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"Beautifully told...Part mystery, part adventure, and totally heartwarming. -- ""Han Nolan, National Book Award-winning author of Dancing on the Edge"" This debut audiobook will grab listeners' hearts and not let go...Narrator Kirby Heyborne is extraordinary in the way he inhabits the character of twelve-year-old Ethan, vocal cracks and all. He gives listeners the sense of eavesdropping on his innermost thoughts as he slowly finds his way back to the Ethan he was before. He voices Grandpa Ike with just the right balance of crustiness and compassion and gives tones of believable frustration mixed with longing to big brother Roddie, who had to leave girlfriend and dreams of baseball stardom behind. A perfect listening experience! Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- ""AudioFile"" Readers will be riveted as Ethan, his family, and other well-developed characters face the somber realities of life head on. -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" An uplifting book that explores the way grief evolves through the power of remembrance. -- ""Booklist"" A deft balance between storytelling and accessible reflection for the middle-school reader. -- ""Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"""

Beautifully told...Part mystery, part adventure, and totally heartwarming. -- Han Nolan, National Book Award-winning author of Dancing on the Edge A deft balance between storytelling and accessible reflection for the middle-school reader. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books An uplifting book that explores the way grief evolves through the power of remembrance. -- Booklist Readers will be riveted as Ethan, his family, and other well-developed characters face the somber realities of life head on. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) This debut audiobook will grab listeners' hearts and not let go...Narrator Kirby Heyborne is extraordinary in the way he inhabits the character of twelve-year-old Ethan, vocal cracks and all. He gives listeners the sense of eavesdropping on his innermost thoughts as he slowly finds his way back to the Ethan he was before. He voices Grandpa Ike with just the right balance of crustiness and compassion and gives tones of believable frustration mixed with longing to big brother Roddie, who had to leave girlfriend and dreams of baseball stardom behind. A perfect listening experience! Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile

A deft balance between storytelling and accessible reflection for the middle-school reader. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books An uplifting book that explores the way grief evolves through the power of remembrance. -- Booklist Readers will be riveted as Ethan, his family, and other well-developed characters face the somber realities of life head on. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) This debut audiobook will grab listeners' hearts and not let go...Narrator Kirby Heyborne is extraordinary in the way he inhabits the character of twelve-year-old Ethan, vocal cracks and all. He gives listeners the sense of eavesdropping on his innermost thoughts as he slowly finds his way back to the Ethan he was before. He voices Grandpa Ike with just the right balance of crustiness and compassion and gives tones of believable frustration mixed with longing to big brother Roddie, who had to leave girlfriend and dreams of baseball stardom behind. A perfect listening experience! Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile Beautifully told...Part mystery, part adventure, and totally heartwarming. -- Han Nolan, National Book Award-winning author of Dancing on the Edge

Beautifully told...Part mystery, part adventure, and totally heartwarming. -- Han Nolan, National Book Award-winning author of Dancing on the Edge This debut audiobook will grab listeners' hearts and not let go...Narrator Kirby Heyborne is extraordinary in the way he inhabits the character of twelve-year-old Ethan, vocal cracks and all. He gives listeners the sense of eavesdropping on his innermost thoughts as he slowly finds his way back to the Ethan he was before. He voices Grandpa Ike with just the right balance of crustiness and compassion and gives tones of believable frustration mixed with longing to big brother Roddie, who had to leave girlfriend and dreams of baseball stardom behind. A perfect listening experience! Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile Readers will be riveted as Ethan, his family, and other well-developed characters face the somber realities of life head on. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) An uplifting book that explores the way grief evolves through the power of remembrance. -- Booklist A deft balance between storytelling and accessible reflection for the middle-school reader. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"A deft balance between storytelling and accessible reflection for the middle-school reader. -- ""Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"" An uplifting book that explores the way grief evolves through the power of remembrance. -- ""Booklist"" Beautifully told...Part mystery, part adventure, and totally heartwarming. -- ""Han Nolan, National Book Award-winning author of Dancing on the Edge"" Readers will be riveted as Ethan, his family, and other well-developed characters face the somber realities of life head on. -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" This debut audiobook will grab listeners' hearts and not let go...Narrator Kirby Heyborne is extraordinary in the way he inhabits the character of twelve-year-old Ethan, vocal cracks and all. He gives listeners the sense of eavesdropping on his innermost thoughts as he slowly finds his way back to the Ethan he was before. He voices Grandpa Ike with just the right balance of crustiness and compassion and gives tones of believable frustration mixed with longing to big brother Roddie, who had to leave girlfriend and dreams of baseball stardom behind. A perfect listening experience! Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- ""AudioFile"""

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Ali Standish grew up in North Carolina and spent several years as an educator in the Washington, DC, public school system. She has an MFA in children's writing from Hollins University and an MPhil in children's literature from the University of Cambridge. She lives with her Finnish husband and rescue dog in Cambridge, England. The Ethan I Was Before is her debut novel and is followed by August Isle. You can visit her online at www.alistandish.com and @AliStandish on Twitter. Kirby Heyborne is a musician, actor, and professional narrator. Noted for his work in teen and juvenile audio, he has garnered over twenty Earphones Awards. His audiobook credits include Jesse Kellerman's The Genius, Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, and George R. R. Martin's Selections from Dreamsongs.

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