Historical Audiobooks in Teen & YA

Olivia Twist

"Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. When she’s taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish dinners and soirees as a debutante in high society. But she can't seem to escape her past…or forget the teeming slums where children just like her still scrape to survive. Jack MacCarron rose from his place in London's East End to become the adopted nephew of a society matron. Little does society know that MacCarron is a false name for a boy once known among London gangs as the Artful Dodger—or that he and his aunt are robbing them blind every chance they get. When Jack encounters Olivia Brownlow in places he least expects, his curiosity is piqued. Why is a society girl helping homeless orphan thieves? Even more intriguing, why does she remind him so much of someone he once knew?"

Lorie Langdon (Author), Pearl Hewitt (Narrator)

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The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century (Scholastic Focus)

"Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I. ***Three starred reviews!***Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I. Illustrated throughout with incredible photographs and published on the 100th anniversary of the Holzminden escape!At the height of World War I, as battles raged in the trenches and in the air, another struggle for survival was being waged in the most notorious POW camp in all of Germany: Holzminden. A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, it was home to the most troublesome Allied prisoners--and the most talented at escape. The Grand Escape tells the remarkable tale of a band of pilots who pulled off an ingenious plan and made it out of enemy territory in the biggest breakout of WWI, inspiring their countrymen in the darkest hours of the war."

Neal Bascomb (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)

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My Sister's Song

"The warrior Mithra must repel a Roman legion alone and armed only with one very tasty weapon. The Romans are marching! To protect her lands and her tribe, Mithra comes up with a sticky solution to an impossible problem. Presented in glorious full-cast audio with a original score by Danny Schade, ArtisticWhispers Productions and New York Times best selling author Gail Carriger present this historical fantasy short story about a woman warrior defending her homeland against the greatest power the ancient world had ever seen."

Gail Carriger (Author), Dawn Phynix, Full Cast (Narrator)

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Gift of Dane - Volume One: A Crabapple Gang Adventure

"Dane and his friends use to live on a quiet, suburban street until a storm rolled in, and they learned their neighbor was a mad scientist. The portal in his lab has chosen them. Now an insane, rogue commander and otherworldly creatures are after them and what is on the other side of the portal."

David C. Baxter (Author), Jeffrey James Fulton (Narrator)

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[German] - Roter Herbst in Chortitza - Teil 3: Nach einer wahren Geschichte

"1919. Ein Bürgerkrieg fegt mit aller Gewalt über das zerfallene Zarenreich. Gefangen zwischen den Fronten, finden die beiden Freunde Willi und Maxim ein von Soldaten zurückgelassenes Maschinengewehr. Für Maxim ein Geschenk des Himmels, für Willi die größte Herausforderung seines Glaubens, denn als Sohn mennonitischer Siedler hat er gelernt, jede Form von Gewalt abzulehnen. Eine Zerreißprobe für die Freundschaft der beiden Jungs. Während Willis Familie in der aufkommenden Sowjetdiktatur ums nackte Überleben und um ihren Glauben kämpft, schlägt sich Maxim ausgerechnet auf die Seite des Regimes. Beide wissen nicht, ob sich ihre Wege je noch einmal kreuzen werden. Zwei Lebenswege inmitten der sowjetischen Diktatur, die unterschiedlicher kaum sein könnten."

Tim Tichatzki (Author), Makke Schneider (Narrator)

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[German] - Roter Herbst in Chortitza - Teil 5: Nach einer wahren Geschichte

"1919. Ein Bürgerkrieg fegt mit aller Gewalt über das zerfallene Zarenreich. Gefangen zwischen den Fronten, finden die beiden Freunde Willi und Maxim ein von Soldaten zurückgelassenes Maschinengewehr. Für Maxim ein Geschenk des Himmels, für Willi die größte Herausforderung seines Glaubens, denn als Sohn mennonitischer Siedler hat er gelernt, jede Form von Gewalt abzulehnen. Eine Zerreißprobe für die Freundschaft der beiden Jungs. Während Willis Familie in der aufkommenden Sowjetdiktatur ums nackte Überleben und um ihren Glauben kämpft, schlägt sich Maxim ausgerechnet auf die Seite des Regimes. Beide wissen nicht, ob sich ihre Wege je noch einmal kreuzen werden. Zwei Lebenswege inmitten der sowjetischen Diktatur, die unterschiedlicher kaum sein könnten."

