Under the Same Stars
“A trio of narrators portray teens from different eras and settings. January LaVoy transitions smoothly from the accented dialogue of Hanna and Sophie, two Polish teens…Jeremy Carlisle Parker transitions listeners to 1980 West Berlin…portrays passionate, German-accented Lena…[and] an older German woman. Major Curda communicates the growth of Brooklynite Miles…The trio heighten their narrations as the story’s tension increases and connections become clear. Libba Bray cheerily reads her Author Note. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick! This program features multicast narration.
"This is an audiobook one wishes would never end." —AudioFile on The King of Crows (an Earphones Award winner)
From New York Times-bestselling author Libba Bray comes an evocative and groundbreaking young adult historical mystery that examines truth, rebellion, reconciliation, and what must be sacrificed for a better world.
It was said that if you write to the Bridegroom’s Oak, the love of your life will answer back. Now, the tree is giving up its secrets at last.
In 1940s Germany, Sophie is excited to discover a message waiting for her in the Bridegroom's Oak from a mysterious suitor. Meanwhile, her best friend, Hanna, is sending messages too—but not to find love. As World War II unfolds in their small town of Kleinwald, the oak may hold the key to resistance against the Nazis.
In 1980s West Germany, American teen transplant Jenny feels suffocated by her strict parents and is struggling to fit in. Until she finds herself falling for Lena, a punk-rock girl hell-bent on tearing down the wall separating West Germany from East Germany, and meeting Frau Hermann, a kind old lady with secrets of her own.
In Spring 2020, New York City, best friends Miles and Chloe are in the first weeks of COVID lockdown and hating Zoom school, when an unexpected package from Chloe’s grandmother leads them to investigate a cold case about two unidentified teenagers who went missing under the Bridegroom’s Oak eighty years ago.
A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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