A complete list of 15 incredible audiobooks for kids from kindergarten through eighth grade.
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Audiobooks are becoming increasingly popular among young readers. There are several reasons why parents should consider buying audiobooks for their kids. They have become a great way to listen to books and stories, especially for those who struggle with reading. Some even say they are better than listening to normal audiobooks. Here are 15 amazing audiobooks for kids and teens. These will surely inspire them to read more.
Here are 15 audiobooks teachers recommend for 8th graders.
American Royals
(Free with Audible Trial)
Princess Samantha was always a rebellious princess. She’s the spare, not the heiress, so no one minds her dating or partying too hard. She has a beautiful sister who is literally perfect. She’s demure and sweet, but she knows that the crown comes before everything else! They’ll either be awarded a crown or become a shocking royal disaster.
The Heir
(Free with Audible Trial)
The story of America and Maxon‘s fairy-tale romance captivated audiences from the very first page. Find out what happens after happily-ever-after in this fourth captivating book, perfect for fans of Divergent, Delirium, or The Wrath & The Dawn. Twenty years ago, American singer America Singer entered the competition for Prince Maxon’s heart. It’s time for Princess Eadlyn’s Selection.
Bridge to Terabithia
(Free with Audible Trial)
This beloved Newbery medal-winning book by best-selling author Katharine Paterson is a modern masterpiece of friendship and loss. This middle-grade novel would be a good choice for tweens in grades five to six. It could even be used in school settings. It’s a fun activity for children that keeps them occupied when they’re not in school.
Everything, Everything
(Free with Audible Trial)
A heartwarming coming-of-age tale for anyone who has ever felt different. A new neighbor moves into an apartment building and begins a complicated relationship that challenges everything she’s always believed.
Flowers for Algernon
(Free with Audible Trial)
Charlie Gordon, a janitor born with unusually low intelligence, was selected as the perfect subject for a new experiment that hopes to increase his intelligence. Charlie just wants to be smart and have lots of friends, but he gets turned into a genius by the treatment.
City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments
(Free with Audible Trial)
When 15-year old Clary Fray heads to the Pandemonium Club, she has no idea that she’ll see a murder. She doesn’t expect to see a murder committed by three teenage boys who are covered in strange symbols and wielding weird weapons. Then the body vanishes into thin air. It’s hard to report a crime when the murderers are invisible and when there is nothing to show that a boy was killed. Was he a boy?
A Wrinkle in Time
(Free with Audible Trial)
A groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy novel by Madeleine L’Engle. This audiobook includes a preface read by the film director, a foreword read, an introduction read by the author, an afterword read by the author’s granddaughter, and a postscript read by the author.
Children of Blood and Bone
(Free with Audible Trial)
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi is a stunning world of dark magic and danger. When Zélie was a child, she used to play in the soil of Orïsha, which was full of magic. But everything changed when magic disappeared. When Zélie was just a baby, she was taken from her parents by a cruel king who wanted to kill everyone with magical powers. Only a few people are left who can use magic, and they need to keep their powers secret.
Six of Crows
(Free with Audible Trial)
Ketterdam: A bustling hub of international trade, where anything can be had at any price. Kaz is offered a job that could be worth millions if he pulls it off. But he can’t do it alone. Kaz’s crew is all that stands between the world and destruction, but if they don’t kill one another first.
They Both Die at the End
(Free with Audible Trial)
On 5th September at 12:01 AM, Death-Cast calls two people to tell them they’re going to die. Mateo and Rufus are both looking to make a new acquaintance on their End Day. For different reasons, however, they’re both looking to make a friend. There’s an app for that and through it, Rufus meets up with his friend Mateo for one last great adventure. They’re going to live their lives in a single day.
Turtles All the Way Down
(Free with Audible Trial)
Aza had no intention of pursuing the mystery of fugitive billionaire, Russell Pickett, but she’s willing to take the risk for a hundred thousand dollars. Her best friend, Daisy, is eager for them to investigate. So together, they travel the short distance and broad divide that separates them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis.
Clap When You Land
(Free with Audible Trial)
The stunning new novel by the 2019 Carnegie Medal-winning author of The Poet X. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize. Camino Rios loves the summers when her father comes to visit her in the Dominican Republic But this time, as he was waiting for his flight, Camino arrived at the airport to see a crowd of crying people.
The Hazel Wood
(Free with Audible Trial)
Seventeen-year old Alice and her mother have been traveling for most of Alice’s life, always one step ahead of the strange misfortune that has been following them. When Alice’s grandmother, the recluse author of a book of dark fairy tales, dies alone at her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her own luck can really be.
Wilder Girls
(Free with Audible Trial)
It’s been 18 months since the school was quarantined. The Tox turned everyone into strange and savage creatures, the teachers died off, one by one. Cut off from the main island, the girls don’t dare go beyond the school’s fence where the Tox makes the woods wild and dangerous They wait for the end as the Tox takes their bodies, making them sick and foreign, things breaking out of them, bits falling off.
The Hate U Give
(Free with Audible Trial)
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter navigates two worlds in Angie Thomas’s powerful young adult novel, “The Hate U Give.” By day, Starr attends a wealthy suburban prep school, code-switching to fit in with her predominantly white classmates. But at night, she returns to her close-knit, African American neighborhood of Garden Heights. This fragile balance shatters when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Thrust into the national spotlight, Starr grapples with grief, anger, and the complexities of racial injustice. Torn between her two worlds, she must find her voice and decide how to fight for what’s right.
