Recommended Audiobooks: Tips from The 2008 Odyssey Committee
Here are some of the favorite audiobooks from the members of the 2007 Odyssey Committee.
Mary Burkey, Chair; Members: Francesca Goldsmith, Jerene Batitsti, Merri Lindgren, Sylvia Vardell, Sharon Grover, Teri Lesesne, Connie Rockman, Sue Ellen Beauregard, Natalie Hoyle
- Alabama Moon
- Alex and the Ironic Gentleman
- Beasts of Clawstone Castle
- Before I Die
- Blood Fever
- Bloody Jack (2008 Odyssey honor)
- Born to Rock
- Clementine
- Does My Head Look Big in This?
- Dooby Dooby Moo (2008 Odyssey honor)
- A Drowned Maiden's Hair
- Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
- Fan Boy and Goth Girl
- Forever in Blue
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2008 Odyssey honor)
- Hattie Big Sky
- I Am Not Joey Pigza
- If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
- Jazz (2008 Odyssey Award)
- Journey of the One & Only Declaration of Independence
- Keturah and Lord Death
- London Calling
- Part of Me
- Peter and the Starcatchers
- Princess Academy
- Rules of Survival
- Seven Blind Mice
- Skullduggery Pleasant (2008 Odyssey honor)
- Soul Eater
- The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
- The One and Only Shrek
- The Pinhoe Egg
- Thirteen Reasons Why
- Treasure Island (2008 Odyssey honor)
- Twisted
- Vampirates
- Water Street
- The Wednesday Wars
- The White Giraffe
- The Wish House
See also: ALSC Notable Children's Recordings list & the YALSA Selected Audiobooks list http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecreclist/currentnotable.cfm
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/selectedaudio/07audiobooks.cfm