Narrator Jaime Lamchick's bright, engaging performance is a great fit for this young adult audiobook about humanity's complicated space age relationship with planet Earth's moon. Listeners are launched into the competitive race to the moon between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1950s-60s, setting the stage for technological and scientific advances, and the complexities of international treaties between spacefaring nations. Coauthors Levinson and Swanson take subject matter a teenage audience might not usually pay attention to--international legal agreements--and pairs them with real-world disagreements and their consequences among nations. Lamchick's zippy performance, reminiscent of old-time radio broadcasts, plays out scenes involving imaginary astronauts squabbling over lunar resources to show listeners how treaties might help resolve actual space conflicts.
(Nonfiction. 12-18)Pub Date: Jan. 14, 2025
Duration: 5 hrs, 15 mins
DD ISBN: 9798217021093
Publisher: Listening Library
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Mirai's narration gives emotional depth to 16-year-old Char Tang, who is provided an escape from her lack of prospects and her threatening stepfather by a last-minute invitation to a summer camp at MIT. Even though Char feels intellectually out of her depth compared to the other campers, she believes winning the camp's coding competition could mean a new start for her. She befriends Khoi Astor, the top student in the program, who helps her with her academic performance and slowly becomes more than the means to winning much needed money. Is it possible his confidence and upbeat attitude could be instructive? Mirai portrays an anxious teen with a lot at stake as she becomes increasingly determined to win a fierce competition. E.J.F © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine
(Romance. 13-18)Pub Date: Nov. 11, 2025
Duration: 7 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9781668153840
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Robb Moreira and Sofia Palmero deliver a heartwarming exploration of trauma, loss, and connection in this queer YA romance. Sebas is a new arrival to TECH, an anti-bullying high school where students have a monthly word limit. They must watch what they say at all times or face consequences. Here, Sebas meets Lu, a TECH ambassador with a long history of being bullied. While Sebas and Lu disagree on TECH's way of doing things, they eventually bond over their differences. Sebas helps Lu experience new thrills, while Lu supports Sebas as he cares for his dying mother. Moreira's take on Sebas is lighthearted yet brimming with grief. Palmero's Lu is emotive and poetic. Together, the two illuminate beauty and love amid a techy world.
(Romance. 13-18)Pub Date: Sept. 30, 2025
Duration: 7 hrs, 45 mins
DD ISBN: 9798217080892
Publisher: Listening Library
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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