Talking books Fiction for younger readers



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Halam, Ann

King Death's garden: a ghost story. 1986. Read by Helen Copp, 4 hours 30 minutes. TB 6714.


Maurice is a self-confessed wimp, with an asthmatic condition that sets him apart from his schoolmates. He feels even more alone when his parents move out to the Middle East, taking his baby sister with them and dumping him on a great aunt. She lives in an ancient rambling mansion on the edge of a cemetery - King Death's garden which becomes an obsession with Maurice as he is caught up in dangerous research into the supernatural, begun long ago by the Professor who lived there.

Harris, M G

Invisible city. 2008. Read by Charlie Norfolk, 8 hours 39 minutes. TB 16543.


The Joshua files; book 1. When his archaeologist father goes missing after an air crash in Mexico, UFO-obsessed Josh suspects alien abduction. But after he discovers his dad was murdered, Josh is caught up in a race to find the legendary Ix Codex - a lost book of the ancient Maya containing a prophecy about the end of the world.
Harris, M G.

Ice shock. 2010. Read by Ryan Watson, 8 hours 38 minutes. TB 19510.

The Joshua files; book 2. Josh is certain that his father's death was no accident. To make things worse, he's starting to wonder if he can really trust his closest allies. But when he finds out a secret about the legendary Ix Codex, he must journey to the secret Mexican city of Ek Naab, where the riddle of the mysterious Bracelet of Itzamna awaits him.



Haynes, Natalie

The great escape. 2009. Read by Suzy Aitchison, 5 hours 25 minutes. TB 17372.


It's the summer holidays and Millie's bored stiff. Every week, she has to clean windows with her dad at a nearby laboratory. But she's sure something weird is going on inside. Then, one day, a cat comes hurtling through the lobby towards her and asks her for help. And Max needs a lot of help. He's trying to escape, he wants to know who kidnapped him, and why - who on earth would want to make cats that can talk? And he needs Millie to help him rescue the friends he's left behind before it's too late.

Heneghan, James

Flood. 2002. Read by Mary Fisher, 4 hours 35 minutes. TB 17443.


After his mother and stepfather die in a Vancouver mudslide,

eleven-year-old Andy Flynn, having been saved by leprechauns, is taken by his stern aunt to Halifax, Nova Scotia. When his aunt reveals that his father is still alive, Andy escapes to find him. Now he must decide which place to call home.



Higgins, Chris

Pride and penalties. 2007. Read by India Fisher, 6 hours 10 minutes. TB 15510.


Charlotte doesn't want a lot - just to play rugby and for her Dad to be proud of her. But her brother Will's the rugby star of the family, only he's got very different stars in his eyes. Soon they're both keeping secrets and so is their mum! Plus Gran is acting stranger and stranger. It also doesn't help that her sworn enemy is the one boy she can't stop thinking about. Good thing she's known as Spider, she'll need all the help she can get to untangle this web!
Higson, Charles.

The dead. 2011. Read by Laurence Dobiesz, 11 hours 24 minutes. TB 19512.

Book 2: Enemy series. A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of 14. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit.


Higson, Charles

The enemy. 2010. Read by Gareth Jameson, 9 hours 36 minutes. TB 17457.


When the sickness came, every parent, policeman, politician - every adult - fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive. Now there are rumours of a safe place to hide. And so a gang of children begin their quest across London, where all through the city - down alleyways, in deserted houses, underground - the grown-ups lie in wait. But can they make it there - alive?

Hill, Douglas

Galaxy's edge. 1996. Read by Greg Wagland, 4 hours 30 minutes. TB 11144.


Cade series; book 1. The first title in an action-packed trilogy that follows the tricky, trouble-making Cade on a planet-hopping escapade around the galaxy. The one inhabitable planet of the Edge - the furthest solar system - is where Jaxie Cade heads when he breaks jail with stolen information that could lead him to the fabled Phantom Planet, the dream of every Edge-worlder.

Hill, Douglas

The moons of Lannamur. 1996. Read by Hayward Morse, 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 15941.


Cade series; book 2. Jaxie Cade is on the trail of a legendary planet, and one of the moons of Lannamur holds the information Cade needs. It should be easy, but the fanatical Purity Defenders on Lannamur and the Commonwealth Intelligence Agency are just the first problems facing Cade. For waiting for Cade and his companion is a robotics expert with a hidden past. And on Cade's trail is a squad of murderous Occians.

Hill, Douglas

Young legionary : the earlier adventures of Keill Randor. 1982. Read by John Westbrook, 4 hours 45 minutes. TB 5575.


Keill Randor series; book 1. Companion to the Keill Randor series. The story opens with the ordeal that 12 year-old Keill Randor must survive to pass from his early childhood training to the advanced stage of a Young Legionary. His initiation is hard. It symbolises the life of his ancestors as well as the years ahead when he will hunt down the betrayers of his planet, grappling with wyverns, six-legged pachyderms and deadly spine-eels.

Hill, Douglas

Galactic warlord. 1979. Read by John Westbrook, 4 hours 25 minutes. TB 5576.


Keill Randor series; book 2. The planet of Moros, home of Young Legionary Keill Randor, has been wiped out in a sudden, mysterious attack. Keill is slowly dying from the effects of radiation, but he has a mission to accomplish - to wreak a terrible vengeance on the unknown foe who has destroyed his people.



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