AuthorKatherine Arden
NarratorRenee Dorian
Duration5h 16m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
Key StageKS2
PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing
VersionUnabridged
After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed woman at the river threatening to throw a book into the water, Ollie doesn't think-she just acts, stealing the book and running away. As she begins to read the slender volume, Ollie discovers a chilling story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who both loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man," a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price. Ollie is captivated by the tale until her school trip the next day to Smoke Hollow, a local farm with a haunting history all its own. There she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she's been reading about. Could it be the story about the smiling man is true? Ollie doesn't have too long to think about the answer to that. On the way home, the school bus breaks down, sending their teacher back to the farm for help. But the strange bus driver has some advice for the kids left behind in his care: "Best get moving. At nightfall they'll come for the rest of you." Nightfall is, indeed, fast descending when Ollie's previously broken digital wristwatch, a keepsake reminder of better times, begins a startling countdown and delivers a terrifying message: RUN. Only Ollie and two of her classmates heed the bus driver's warning. As the trio head out into the woods-bordered by a field of scarecrows that seem to be watching them-the bus driver has just one final piece of advice for Ollie and her friends: "Avoid large places. Keep to small." And with that, a deliciously creepy and hair-raising adventure begins.
Winternight Book 1: The Bear and the Nightingale
Author: Katherine Arden
Author Katherine Arden
Narrator Kathleen Gati
SeriesWinternight, Book 1
Duration 11h 48m
Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, read by Kathleen Gati. _____________________________Beware the evil in the woods...In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly se...
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Author: Katherine Arden
Author Katherine Arden
Narrator Renee Dorian
Duration 5h 32m
Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling man in Small Spaces, newly minted best friends Ollie, Coco, and Brian are ready to spend a relaxing winter break skiing together with their parents at Mount Hemlock Resort. But when a snowstorm sets in, causing the power to flicker out and the cold to creep closer and closer, the three...
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Winternight Book 3: The Winter of the Witch
Author: Katherine Arden
Author Katherine Arden
Narrator Kathleen Gati
SeriesWinternight, Book 3
Duration 14h
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden, read by Kathleen Gati.One girl can make a difference...Moscow is in flames, leaving its people searching for answers – and someone to blame. Vasilisa, a girl with extraordinary gifts, must flee for her life, pursued by those who blame their misfortune o...
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Winternight Book 2: The Girl in the Tower
Author: Katherine Arden
Author Katherine Arden
Narrator Kathleen Gati
SeriesWinternight, Book 2
Duration 13h 2m
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden, read by Kathleen Gati.For a young woman in medieval Russia, the choices are stark: marriage or a life in a convent. Vasya will choose a third way: magic...The court of the Grand Prince of Moscow is plagued by power struggles and rumours of unrest. Meanwhile ban...
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