami render the seascape unrecognizable. Vega must use every skill she has to lead her brother back to their family. The young orcas face a shark attack, hunger, the deep ocean, and polluted waters on their journey. Will Vega become the leader she’s destined to be? A Whale of the Wild weaves a heart-stopping tale of survival with impeccable research on a delicate ecosystem and threats to marine life. New York Times-bestselling author Rosanne Parry’s fluid writing and Lindsay Moore’s stunning artwork bring the Salish Sea and its inhabitants to vivid life. An excellent read-aloud and read-alone, this companion to A Wolf Called Wander will captivate fans of The One and Only Ivan and Pax. Includes a map, and extensive backmatter about orcas and their habitats.

Rosanne Parry (Author), Hope Newhouse (Narrator)

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Are You Love Smart or Love Stupid?: Debunking the Myths That Stop You from Finding and Keeping Love

If you could uncomplicate your love life, would you do it? Well, look no further! Marriage and relationship expert, Dr. Rachel Sims, has written this comprehensive guide to understanding and identifying the limiting and damaging myths that prevent many of us from experiencing fulfilling relationships. In this book, Dr. Sims provides an invaluable source of information, applicable real-life examples, as well as clear and concise takeaways to put you on the right path to finding and keeping love. This book will make you laugh, cry, and come away with a clear plan to uncomplicate your love life!

Dr. Rachel Sims (Author), Hope Newhouse (Narrator)

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Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit

This enchanting novel in verse captures one young woman's struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit. Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit is a beautifully written novel in verse loosely based on author Colby Cedar Smith's maternal grandmother. The story follows Mary as she and her family emigrate from Greece to Detroit in the 1930s, creating a historically accurate portrayal of life as an immigrant during the Great Depression, hunger strikes, and violent riots. Mary lives in a tiny apartment with her immigrant parents, her brothers, and her twin sister, and she questions why her parents ever came to America. She yearns for true love, to own her own business, and to be an independent, modern American woman-much to the chagrin of her parents, who want her to be a "good Greek girl." Mary's story is peppered with flashbacks to her parents' childhoods in Greece and northern France; their stories connect with Mary as they address issues of arranged marriage, learning about independence, and yearning to grow beyond one's own culture. Though Call Me Athena is written from the perspective of three profoundly different narrators, it has a wide-reaching message: It takes courage to fight for tradition and heritage, as well as freedom, love, and equality. This multi-cast audiobook features: Gail Shalan as Mary Ramiz Monsef as Gio Hope Newhouse as Jeanne

Colby Cedar Smith (Author), Gail Shalan, Hope Newhouse, Ramiz Monsef (Narrator)

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Dear Friends

From Lisa Greenwald, the beloved author of the TBH and Friendship List series, comes a novel about one girl’s quest to discover the ins and outs of friendship—how and why of some friendships end—and to prove that despite some friendship fails, she’s totally best friend material! Eleni is the kind of person who’s always had a BFF—an automatic, guaranteed by-her-side person—at home, at school, and at camp. And since before she was even born, her very best friend has been Sylvie Bank. But when Sylvie’s end-of-summer birthday party becomes the end of their friendship, Eleni can’t picture starting middle school without her BFF by her side. She can’t picture anything without her BFF—especially the looming school overnight. Who will she even room with? So before the big overnight, Eleni sets out on a mission: to figure out where her friendships went wrong, what’s wrong with her, and what makes a good friend. But if she’s totally honest, there’s only one real goal: to win back Sylvie Bank!

Lisa Greenwald (Author), Hope Newhouse (Narrator)

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Every Bird a Prince

A girl's quest to save a forest kingdom is intertwined with her exploration of identity in Every Bird a Prince, a gorgeous middle-grade contemporary fantasy by Jenn Reese, the award-winning author of A Game of Fox & Squirrels, perfect for fans of Josephine Cameron and Barbara O'Connor. The only time Eren Evers feels like herself is when she’s on her bike, racing through the deep woods. While so much of her life at home and at school is flying out of control, the muddy trails and the sting of wind in her face are familiar comforts. Until she rescues a strange, magical bird, who reveals a shocking secret: their forest kingdom is under attack by an ancient foe—the vile Frostfangs—and the birds need Eren's help to survive. Seventh grade is hard enough without adding “bird champion” to her list of after-school activities. Lately, Eren’s friends seem obsessed with their crushes and the upcoming dance, while Eren can’t figure out what a crush should even feel like. Still, if she doesn’t play along, they may leave her behind…or just leave her all together. Then the birds enlist one of Eren's classmates, forcing her separate lives to collide. When her own mother starts behaving oddly, Eren realizes that the Frostfangs—with their insidious whispers—are now hunting outside the woods. In order to save her mom, defend an entire kingdom, and keep the friendships she holds dearest, Eren will need to do something utterly terrifying: be brave enough to embrace her innermost truths, no matter the cost.