Tim Tichatzki (Author), Makke Schneider (Narrator)

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[German] - Roter Herbst in Chortitza - Teil 4: Nach einer wahren Geschichte

"1919. Ein Bürgerkrieg fegt mit aller Gewalt über das zerfallene Zarenreich. Gefangen zwischen den Fronten, finden die beiden Freunde Willi und Maxim ein von Soldaten zurückgelassenes Maschinengewehr. Für Maxim ein Geschenk des Himmels, für Willi die größte Herausforderung seines Glaubens, denn als Sohn mennonitischer Siedler hat er gelernt, jede Form von Gewalt abzulehnen. Eine Zerreißprobe für die Freundschaft der beiden Jungs. Während Willis Familie in der aufkommenden Sowjetdiktatur ums nackte Überleben und um ihren Glauben kämpft, schlägt sich Maxim ausgerechnet auf die Seite des Regimes. Beide wissen nicht, ob sich ihre Wege je noch einmal kreuzen werden. Zwei Lebenswege inmitten der sowjetischen Diktatur, die unterschiedlicher kaum sein könnten."

Tim Tichatzki (Author), Makke Schneider (Narrator)

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[German] - Roter Herbst in Chortitza - Teil 2: Nach einer wahren Geschichte

"1919. Ein Bürgerkrieg fegt mit aller Gewalt über das zerfallene Zarenreich. Gefangen zwischen den Fronten, finden die beiden Freunde Willi und Maxim ein von Soldaten zurückgelassenes Maschinengewehr. Für Maxim ein Geschenk des Himmels, für Willi die größte Herausforderung seines Glaubens, denn als Sohn mennonitischer Siedler hat er gelernt, jede Form von Gewalt abzulehnen. Eine Zerreißprobe für die Freundschaft der beiden Jungs. Während Willis Familie in der aufkommenden Sowjetdiktatur ums nackte Überleben und um ihren Glauben kämpft, schlägt sich Maxim ausgerechnet auf die Seite des Regimes. Beide wissen nicht, ob sich ihre Wege je noch einmal kreuzen werden. Zwei Lebenswege inmitten der sowjetischen Diktatur, die unterschiedlicher kaum sein könnten."

Tim Tichatzki (Author), Makke Schneider (Narrator)

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[German] - Der Junge auf dem Berg

"Als Pierrot seine Eltern verliert, muss er Paris verlassen und ein neues Leben bei seiner Tante beginnen, die in einem wohlhabenden deutschen Haushalt dient. Aber dies ist keine gewöhnliche Zeit: Der zweite Weltkrieg steht vor der Tür. Und es ist kein gewöhnliches Haus: Es ist der Berghof – Adolf Hitlers Sommerresidenz. Fassungslos muss der Hörer miterleben, wie sich Pierrot zum skrupellosen Nazi wandelt, seinen besten Freund verleugnet und seine Tante verrät. John Boyne ist das eindringliche Porträt eines Jungen gelungen, der den Machtversprechen des Nationalsozialismus erliegt und sich viel zu spät bewusst wird, wie menschenverachtend und hasserfüllt deren Ideologie – und sein eigenes Handeln – ist."

