Adam Gidwitz has 10 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 12 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 65 ratings. The most-rated is Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
Summary
Acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Adam Gidwitz delivers a captivating retelling of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back like you've never experienced before, infusing the iconic, classic tale of good versus evil with a unique perspective and narrative style that will speak directly to today's young listeners while enhancing the Star Wars experience for core fans of the saga.
©2015 Adam Gidwitz (P)2015 Listening Library
The Inquisitor's Tale
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The best-selling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm takes on medieval times in an exciting and hilarious new adventure about history, religion...farting dragons. 1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children: William, an oblate on a mission from his monastery; Jacob, a Jewish boy who has fled his burning village; and Jeanne, a peasant girl who hides her prophetic visions. They are accompanied by Jeanne’s loyal greyhound, Gwenforte...recently brought back from the dead. As the narrator collects their tales, the story of these three unlikely allies begins to come together. Their adventures take them on a chase through France to escape prejudice and persecution and save precious and holy texts from being burned. They’re taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the land from a farting dragon. And as their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont Saint-Michel, all will come to question if these children can perform the miracles of saints. Beloved best-selling author Adam Gidwitz makes his long awaited return with his first new world since his hilarious and critically acclaimed Grimm series. Filled with Adam’s trademark style and humor, The Inquisitor’s Tale is bold storytelling that’s richly researched and adventure-packed. Read by Vikas Adam, Mark Bramhall, Jonathan Cowley, Kimberly Farr, Adam Gidwitz, Ann Marie Lee, Bruce Mann, John H. Mayer, and Arthur Morey Features medieval music performed by Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia.
Public Domain (P)2016 Listening Library
The Grimm Conclusion
Summary
From the Newbery Honor-winning, New York Times best-selling author - with all new cover by Dan Santat! Did you know that Cinderella’s stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds? Really. And that Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half? And that in "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage", a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each other? (Okay, I guess that one’s not that grim.) Those are the real fairy tales. But they have nothing on the fairy tales in this audiobook. For more twisted tales, look for A Tale Dark and Grimm and In a Glass Grimmly.
©2013 Adam Gitwitz (P)2019 Listening Library
The Creature of the Pines
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A New York Times best seller! Includes an exclusive bonus story about the medieval Secret Order of the Unicorn! Unicorns are real. (At least we think they are.) Are you ready to protect the creatures of myth and legend? Then you belong in the Unicorn Rescue Society. Hurry - the creatures need you! Elliot Eisner isn't exactly thrilled with the first day at his new school. His class is going on a field trip to a creepy forest called the Pine Barrens. The trip is being led by Professor Fauna, the weirdest teacher Elliot has ever met. And the only kid who will talk to Elliot, Uchenna Devereaux, isn’t afraid of danger. She likes danger. Elliot and Uchenna are about to become part of a secret group of adventurers, the Unicorn Rescue Society, whose goal is to protect and defend the world’s mythical creatures. Together with Professor Fauna, Elliot and Uchenna must help rescue a Jersey Devil from a duo of conniving, greedy billionaires, the Schmoke brothers. Join Elliot and Uchenna on their very first quest as members of the Unicorn Rescue Society in this fantasy-adventure series from Adam Gidwitz, the beloved, best-selling, and Newbery Honor-winning author of The Inquisitor's Tale and A Tale Dark & Grimm.
©2018 Adam Gidwitz and Jesse Casey (P)2018 Listening Library
A Tale Dark and Grimm
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The New York Times best-selling debut by Adam Gidwitz, the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Inquisitor's Tale Featuring cover by Caldecott Medal winner Dan Santat "Unlike any children's book I've ever read.... Classic." (The New York Times Book Review) Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm (and Grimm-inspired) fairy tales. An irreverent, witty narrator leads us through encounters with witches, warlocks, dragons, and the devil himself. As the siblings roam a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind the famous tales, as well as how to take charge of their destinies and create their own happily ever after. Because once upon a time, fairy tales were awesome. For more awesome fairy tales by Adam Gidwitz, look for In a Glass Grimmly and The Grimm Conclusion. Accolades for A Tale Dark and Grimm: New York Times best seller Selection on the Today Show’s Al’s Book Club for Kids NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Selection An E. B. White Read Aloud Honor Book New York Times Editors’ Choice pick Publishers Weekly Flying Start School Library Journal Best Book of the Year ALA Notable Book
©2010 Adam Gidwitz (P)2019 Listening Library
The Basque Dragon
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A globe-trotting new middle-grade fantasy-adventure series about mythical creatures and their cultures of origin, from the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Inquisitor's Tale. Elliot and Uchenna have barely recovered from their first adventure with the Unicorn Rescue Society when the mysterious Professor Fauna approaches them with an all-new quest. And this time, they're going to have to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Basque Country of Northern Spain. Elliot and Uchenna, with Jersey in tow, soon wonder whether their newest fire-breathing rescue might be more than they can handle. And why do the evil-doing Schmoke Brothers seem to be involved yet again? This is the second title in Unicorn Rescue Society, an exciting and hilarious new series about friendship, adventure, and mythical creatures from around the world by Newbery Honor-winning author Adam Gidwitz teamed up with Mixtape Club founders Jesse Casey and Chris Smith, and Hatem Aly, illustrator of The Inquisitor's Tale. Includes an exclusive bonus story about the medieval Secret Order of the Unicorn!
