Feb 18th, 2010 · A film adaptation of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones has launched the thriller back onto the bestseller list. The narrator is a 14-year-old girl looking down from heaven after her own rape and murder. She clings to her earthly life while trying to accept her death, and watches her family struggle with grief as her murderer evades detection.
Dec 25th, 2009 · This year's Christmas tale is adapted for radio from Kenneth Grahame's 1908 children's favorite The Wind in the Willows. Washington, D.C., actress Jennifer Mendenhall narrates Chapter 5 — "Dolce Domum," or "sweet home" — starring Mole and Rat.
Dec 11th, 2009 · The author talks about her blockbuster novel, The Lovely Bones, which features a surprising device: its main character, a young girl who has been murdered, narrates the book from the afterlife. Sebold's book is the basis for a new film by director Peter Jackson.
Nov 14th, 2009 · One year ago, 170 people were murdered when 10 terrorists set off a barrage of gunfire and grenades in Mumbai, India, at two hotels, a railroad station and a Jewish center. Those harrowing hours are recounted in a new HBO documentary called Terror in Mumbai. Host Scott Simon speaks with CNN host and Newsweek international editor, Fareed Zakaria, who narrates the new documentary.
Sep 13th, 2009 · It's been a year since Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston Island in Texas and the city is bouncing back, at least in part. A group of high school filmmakers put together a documentary about the rebound and NPR's John Burnett worked with them on a radio story on the same subject. It is narrated by Jennifer Willcut.
Aug 20th, 2009 · Alan Bradley's first novel, makes perfect summer reading — it's gore-free, very funny in places, nicely written, not too sweet (despite the title) and narrated by a real charmer.
Aug 12th, 2009 · Narrated by a precocious young woman born to be an Olympic swimmer, Nicola Keegan's sparkling first novel captures the arc of a great athlete's career.
Aug 5th, 2009 · A Quebec family posted a video on YouTube of their seven-year-old son driving the family SUV. Dad shot the video from the front seat. He also calls the little guy by name and narrates their spin around the neighborhood.