John Boyne (Author), Boris Aljinovic (Narrator)

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Howards End

"The disregard of a dying woman's bequest, a girl's attempt to help an impoverished clerk, and the marriage of an idealist and a materialist intersect at an estate called Howards End. There, the lives of three families become entangled. The Wilcoxes, who own the estate, are a wealthy family who made their fortune in the American colonies. The Schlegel siblings—Margaret, Helen, and Tibby—are lively socialites whose spirited and active lifestyles are representative of the intellectual bourgeoisie. And the Basts are a young couple from a lower-class background who are struggling to survive. As chance brings them together, societal conventions come into question as does the ownership of Howards End. Through the fate of the estate—as well as the lives of the families who are affiliated with it—Forster creates a brilliant parallel to the fate of English society itself."

E.M. Forster (Author), Colleen Prendergast (Narrator)

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Sword of Power

"A harsh winter is coming. With it, a dark and pitiless magic… Lukas wants only two things: to rebuild his castle home in time to make it through the coming winter and to reconnect with the sister who was stolen from him in a plot against his family. But then an astrologer appears with foreboding news: his old adversary, Inquisitor Waldemar von Schönborn, has stolen three royal artifacts, which are required to coronate a new German emperor. With these valuable objects—the sword, the crown, and the scepter—he could blackmail the empire. The treasures are currently hidden in three different places in the old imperial city of Prague. To protect his homeland and help him find the artifacts, Lukas will need his three best friendsu—all members of the elite fighting group known as the Black Musketeers. He’ll also need his feisty little sister, Elsa, whose magical gifts may be the key to stopping the inquisitor’s latest scheme. They head for Prague immediately, but the adventure that awaits them there will put their courage and their friendship to the ultimate test."

Oliver Pötzsch (Author), Will Ropp (Narrator)

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The Love That I Have

"'WINTER CALLS FOR A GOOD BOOK, AND WE'VE FOUND ONE TO RIVAL THE BOOK THIEF' -- The Australian Women's Weekly Margot Baumann has left school to take up her sister's job in the mailroom of a large prison. But this is Germany in 1944, and the prison is Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin. Margot is shielded from the camp's brutality as she has no contact with prisoners. But she does handle their mail and, when given a cigarette lighter and told to burn the letters, she is horrified by the callous act she must carry out with her own hands. This is especially painful since her brother was taken prisoner at Stalingrad and her family have had no letters from him. So Margot steals a few letters, intending to send them in secret, only to find herself drawn to their heart-rending words of hope, of despair, and of love. This is how Margot comes to know Dieter Kleinschmidt - through the beauty and the passion of his letters to his girlfriend. And since his girlfriend is also named Margot, it is like reading love letters written for her. From award-winning Australian author James Moloney, comes a fresh and compelling story about love, loss and profound bravery. For fans of The Book Thief, this powerful and heartbreaking story set during WW2 stays with you long after the final page is read. AWARDS FOR JAMES MOLONEY In 2019 James Moloney was honoured with the CBCA Nan Chauncy Award, which each year honours an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature. MORE PRAISE FOR THE LOVE THAT I HAVE: 'a beautiful, heartbreaking and affecting read. ... Definitely one for book club, just don't forget the tissues.' -- The Australian Women's Weekly 'a heartbreaking, harrowing and deeply hopeful story ... for readers of The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' -- Books+Publishing 'A compelling and emotionally charged story of young love and survival, bravery and humanity. The closing months of the Second World War in Germany are seen from a surprising and fresh perspective. I was holding back tears from page 72.' -- Shona Martyn, Spectrum Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald 'a profoundly hopeful and humanity-affirming novel, portraying the equalising power that compassion has above all injustice. This is a novel for people who enjoyed The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, All the Light We Cannot See, and more recently, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.' -- Better Reading 'This is historical fiction at its best - thoughtfully written, relevant today, throwing new light on well-worn themes of love, loyalty and friendship. It is also a gut-wrenching read that is up there with Anne Frank's diary for immediacy and impact. Recommended.' -- CBCA Reading Time"

James Moloney (Author), Ulli Burve (Narrator)

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