
Flipped
“Ryan Gesell and Tara Sands take turns narrating this young-adult romance, which explores a number of contemporary themes, especially the idea that first impressions aren’t always what they’re cracked up to be. Gesell and Sands hook listeners with their believable teen attitude and unaffected, expressive, well-paced performances. Bryce’s insecurities and growing pains and Juli’s inquisitiveness and fearlessness are front and center, making it easy to root for a happy ending. The audiobook concludes with bonus material by Van Draanen…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A School Library Journal Best Book of 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
An IRA Teachers' Choices Selection
An IRA/CBC Children's Choice Selection
Winner of the California Young Reader Medal
Winner of California Young Reader Medal, 2004
Nominated for Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2004
Winner of Nevada Young Readers Award, 2004
Winner of South Carolina Children's Book Award, 2006
Winner of Virginia Young Readers Program Award, 2003
Winner of California Young Reader Medal, 2004
Nominated for Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2004
Winner of Nevada Young Readers Award, 2004
Winner of South Carolina Children's Book Award, 2006
Winner of Virginia Young Readers Program Award, 2003
The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. Juli says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down: just as Bryce is thinking that there’s maybe more to Juli than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed.
Bonus content includes: Wendelin Van Draanen on her sources of inspiration, the making of the movie of FLIPPED, and why she'll never write a sequel. Narrators Ryan Gesell and Tara Sands read a selection of the amazing fan mail Wendelin has received.
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