Jenn Reese (Author), Hope Newhouse (Narrator)

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Farewell My Life: A dark historical about a hidden murderer and how far he will go to control his wi

Award-winning author of Thwarted Queen writes a dark historical, about a hidden murderer and how far he will go to control the women in his life. When Angelina, the black sheep of the Pagano family, meets the mysterious Mr. Russell, she has no idea that she has seen him before…in another country. And so begins Farewell My Life, a novel in three parts, which spins an operatic tale of dangerous love, obsession and loss; of crumbling, dissolving and nothingness. The Lost Mother slices back and forth between time and space, opening in Georgetown, Washington D.C. in the Fall of 1921, while reflecting a family’s troubled past in Marostica, in the 19th century Italian Veneto. An Unsuitable Suitor is a Cinderella-ish tale with not-so-charming princes who inhabit the edgy setting of 1920s Berlin. Farewell My Life, set in Berlin during the dark 1930s as the Nazis gain power, takes comfortable lives, assumptions and civilizations and crumbles them into ash. And all of this revolves around 17-year-old Grace, Angelina’s younger daughter, whose fabulous talent for the violin promises a shimmering career.

Cynthia Sally Haggard (Author), Hope Newhouse (Narrator)

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From Dust, a Flame

Rebecca Podos, Lambda Award-winning author of Like Water, returns with a contemporary Jewish fantasy of enduring love, unfathomable loss, and the power of stories to hold us together when it seems that nothing else can. Hannah’s whole life has been spent in motion. Her mother has kept her and her brother, Gabe, on the road for as long as she can remember, leaving a trail of rental homes and faded relationships behind them. No roots, no family but one another, and no explanations. All that changes on Hannah’s seventeenth birthday when she wakes up transformed, a pair of golden eyes with knife-slit pupils blinking back at her from the mirror—the first of many such impossible mutations. Promising that she knows someone who can help, her mother leaves Hannah and Gabe behind to find a cure. But as the days turn to weeks and their mother doesn’t return, they realize it’s up to them to find the truth. What they discover is a family they never knew and a history more tragic and fantastical than Hannah could have dreamed—one that stretches back to her grandmother’s childhood in Prague under the Nazi occupation, and beyond, into the realm of Jewish mysticism and legend. As the past comes crashing into the present, Hannah must hurry to unearth their family’s secrets in order to break the curse and save the people she loves most, as well as herself. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Rebecca Podos (Author), Hope Newhouse (Narrator)

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How to Excavate a Heart

Stonewall Honor author Jake Maia Arlow delivers a sapphic Jewish twist on the classic Christmas rom-com in a read perfect for fans of Kelly Quindlen and Casey McQuiston. It all starts when Shani runs into May. Like, literally. With her mom’s Subaru. Attempted vehicular manslaughter was not part of Shani’s plan. She was supposed to be focusing on her monthlong paleoichthyology internship. She was going to spend all her time thinking about dead fish and not at all about how she was unceremoniously dumped days before winter break. It could be going better. But when a dog-walking gig puts her back in May’s path, the fossils she’s meant to be diligently studying are pushed to the side—along with the breakup. Then they’re snowed in together on Christmas Eve. As things start to feel more serious, though, Shani’s hurt over her ex-girlfriend’s rejection comes rushing back. Is she ready to try a committed relationship again, or is she okay with this just being a passing winter fling?

Jake Maia Arlow (Author), Hope Newhouse (Narrator)

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In love de mon boss

Laissez-moi vous lister les raisons pour lesquelles c’est une très mauvaise idée de tomber dans les filets d’un amour défendu : 1. Elle travaille avec moi tous les jours. Ai-je mentionné qu’elle était magnifique, douce, gentille et intelligente ? 2. Elle travaille chez moi. Elle joue avec ma fille de cinq ans. Donne des cours à mon enfant. Cuisine pour ma princesse. Ce qui veut dire que… 3. C’est la nounou. Par définition, elle m’est totalement inaccessible… Mais ça ne m’empêche pas de la désirer. Tout entière. * * * Les autres nounous de la ville ne le surnomment pas Le Mâle pour rien. Mon patron, le merveilleux père célibataire de la petite fille dont je m’occupe tous les jours, est follement sexy – du genre star de cinéma, avec des biceps, des yeux et un corps somptueux. Pour ne rien arranger, il adore son enfant. Ça me fait fondre. En réalité, ce qui me fait vraiment chavirer, ce sont tous ces moments où son regard s’attarde sur moi. En cachette. Quand nous sommes seuls. Je ne peux pas risquer de perdre mon travail pour vivre une aventure avec lui… n’est-ce pas ? En même temps, je ne sais pas si je pourrai lui résister très longtemps…

