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Chat with Katherine Kellgren 41 Replies

Hello all! It’s the last week of the fabulous Sync community, which has provided free downloads of great Young Adult audiobooks. We’re here to celebrate the success of Sync by chatting with narrat…

Started by Mary Burkey. Last reply by Ann Bryant 19 hours ago.

I Want Some More: The OLIVER TWIST and HANDBOOK FOR BOYS Conversation

Poor Oliver Twist. From workhouse to forced pickpocket for Fagin and his gang of boys, author Charles Dickens put Oliver through every sordid trial the 19th Century could deliver to a child. Dicken…

Started by Sync Head Aug 26.

Unfair Fairies: The WONDROUS STRANGE and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Conversation

"The course of true love never did run smooth." --Puck, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMTrue love is not on the mind of WONDROUS STRANGE's heroine, Kelley Winslow. Her head is hardly turned by the young ma…

Started by Sync Head Aug 19.

Two-Faced: The BEASTLY and THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Conversation 3 Replies

Oh, we do love beastly boys in our fiction! The character Kyle Kingsbury is beast on the inside while popular, rich, and gorgeous on the outside. In the BEASTLY comeuppance, a witch turns Kyle into…

Started by Sync Head. Last reply by Paul Johnson Aug 19.

The New Girl: The DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? & A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN Conversation 5 Replies

The flip and fabulous Amal Mohamed Abdel-Hakim is a 16-year-old Australian-Palestinian-Muslim girl living in Melbourne, Australia. Her decision to follow the Muslim custom of hijab dress despite the…

Started by Sync Head. Last reply by Jenn Dowell Aug 10.

Read it & Reap: THE HUNGER GAMES & THE LOTTERY Conversation 31 Replies

When the short story THE LOTTERY ran in The New Yorker in the summer of 1948, readers sent letters of protest and canceled their subscriptions. Author Shirley Jackson was flooded with angry letters i…

Started by Sync Head. Last reply by Jennifer Hoffine Aug 19.

Down the Rabbit Hole: THE LOOKING GLASS WARS & ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Conversation 12 Replies

According to Alyss Heart, Lewis Carroll got Wonderland all wrong (even the spelling of her name) when he penned his classic. The premise for author Frank Beddor's LOOKING GLASS WARS young adult serie…

Started by Sync Head. Last reply by AudioFile Magazine Jul 30.

Sailors & Scallywags: The BLOODY JACK and TREASURE ISLAND Conversation 20 Replies

Sailors & Scallywags: The BLOODY JACK and TREASURE ISLAND Conversation Beware the Black Spot, me mates! Whether you be the young Jim Hawkins or the guttersnipe Jacky Faber, there be adventure at…

Started by Sync Head. Last reply by Sync Head Aug 4.

Goal!: The OVER THE END LINE and THE POWER OF ONE Conversation 11 Replies

Goal!:The OVER THE END LINE and THE POWER OF ONE Conversation "First with the head, then with the heart" This is the boxing advice the champion Hoppie delivers to young Peekay on a train through Sout…

Started by Sync Head. Last reply by AudioFile Magazine Jul 27.

Man or Monster?: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT and FRANKENSTEIN Conversation 20 Replies

Man or Monster?: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT and FRANKENSTEIN Conversation Ever since 18-year-old Mary Shelley wrote FRANKENSTEIN during a stretch of summer boredom in 1818, writers have been including ma…

Started by Sync Head. Last reply by AudioFile Magazine Jul 27.