©2018 Adam Gidwitz, Jesse Casey (P)2018 Listening Library
Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot
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Among the towering fir trees of the Pacific Northwest, a famously elusive creature is in serious trouble. All Elliot wants is a nice, normal day at school. All Uchenna wants is an adventure. Guess whose wish comes true? Professor Fauna whisks the kids - and Jersey, of course - off to the Muckleshoot territory in Washington, where film crews have suddenly descended en masse to expose Bigfoot to the world, and the Schmoke logging company is bringing in some awfully large machinery. Can the Unicorn Rescue Society escape the blades of the Schmokes’ chain saws? Outsmart a cable-news team? And are those big, hairy creatures running through the forest really Bigfoot? Includes an exclusive bonus story about the medieval Secret Order of the Unicorn!
©2018 Adam Gidwitz and Joseph Bruchac (P)2018 Listening Library
In a Glass Grimmly
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An Oprah Kids’ Reading List Pick A Publishers Weekly Best New Book of the Week Pick From the Newbery Honor-winning, New York Times best-selling author - with cover by Dan Santat! If you dare, join Jack and Jill as they embark on a harrowing quest through a new set of tales from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and others. Follow along as they enter startling new landscapes that may (or may not) be scary, bloody, terrifying, and altogether true in this hair-raising companion to Adam Gidwitz’s widely acclaimed, award-winning debut, A Tale Dark & Grimm. For more twisted tales, look for A Tale Dark & Grimm and The Grimm Conclusion. Accolades for In a Glass Grimmly: New York Times best seller A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2012 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2012
©2012 Adam Gidwitz (P)2019 Listening Library
The Secret of the Himalayas
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The newest adventure in the best-selling Unicorn Rescue Society transports listeners to the Himalayan mountains in Northern Pakistan! When Uchenna and Elliot’s classmate publishes an article in the school newspaper about the Schmoke Brothers, Professor Fauna notices something alarming in a photo. Mounted on the wall of the Schmoke’s living room is a single spiral horn that he’s certain could have come from only one animal - a unicorn! To save these magical creatures - and to finally see a unicorn themselves - the Unicorn Rescue Society heads to the rugged mountains of Pakistan. Hena Khan, the critically acclaimed author of Amina’s Voice, joins Newbery Honor-winner Adam Gidwitz for the Unicorn Rescue Society’s most dramatic, action-filled mission yet!
©2021 Adam Gidwitz and Hena Khan (P)2021 Listening Library
The Madre de Aguas of Cuba
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Critically acclaimed author Emma Otheguy joins Newbery Honor-winning Adam Gidwitz as coauthor of the newest adventure in the NYT best-selling Unicorn Rescue Society series as the kids travel to Cuba to help the legendary Madre de aguas. In Cuba, it is believed that a mysterious water serpent - the Madre de aguas - is responsible for providing and protecting the fresh water of the island. But the serpent is missing, and a drought has gripped the island. Uchenna, Elliot, and Professor Fauna fly to Cuba and endeavor to rescue the Madre de aguas. Unfortunately, it tries to kill them. Meanwhile, the Schmoke Brothers' goons are driving around Havana, dumping pink sludge into the sewers. What is going on? Can Elliot and Uchenna end the drought? Stop the Schmokes? Or will the creature they are trying to save just eat them instead?
©2020 Adam Gidwitz, Emma Otheguy (P)2020 Listening Library