William Alexander has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 1 narrator, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 5 ratings. The most-rated is Goblin Secrets.
Goblin Secrets
Summary
National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2012 A boy joins a theatrical troupe of goblins to find his missing brother in this “fantasy stuffed with interesting ideas” (Publishers Weekly). In the town of Zombay, there is a witch named Graba who has clockwork chicken legs and moves her house around - much like the fairytale figure of Baba Yaga. Graba takes in stray children, and Rownie is the youngest boy in her household. Rownie’s only real relative is his older brother, Rowan, who is an actor. But acting is outlawed in Zombay, and Rowan has disappeared. Desperate to find him, Rownie joins up with a troupe of goblins who skirt the law to put on plays. But their plays are not only for entertainment, and the masks they use are for more than make-believe. The goblins also want to find Rowan - because Rowan might be the only person who can save the town from being flooded by a mighty river. This accessible, atmospheric fantasy takes a gentle look at love, loss, and family while delivering a fast-paced adventure that is sure to satisfy.
©2012 William Alexander (P)2013 Simon & Schuster, Inc
Nomad
Summary
Gabe Fuentes is in a race against time - and aliens - in this intergalactic sequel to Ambassador, which Booklist called "an exciting sci-fi adventure, perceptively exploring what it means to be alien", from National Book Award-winner William Alexander. When we last left Earth's Ambassador, Gabe Fuentes, he was stranded on the moon. And when he's rescued by Kaen, another Ambassador, things don't get better: It turns out that the Outlast - a race of aliens that has been systematically wiping out all other creatures - are coming. And they've set their sights on Earth. Enter Nadia. She was Earth's Ambassador before Gabe but left her post in order to stop the Outlast. Nadia has discovered that the Outlast can conquer worlds by travelling fast through lanes created by the mysterious Machinae. No one has communicated with the Machinae in centuries, but Nadia is determined to try, and Gabe and Kaen want to help her. But the three Ambassadors don't know that the Outlast have discovered what they are doing and have sent assassins to track them down. As Nadia heads deeper into space to find the Machinae, Gabe and Kaen return to Earth, where Gabe is trying to find another type of alien - his father, who was deported to Mexico and who Gabe is desperate to bring home. From a detention center in the center of the Arizona desert to the embassy in the center of the galaxy, the three Ambassadors race against time to save their worlds in this exciting, funny, mind-bending adventure.
©2015 William Alexander. All rights reserved. (P)2015 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.
Ambassador
Summary
Gabe Fuentes is in for the ride of his life when he becomes Earth’s ambassador to the galaxy in this otherworldly adventure from the National Book Award-winning author of Goblin Secrets. Gabe Fuentes is reading under the covers one summer night when he is interrupted by a creature who looks like a purple sock puppet. The sock puppet introduces himself as the Envoy and asks if Gabe wants to be Earth’s ambassador to the galaxy. What sane 11-year-old could refuse? Some ingenious tinkering with the washing machine sends Gabe’s "entangled" self out to the center of the galaxy. There he finds that Earth is in the path of a destructive alien force - and Gabe himself is the target of an assassination plot. Exactly who wants him out of the way? And why? Back home, Gabe discovers that his undocumented parents are in danger of being deported. Can Gabe survive long enough to solve two sets of "alien" problems? He runs for his life, through Minneapolis and outer space, in this fast-paced adventure from a National Book Award-winning author.
©2014 William Alexander (P)2014 Simon & Schuster Audio