Lauren Blakely (Author), Hope Newhouse, L. Williams, Luc De Villars (Narrator)

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It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Through the lens of horror—from Halloween to Hereditary—queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences. Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes—such as the circumspect and resilient “final girl,” body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet—spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world. It Came from the Closet features twenty-five original essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. From Carmen Maria Machado on Jennifer’s Body, Jude Ellison S. Doyle on In My Skin, Addie Tsai on Dead Ringers, and many more, these conversations convey the rich reciprocity between queerness and horror.

Joe Vallese (Author), Aida Reluzco, André Santana, Aven Shore, Daniel Henning, Graham Halstead, Hope Newhouse, Joel Froomkin, Krystal Hammond, Lindsey Dorcus, Mark Sanderlin, Mike Cooper, Ron Butler, Tori Barron, Vikas Adam (Narrator)

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Juliette, Rising

Juliette, a New Yorker transplanted to Portland, Oregon for a teaching job, journeys through single parenthood, orphanhood, widowhood, new love, neurotic parents, beloved students, and a life-altering bereavement group. Along the way, Juliette blends her acerbic wit with an admirable willingness to sit in her sadness and we gain entrance to what the other side of grief looks like. Set over the course of several months, and alternating between Juliette’s narration, a plot filled with surprises, and letters written to her deceased loved ones, Fabienne Marsh rips open Juliette’s heart so we readers might feel less alone. There might not be a cure for sorrow, but there is a salve, and it’s JULIETTE, RISING. Fabienne Marsh is the author of Single, White Caveman and the critically-acclaimed bestselling novels, The Moralist of the Alphabet Streets and Long Distances. Her non-fiction writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Economist, the International Herald Tribune and Poetry Review (London). She has taught writing at Johns Hopkins University, Loyola Maryland, the University of Minnesota, the Chadwick School in California, and spent several years with ABC working on their feature documentaries.

Fabienne Marsh (Author), Hope Newhouse (Narrator)

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L'Espoir de Dagger: L'Alliance, Tome 3

Bestseller de la liste USA Today ! Bestseller au New York Times ! Dagger est un guerrier trivator qui n'avait peur de rien jusqu'à ce qu'il rencontre une jeune et délicate humaine qui éveille son cur. Son toucher délicat, sa voix douce, et son sens de l'humour timide le touchent d'une façon qu'il n'aurait jamais crue possible. La perspective qu'il puisse arriver le moindre mal à quelqu'un d'aussi beau le remplit de terreur. Jordan Sampson s'adapte lentement à sa nouvelle vie sur une planète étrange loin d'une Terre déchirée par la guerre. Elle avait dix-sept ans quand elle a été amenée sur Rathon, la planète natale des Trivators, avec sa sur aînée, Jesse, et leur cadette, Taylor. Quelques années ont passé, mais essayer de s'intégrer dans une société extraterrestre s'est avéré... difficile. Il n'y a qu'un seul espoir qui lui permet d'avancer : Dagger. Il la touche profondément et la fait se sentir entière. Quand Dagger est capturé pendant une mission et vendu aux réseaux de combats illégaux, seul le souvenir de Jordan lui permet d'avancer. Le temps s'estompe tandis qu'il sombre de plus en plus dans un monde de violence et de douleur, au point de devenir plus un animal qu'un Trivator. Jordan sait que Dagger se trouve là-bas, quelque part, et elle ne peut pas s'arrêter avant de l'avoir trouvé. La lutte pour sauver Dagger entraîne Jordan dans un périple auquel elle espère qu'ils survivront tous les deux. Le système stellaire est un endroit dangereux pour une jeune humaine et un guerrier trivator meutri. Auteur de renommée internationale, S.E. Smith propose une nouvelle histoire d'action pleine de romance et d'aventure. Débordant de l'humour qui la caractérise, de paysages éclatants et de personnages attachants, il est certain que ce livre deviendra un nouveau favori des fans !

S.E. Smith (Author), Hope Newhouse (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Hope Newhouse