Narrator Robert Ramirez, born and raised in Los Angeles, attended the professional theater training program at the University of Delaware, where he received his masters degree in classical theater. He is on the voice and speech production faculty at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. His numerous stage credits, both across the country and in Europe, include productions with the Joseph Papp Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park. His voice has also been heard on national radio as well as prime-time network television.

Kliatt praises the narrator:“… he reads with a great deal of expression, as if the author’s experiences could easily have been his own …”

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	1 - 7X9 = Trouble!
	Written By: Claudia Mills The two things that Wilson Williams likes best about 3rd grade are drawing and taking care of the class pet, Squiggles the hamster. What he likes the ...
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	2 - The Afterlife
	Written By: Gary Soto Adept at portraying Latino teenage culture, author Gary Soto has won many honors, including an ALA Best Book Award for his young adult novels. After ...
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	3 - Bangers
	Written By: Gary Phillips Author of the critically acclaimed Martha Chainey mystery series, Gary Phillips is a master at capturing the gritty reality of the streets. Bangers ...
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	4 - Beast
	Written By: Donna Jo Napoli Young Persian Prince Orasmyn lives a peaceful life of quiet duty and thoughtful obedience. Tending his fragrance garden gives him much more pleasure t...
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	5 - Bless Me, Ultima
	Written By: Rudolfo Anaya With hundreds of thousands of copies in print, Bless Me, Ultima has been called the most widely read Mexican-American novel in the English language....
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	6 - Bodega Dreams
	Written By: Ernesto Quinonez In his debut novel, New York City school teacher Ernesto Quiñonez takes a gritty, unfiltered look at life in Spanish Harlem. Bodega Dreams mixes the...
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	7 - The Boy Who Saved Baseball
	Written By: John H. Ritter In his 3rd book on baseball, John Ritter takes the reader to Dillontown where, through a series of events, the fate of the town rests on the outcome o...
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	8 - The Brave Bulls
	Written By: Tom Lea Artist, author, and Texas Renaissance man, Tom Lea was a widely acclaimed man of many talents. His triumphant New York Times best-selling novel The ...
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	9 - Breaking Through
	Written By: Francisco Jiménez As he prepares to recite the Declaration of Independence before his eighth grade social studies class in California, the thing Francisco has feared fo...
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10 - Buried Onions
	Written By: Gary Soto "You can pray and sometimes God listens," says 19-year-old Eddie. "Other times he’s far away in India or Africa or maybe close to home in Fresno, his ...
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	11 - Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp
	Written By: Denise Fleming The author of numerous picture books for children, Denise Fleming creates beloved characters with lasting appeal. In this canine romp, fun-loving red ...
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	12 - Changelings
	Written By: Anne McCaffrey , Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Nebula Award-winning duo Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough add another thrilling chapter to their sweeping Petaybee saga with Changelin...
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	13 - Dead Connection
	Written By: Charlie Price Teenager Murray Keifer just doesn’t fit in at school. And it doesn’t help that his mother is too busy entertaining male friends to be involved in his ...
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	14 - Deluge
	Written By: Anne McCaffrey , Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Between them, frequent collaborators Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough have landed both the Hugo and Nebula Awards while winning innumer...
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	15 - The Desperado Who Stole Baseball
	Written By: John H. Ritter In this ALA Jr. Literary Guild selection by John H. Ritter, a rough-and-tumble band of batsmen from a California boomtown insist they’re the country...
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	16 - Dogsong
	Written By: Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen’s Dogsong—a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults—is the graphic, coming-of-age tale of a modern Eskimo lad...
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	17 - Dragon Heir
	Written By: Cinda Williams Chima New York Times best-selling author Cinda Williams Chima delivers the stunning conclusion to a critically acclaimed trilogy that also include...
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	18 - Drive-By
	Written By: Lynne Ewing Jimmy is dead--a victim of gang violence in Los Angeles. Gunned down in front of his family, he was accused of skimming drug-money from Ice Breaker Jo...
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	19 - El Nino, Stormy Weather For People and Wildlife
	Written By: Caroline Arnold How does a slight rise in ocean temperatures off the coast of South America wreak havoc across the globe? Find out all about the amazing weather pheno...
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	20 - Eyes of the Emperor
	Written By: Graham Salisbury After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Eddy Okubo, a Japanese American teenager, is more determined than ever to prove his loyalty and worth as an Americ...
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	21 - The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio
	Written By: Lloyd Alexander Garnering starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, this highly acclaimed novel is another triumph for best-selling N...
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	22 - The Good Dog
	Written By: Avi The 300 dogs of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, all know their places. At the top is McKinley, a malamute who’s head dog of the whole town. All of the do...
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	23 - Harvesting Hope, The Story of Cesar Chavez
	Written By: Kathleen Krull Harvesting Hope is an ALA Notable book. As a young boy, Cesar lived happily on his family’s ranch in Arizona. But when a severe drought lost them th...
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	24 - The House of the Scorpion
	Written By: Nancy Farmer Matt Alacrán looks pretty much like any other child, but a closer examination shows a key difference. Tattooed on Matt’s foot is an unmistakable mess...
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	25 - Jesse
	Written By: Gary Soto To get away from his chaotic, often violent parents, 17-year-old Jesse has moved into an apartment with his brother. They are both taking community co...
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26 - Living Up the Street
	Written By: Gary Soto Growing up Mexican-American in Fresno, California in the 1950’s and 60’s might not have been easy, but it was certainly never boring for young Gary So...
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	27 - Lord of the Deep
	Written By: Graham Salisbury ALA Book Award winner Graham Salisbury writes dramatic stories for young adult readers. One of the most critically acclaimed books of 2001, Lord of th...
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	28 - Love and Roast Chicken, A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains
	Written By: Barbara Knutson Author Barbara Knutson, who spent two years living in the Andes, based this popular trickster tale on Peruvian and Bolivian folklore. Cuy the guinea p...
	Unabridged CD ( C3753 - 2 CDs ) $15.75 Unabridged Cassette ( 98396 - 1 Cassettes ) $15.75 <View All Editions>

