Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

In a world where soul eaters roam the countryside and evil is very real, Alys finds herself drawn to the very forest where the Beast makes its home. Candace Thaxton’s narration is well-paced and haunting, adding to the fairy-tale feel of the story.

During a Grand Tour of Europe that goes horribly awry, Henry “Monty” Montague must reconcile his roguish habits with his growing love for childhood-friend Percy. Coulson perfectly characterizes Monty’s vices and virtues in this romantic, swashbuckling, 18th-century adventure.

Racial tensions build after Starr Carter witnesses her childhood friend, Khalil, killed by a police officer. Turpin’s performance of this gripping story is unadulterated perfection.

It’s Sal’s senior year, and he is struggling with his future, his family, and his best friend.  Daymond’s narration amplifies all of Sal’s emotions and feelings, taking the reader on an emotional listening journey.

When teenager Julie Beaufort-Stuart, the unforgettable heroine from Wein’s Code Name Verity, loses her grandfather and must help pack up her family’s ancestral estate, she is entangled in the mysterious disappearance of a London professor and her family’s collection of Scottish river pearls. Julie’s vivacity, love, and quest for justice is brought to life through Service’s captivating narration.

Fact loving girl meets poetry-writing dreamer in this anything but typical love story. Dominic Hoffman, Raymond Lee, and Bahni Turpin’s unique voices prevent the shifting perspectives from becoming confusing and add even more layers to the already rich story.

Aza, a teenage girl who suffers from anxiety reluctantly looks into the disappearance of a childhood friend’s publicly disgraced missing father, while her best friend Daisy, encourages a romance between Aza and that childhood friend. Rudd narrates Aza’s anxiety with fortitude and honesty and Daisy with humor and wit.

In 1904, Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner join together to make the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania’s football team a force to the reckoned with.  Bramhill’s narration breathes life into this book that is more than a story about a football team.

Alternating viewpoints of Doc Chestnut ‘The Sleepwalker’, Squib Kaplan ‘The Genius’, Hunger McCoy ‘The Good Ol’ Boy’, Hazel Turner ‘The Farm Girl’, Mildred Penny ‘The Stamp Collector’ and occasionally from the murderer himself complete this tale of tragedy.  The cast adds unique qualities to each character, especially the narrators of Squib and Hazel. 

Lowery’s compelling memoir recalls her teenage activism in the 1960s. Obi reads with a conviction and urgency that brings the civil rights movement to life and underscores its relevance today.