Storm Runners ($9.13 Hardcover; $17.49/$12.24 Audible), by Roland Smith, read by Ramón de Ocampo, Bronson Pinchot, Hillary Huber, John Morgan and Samantha Quan.Book Description
The first in a middle-grade action-adventure series from Roland Smith!
Chase Masters and his father are "storm runners," racing across the country in pursuit of hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. Anywhere bad weather strikes, they are not far behind. Chase is learning more on the road than he ever would just sitting in a classroom. But when the hurricane of the century hits, he will be tested in ways he never could have imagined.
The Cay ($6.99 Kindle; $19.93/$13.95 Audible), by Theodore Taylor, read by Michael Boatman, is a classic children's novel about racism (with, of course, a lesson on why it is wrong).Book Description
Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed.
When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother’s warning about black people: “They are different, and they live differently.”
But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy.
With two great selections today, I'm surprised the site is running so fast (although, I did grab my copies before I let all of you know, so that could change!). In any case, if you can't get thru, be sure to try again tomorrow.
Click HERE to sign up for an account and get the free downloads. Don't forget, you'll also need to install the Overdrive software (there is a link at Sync). In addition, you end up clicking about three pages, for each book, before the audiobook actually downloads. Don't stop so long as you still see a button that talks about your Sync download (or until you see the Overdrive software open up). Once in Overdrive, you'll need to tell it where to save the files (just click OK to use the default location, since Overdrive will keep track of them for you), then again to actually start the download (by default, all parts of the book are downloaded; I would suggest not changing this in the last dialog box, just click on OK to get the download started).
