justme824 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I'm looking to make a list of audiobooks for my 12-year-old. Everything I suggest he's already listened to or read so I am looking for some suggestions. Also, I was going to grab Anne of Green Gables on audio and was curious which narrator I should get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 My middle schoolers recently liked By The Great Horn Spoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 We like a lot of Neil Gaiman's stuff - Coraline, The Graveyard Book, etc. Jim Dale does excellent narrations, and has recorded quite a bit. Maybe finding a narrator he likes and seeing what is available that's read by the person? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 My 12 year old just listened to Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics in two days, so I would recommend that. He has also been enjoying Doctor Who audiobooks and Agatha Christie audiobooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justme824 Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 Thank you. He's read/listened to all but one of these. He's just so, so fast :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Nothing wrong with listening to them multiple times! ;) All of the Redwall series, Tolkien, CS Lewis, the original Peter Pan is fantastic, the books of Ember, Inkheart and the other two in this series, My Side of the Mountain, Old Yeller, Little Britches, Shiloh, Treasure Island, Pilgrim's Progress, The Odyssey, Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Cheaper by the Dozen, Swiss Family Robinson, Chronicles of Prydain, Shakespeare Stealer, Count of Monte Cristo, Johnny Tremain, Shakespeare's plays, C.S. Forester (I cannot remember if there was mention of an affair in this or if it was just the movies), anything by Jean Craighead George, Carry On Mr. Bowditch. And don't limit yourself to just fiction!! Another resource: https://peacehillpress.com/jims-recordings-age-level/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 We did the entire Lemony Snickett series a year or two ago, that was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianCat Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 G.A. Henty books read by Jim Hodges. He attends the big homeschool conventions each year and offers packages that make each audiobook about $5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I often find things by going to Amazon and putting in books my ds already liked and finding ones that come up as other customers who liked that also liked, searching for ones not yet tried. Deborah Wiles' Countdown and Revolution with Emma Gavin (or something like that) narrating use other audio beyond just the text to make the times it tells of come alive. and if that is liked, a search will yield other current fiction like it... or sort of like it. Ender's Shadow was very good on audio with several readers for different parts. some good olders: Phantom of the Opera, anything by Mark Twain, Uncle Tom's Cabin. some good newers: Tyger, Tyger and sequels (newest is not on audio), Divergent series, Hunger Games series... My son is 13 so a bit older, but probably similar stage (?) has been liking Star Wars books, James Bond, John Grisham... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaT Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 What about non-fiction? When my daughter was 12 she listened to Sam Kean's The Disappearing Spoon (periodic table of elements) and The Violist's Thumb.(genetics) Also The Poisoner's Handbook, about the beginnings of forensics chemistry in early 20th C. New York City, by Deborah Blum. Maria 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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