	29 - Maelstrom
	Written By: Anne McCaffrey , Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Anne McCaffrey, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, co-writes this sequel to the popular first Twins of Petaybee book, Changelings (RB# 983...
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	30 - Night of the Howling Dogs
	Written By: Graham Salisbury Graham Salisbury has received numerous high-profile accolades from the ALA, VOYA, and several parent organizations. A Junior Library Guild Premier ele...
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	31 - The Ordinary Seaman
	Written By: Francisco Goldman Award-winning journalist and author Francisco Goldman based this work on an intriguing account he found in the New York Daily News. After much researc...
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	32 - Pacific Crossing
	Written By: Gary Soto Lincoln is happy to be going to Japan as a martial arts exchange student. So is Tony, his barrio brother from San Francisco. They’re excited about liv...
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	33 - Parrot in the Oven
	Written By: Victor Martinez Fourteen-year-old Manny Hernandez lives in a housing project in southern California. He and his other Mexican-American neighbors sleep in houses made ...
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	34 - Petty Crimes
	Written By: Gary Soto In books like Buried Onions (RB# 96549) and Boys at Work (RB# 94850) Gary Soto displays a gift for revealing the tough, heart-breaki...
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35 - The Poppy Seeds
	Written By: Clyde Robert Bulla When young Pablo is given some poppy seeds, he dreams of spreading color and beauty throughout his dusty Mexican village. Daring to enter Old Antonio’...
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	36 - Skippyjon Jones
	Written By: Judith Byron Schachner Award-winning author Judy Schachner delivers another entertaining children’s book. After sleeping with the birds, Skippyjon Jones is sent to his roo...
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	37 - Skippyjon Jones and Big Bones
	Written By: Judith Byron Schachner Skippyjon has found the bones of a gigantico ancient dinosaur, the Skipposaurus. But mom insists that they belong to Darwin the dog and he’d better...
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	38 - Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble
	Written By: Judith Byron Schachner Author Judy Schachner has won a handful of awards for her best-selling Skippyjon Jones books, which are read-aloud favorites with children, parents,...
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	39 - Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse
	Written By: Judith Byron Schachner For Skippyjon Jones (RB# 97804), author Judy Schachner won the E.B. White Read Aloud Award from the Association of Booksellers for Children....
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	40 - Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice
	Written By: Judith Byron Schachner Judy Schachner’s New York Times bestselling Skippyjon Jones books are beloved for their musical wordplay and zany stories. In Lost in ...
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	41 - Spaceman Blues
	Written By: Brian Francis Slattery This debut novel is hailed by sci-fi luminary Harlan Ellison as a “mad tornado of words.” After Manuel Rodrigo de Guzmán González disappears, his lo...
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	42 - Sparrow Hawk Red
	Written By: Ben Mikaelsen Eighth-grader Ricky Diaz and his dad, an ex-DEA agent, love to fly loops over the desert in their Baby Great Lakes biplane. But when Ricky learns that...
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	43 - Taking Sides
	Written By: Gary Soto Eighth-grader Linc Mendoza has moved from a dusty San Francisco barrio to a well-groomed suburb and a new junior high school. Suddenly he’s in the min...
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	44 - Thin Men of Haddam, TCU PRESS Texas Tradition Series
	Written By: C. W. Smith This bold Southwestern tale by award-winning author C.W. Smith comes from the TCU Press’ Texas Tradition Series. Raised by an Anglo family after bei...
	Unabridged CD ( CS017 - 9 CDs ) $102.75 Unabridged Cassette ( S1067 - 8 Cassettes ) $82.75

	45 - Three Day Road
	Written By: Joseph Boyden Author Joseph Boyden makes his literary debut with this profound and moving Today’s Book Club pick that contemplates the lasting traumas of war. Cre...
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	46 - A Tree is Nice
	Written By: Janice May Udry Trees reach high into the sky. You can climb a tree, hang a swing on one of its limbs, or enjoy its juicy apples. On hot, sunny days, cows sleep in th...
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	47 - The Warrior Heir
	Written By: Cinda Williams Chima Author Cinda Williams Chima perfectly weaves fantasy elements into the life of a typical American teenager is this stunning novel that was a Book Se...
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	48 - The Winter People
	Written By: Joseph Bruchac Wounded in a vicious attack on his village by British soldiers, 14-year-old Saxso awakens to discover his mother and two sisters have been taken pri...
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	49 - The Wizard Heir
	Written By: Cinda Williams Chima Acclaimed author of The Warrior Heir, Cinda Williams Chima delivers this riveting sequel—a VOYA Perfect 10 and a New York Public Library 200...
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