I personally am a huge fan of audiobooks. I was a LONG commuter for a few years and audiobooks helped keep me sane while stuck in hours-long traffic jams. Audiobooks are great for summer road trips or laying out by the pool/beach. So of course when I heard about SYNC I had to share it with you!! So awesome!
SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for young adults. From May 15th to August 13th, SYNC gives away two complete audiobook downloads a week – a current young adult title along with a thematically paired classic or required summer reading title. Sign up for email and text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at www.audiobooksync.com.
So fabulous! I can't wait until May 15th. The SNYC title lineup looks pretty awesome to me and I am looking forward to listening to novels written by Eoin Colfer, James Patterson , Agatha Christie, William Shakespeare, Ally Carter, L.M. Montgomery, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Elizabeth Wein... etc!
If you haven't ever heard an audiobook go preview the titles here! It will give you a small taste of what each book will sound like.
ENJOY!
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
Genre: Mid-Grade (Family/Friendship, Fantasy & Magic)
Publication Date: February 25th 2014
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Age Range: 8-12+
Pages: 320
Book Source: Review Galley from Scholastic
Synopsis (via Goodreads): Introducing an extraordinary new voice---a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten . . .and your heart sing.
Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place, a town where people could sing up thunderstorms and dance up sunflowers. But that was long ago, before a curse drove the magic away. Twelve-year-old Felicity knows all about things like that; her nomadic mother is cursed with a wandering heart.
But when she arrives in Midnight Gulch, Felicity thinks her luck's about to change. A "word collector," Felicity sees words everywhere---shining above strangers, tucked into church eves, and tangled up her dog's floppy ears---but Midnight Gulch is the first place she's ever seen the word "home." And then there's Jonah, a mysterious, spiky-haired do-gooder who shimmers with words Felicity's never seen before, words that make Felicity's heart beat a little faster.
Felicity wants to stay in Midnight Gulch more than anything, but first, she'll need to figure out how to bring back the magic, breaking the spell that's been cast over the town . . . and her mother's broken heart.
Peppermint Pattie's Review:
This story caught me up in it’s magic right from the beginning. Felicity Pickle, a collector of words, needs disparately to find the lost magic of Midnight Gulch and break the curse that keeps her family forever wandering. This was an awesome first book from Natalie Lloyd. It left me happy in the heart. I can hardly wait to read more from her.
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