03871cam a2200421 4500 234814241 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781478978985 1478978988 fb505cbf-f575-4cf0-9041-bf6108d2f5e9 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 279242 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Garcia, Kami. Beautiful Creatures [Libby Audiobook] : Beautiful Creatures Series, Book 1. Hachette Audiobooks, 2009. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 483MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 483MB. HTML:There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.. Narrator Kevin Collins is eminently likable as Ethan Wate, a teenager trying to navigate the loss of his mom and emotional distance of his dad, the intriguing new girl at school, and the increasingly mysterious goings-on in his small Southern town. Even better, Collins is just as convincing as the town's cast of characters, including love interest Lena, caretaker Amma, best friend Link, high-school mean girls, and the imposing ladies of the DAR. Occasional sound effects, which are used mainly to distinguish dream sequences or flashbacks, distract from the narrative instead of enhancing it. But listeners will be charmed by the setting and story elements--call it Southern gothic meets contemporary witchcraft--and by Collins's skill with all of it. J.M.D. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. Young Adult Fiction. Fantasy. Romance. Media Type: Audiobook. William C. Morris Debut Young Adult Award Finalist. Audie Award Nominee. Teen's Top Ten. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 20:32:58. Stohl, Margaret. Collins, Kevin T. http://nm.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=fb505cbf-f575-4cf0-9041-bf6108d2f5e9 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0017-1/279242-BeautifulCreatures.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0017-1/279242-BeautifulCreatures.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FB505CBF-F575-4CF0-9041-BF6108D2F5E9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0017-1/279242-BeautifulCreatures.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0017-1/279242-BeautifulCreatures.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=FB505CBF-F575-4CF0-9041-BF6108D2F5E9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)