Audio books for road trip with tween and teen?
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Any recommendations for a road trip audiobook for our family with 12 and 14 year old kids? We'll have at least 14 hours in the car over Thanksgiving.
We like humor, fiction, non fiction, biographies, a little fantasy, historical fiction, etc. Fairly wide range, a little romance is okay but we'd like to avoid graphic violence. I'm also interested in exploring some classic literature since the school assigned books have been mostly modern. On previous trips we've listened to: - "Harry Potter," first book, big hit all around, loved the acting - Trevor Noah's "Born a Crime," which was so good. We liked that it was read by the author in such an engaging way - "Wicked," which we quit early because it is not like the musical at all and got too weird - "Percy Jackson," some of us liked, some found the violence a turn off - "Pax," by Sara Pennypacker, very sweet - The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, mostly when the kids were younger but mentioning it because it was good for discussing history and the treatment of native Americans and felt like a good tie in to Thanksgiving travel What have you liked? |
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Obviously there are more Harry Potter books. Jim Dale is a great reader.
We liked Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything- good as you can duck in and out of it. You don’t have to remember a plot. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe books are also well done. |
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| The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper |
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Thanks! I've read the Narnia series but I don't think the kids have. And that jogged the memory of the Golden Compass series, too. I also like Bill Bryson. That could be fun. We're pausing on Harry Potter for now since one of my kids found reading the latter books a little intense and doesn't want to listen to it. Mainly the last one. That might be an issue with the Golden Compass, too, now that I think about it. I can't remember how scary that one gets. |
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Op again. I'll ask my kids if they've read this. I'm not familiar with it but it looks promising. Thanks! |
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| Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy! |
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Maybe The Martian or Project Hail Mary? (But, depending on your kids, you might want to wait on that until they are both in high school so they can enjoy the science-y stuff a little more.)
The Hobbit Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (not any scarier than book 1) Ghost (and other books in Jason Reynolds Track series) Pony (by Palacio) Where the Red Fern Grows The Book Thief (starts out strangely, but give it a chance, and I think you will all really enjoy it) Eragon (the other books in this series are pretty terrible, but this first one is great) |
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The BBC did a great dramatized version of this. It is on Spotify |
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| The Mysterious Benedict Society books are well written and engaging. Nothing controversial and quite enjoyable for all ages. |
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| Spy School (series) is very funny and was a hit with my DD at that age. |
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I love these books! |
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| The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place. Nothing controversial and very silly, our family liked it. Fantastic British narrator. |
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The Hobbit audiobook is really good. I actually did not enjoy reading it myself, but it’s narrated by Andy Serkis who plays Gollum in the movies, and he is amazing.
We also really enjoyed “Fairy Tale” by Stephen King. It’s a children’s book, but it’s still Stephen King and pretty intense in parts. It begins with the protagonists mom dying and his dad becoming an alcoholic. My kids were all enthralled though. |
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This sounds great! I just looked this up on Spotify. It says it's best experienced with headphones for a binaural experience. Will that work on car speakers? |
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| Project Hail Mary - it beme both my kids’ favorite book. |