Heir Apparent, Vivian Vande Velde
Heir Apparent, Vivian Vande Velde
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Heir Apparent

Author: Vivian Vande Velde

Narrator: Carine Montbertrand

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/24/2008


Synopsis

Vivian Vande Velde is an Edgar Award-winning author of fiction for young adults. Heir Apparent, a Junior Library Guild Selection and winner of the Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize for Best Children's Fantasy Novel, has been called "consistently entertaining" by Publishers Weekly. This clever and imaginative fantasy, featuring a marvelous reading from narrator Carine Montbertrand, will lure curious listeners into the virtual reality world of a medieval-styled arcade game that might just be deadly.

About Vivian Vande Velde

Vivian Vande Velde has written many books for teen and middle grade readers, including Heir Apparent, User Unfriendly, All Hallow's Eve: 13 Stories, Three Good Deeds, Now You See It ..., and the Edgar Award–winning Never Trust a Dead Man. She lives in Rochester, New York. Visit her website at www.vivianvandevelde.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by cc on March 01, 2016

I really don’t think you guys understand how much I mean it when I say: This is seriously one of my favorite books of all time. I read it for the first time when I was in middle school and I’ve read it several times since. Even now, at the geriatric old age of 24, I still absolutely adore this story.......more

Goodreads review by Renaissance Kate on July 02, 2021

This was one of my favorite books in middle school, and it was so fun rereading it after all these years! 💕......more

Goodreads review by Intisar on September 30, 2019

This book was all the escape I could have asked for this past week- I was literally snorting with laughter at one point. A wonderful blend of action, personal stakes, humor, and enough do-overs even the main character is frustrated. Read it - you won't regret it!......more

Goodreads review by Eshusdaughter on March 28, 2008

I'll be honest, I mostly picked up this audiobook because it was narrated by Carine Montreband and I was so in love with the Uglies books by Westerfeld that she narrated that I wanted to hear her voice again. The unconscious mental comparison between Westerfeld's book and this one may be skewing my......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on June 08, 2024

I love this book. Love love love this book. It's such a fun mix of tech sci-fi and fantasy. It holds up super well to multiple readings--I think I've read it about five times now. I highly recommend it to anyone 5th grade and up. (I probably read it for the first time around 6th or 7th grade.) It's......more