Katie Penate has narrated 7 audiobooks on Listento.it by 7 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 532 ratings. The most-rated is Sadie.
Sadie
Summary
Winner of the 2019 Odyssey Award Winner of the 2019 Audie Award for Young Adult Audiobook An innovative audiobook production featuring more than 30 voices, Sadie explores the depth of a sister's love - poised to be the next story listeners won't be able to pause. A missing girl on a journey of revenge and a Serial-like podcast following the clues she's left behind. Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister, Mattie, in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him. When West McCray - a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America - overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late. Courtney Summers' Sadie is propulsive and harrowing and will keep listeners riveted until the last track.
©2018 Courtney Summers (P)2018 Macmillan Audio
I Love Me
Summary
I Love Me: A Love for Every Girl testifies of every girl's potential, her greatness, and priceless worth. The character has a unique beauty, which needs to be seen by every girl. Her message to every girl is that she is gifted with a unique and intentional design by her creator. That greater purpose is revealed as she grows. Our character encourages confidence in one's appearance, identity, value, and purpose. She teaches that every girl is unique and beautiful just as she is. She is beautiful before she puts on the glitter and decorative accessories that are appealing to the eyes. Her internal beauty outshines her outward adornment. She should not be compared to any other individual because she is a one of a kind being created for a special purpose.
©2020 Yonette Belinda (P)2020 Yonette Belinda
Bake Believe
Summary
Cat Anderson doesn’t want much out of life. Give her a circle of friends to giggle with, a few cute boys to flirt with, and she is good to go! She is perfectly content...until a scheduling mishap on her first day of 8th grade places her in a culinary arts class. Food, it turns out, is a very big deal. In her family there is a secret, too big to stay hidden any longer. A secret too fantastic to be real. Something happens when Cat bakes. Something impossible. Can it be true? Or is it bake believe?
©2020 Immortal Works (P)2021 Immortal Works
Grace's Ghosts
Summary
Twelve-year-old Grace and her feline best friend Midnight have a secret: Midnight is a ghost. But then, again, so are the rest of Graces' friends. Since she's the only person in hundreds of years with the ability to see them, the many ghosts of Tansy have flocked to Grace since birth. She doesn't mind. She prefers the company of the dead to that of the cliquey kids at school. Grace is happy with her strange life, until one day, the ghosts tell her about the secret her town has hidden for centuries. There's a reason there are more ghosts than living people in Tansy. Three hundred years ago, a lonely witch cast a spell that mistakenly trapped the soul of every person to ever set foot in the tiny town. So, when the spirits beg her to find a way to break the curse, Grace is eager to help. As she searches for answers, Grace makes discoveries about the secret her family hid for generations and a world of magic hidden in her own backyard. Grace soon realizes that if she succeeds in breaking the curse, she'll lose Midnight and all of her ghost friends, but if she fails, everyone living in Tansy will face the same fate. Can Grace break the curse before it's too late?
©2020 Stephenie Wilson Peterson (P)2020 Immortal Works
Trigger Point
Summary
Kathy Barrister's life has never been better. Owner of a thriving massage school, Kathy loves passing on her knowledge of a healing profession to others. But when one of her students is murdered, Kathy must face a darker world than she ever knew existed. A serial killer using online advertising services is targeting prostitutes, and it appears Kathy's student has become his latest victim. What Kathy doesn't know might kill her... She enlists Detective Greg Beacon, a former boyfriend, to help her seek justice, but as more of her students are murdered, she realizes the killer isn't just targeting sex workers. He's targeting her. Now, she must summon the strength and courage to stay alive...or become the killer's next victim.
©2017 Sean Eads (P)2020 Hex Publishers
Marly in Pieces
Summary
Marly refuses to believe her friend Rae committed suicide. Even though her wrists were slit, Marly knows her beautiful, vibrant bestie would never do that. Even though the two had drifted apart, Marly and Rae made a blood promise long ago. Even in death, Marly intends to honor that vow. Determined to find Rae’s killer, Marly faces a long list of potential suspects. It seems everyone has secrets or lies that they are covering up...including the boy she loves. Can Marly uncover the murderer’s identity before she becomes the next victim?
©2020 Cathrina Constantine (P)2021 Cathrina Constantine
The Beautiful Lost
Summary
From New York Times best-selling author Luanne Rice, a sweeping story of a girl and boy, both troubled in different ways, who take off on a whirlwind road trip up the East Coast. Here are three things to know about Maia: 1. Ever since her mother left, Maia's struggled with depression - which once got so bad, she had to go to an institution for a while. She doesn't want to go back. 2. Maia's sure that if she finds her mother, if the two of them can talk about whale songs and constellations, then everything will be okay again. 3. She's in love with Billy, the handsome, brooding boy who lives in the group home in town. He doesn't seem to know that Maia exists...until now. When Maia sets off on a road trip in search of her mom, Billy unexpectedly comes along. They drive up the East Coast, stopping along the way for lobster rolls and lighthouses. Maia learns that Billy has dark secrets of his own - and wants to outrun his past, too. But what will the future hold if they reach their destination? From internationally best-selling author Luanne Rice, this is a sweeping, stunning story about the surprising directions our hearts can take.
©2017 Luanne Rice (P)2017 Scholastic Inc.