Lauren Wolk has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 15 ratings. The most-rated is Beyond the Bright Sea.
Beyond the Bright Sea
Summary
Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction From the best-selling author of Echo Mountain and Newbery Honor-winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of the year. An NPR Best Book of the Year A Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editors' Choice selection A BookPage Best Book of the Year A Horn Book Fanfare Selection A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Charlotte Observer Best Book of the Year A Southern Living Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year “The sight of a campfire on a distant island...proves the catalyst for a series of discoveries and events - some poignant, some frightening - that Ms. Wolk unfolds with uncommon grace.” (The Wall Street Journal) “Crow is a determined and dynamic heroine.” (Publishers Weekly) “Beautiful, evocative.” (Kirkus) The moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family. Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow’s only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar. Crow has always been curious about the world around her, but it isn’t until the night a mysterious fire appears across the water that the unspoken question of her own history forms in her heart. Soon, an unstoppable chain of events is triggered, leading Crow down a path of discovery and danger. Vivid and heart-wrenching, Lauren Wolk’s Beyond the Bright Sea is a gorgeously crafted and tensely paced tale that explores questions of identity, belonging, and the true meaning of family.
©2017 Lauren Wolk (P)2017 Listening Library
Wolf Hollow
Summary
A Newbery Honor Book New York Times Best Seller “Wolf Hollow has stayed with me long after I closed the book. It has the feel of an instant classic." (Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medalist and New York Times best-selling author of A Long Walk to Water) “This book matters.” (Sara Pennypacker, New York Times best-selling author of Pax) Despite growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and though her bullying seems isolated at first, it quickly escalate. Toby, a reclusive World War I veteran, soon becomes the target of her attacks. While others have always seen Toby’s strangeness, Annabelle knows only kindness. And as tensions mount in their small community, Annabelle must find the courage to stand as a lone voice for justice. The brilliantly crafted debut of Newbery Honor – and Scott O'Dell Award – winning author Lauren Wolk (Beyond the Bright Sea, Echo Mountain), Wolf Hollow is a haunting tale of America at a crossroads and a time when one girl’s resilience, strength, and compassion help to illuminate the darkest corners of history.
©2016 Lauren Wolk (P)2016 Listening Library
Echo Mountain
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“Historical fiction at its finest.” (The Horn Book) "...there has never been a better time to read about healing, of both the body and the heart." (The New York Times Book Review) Echo Mountain is an acclaimed best book of 2020! An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Horn Book Fanfare Selection • A Kirkus Best Book of the Year • A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year After losing almost everything in the Great Depression, Ellie’s family is forced to leave their home in town and start over in the untamed wilderness of nearby Echo Mountain. Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world, in her new life on the mountain. But there is little joy after a terrible accident leaves her father in a coma. An accident unfairly blamed on Ellie. Ellie is a girl who takes matters into her own hands, and determined to help her father she will make her way to the top of the mountain in search of the healing secrets of a woman known only as “the hag”. But the hag, and the mountain, still have many untold stories left to reveal. Historical fiction at its finest, Echo Mountain is celebration of finding your own path and becoming your truest self. Lauren Wolk, the Newbery Honor- and Scott O'Dell Award-winning author of Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea weaves a stunning tale of resilience, persistence, and friendship across three generations of families. "Soothing and exquisitely written." (People) "This is a book that will soothe readers like a healing balm." (The Wall Street Journal) "Brilliant." (Lynda Mullaly Hunt, best-selling author of Fish in a Tree)
©2020 Lauren Wolk (P)2020 Listening Library