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Written by John Knowles - Performed by Scott Snively - Unabridged Fiction - 4 CASSETTES - 6 hours

Publisher, Audio Bookshelf (January 2002)

NOTE: LIBRARY EDITIONS are packaged in a sturdy, durable outer vinyl case that stands up to years of repeated use designed for library and rental circulation. Albums are shelvable, space-efficient, with at-a-glance spine titles.

YALSA Selected List of Audiobooks for Young Adults

Editor's Choice Audiobooks for 2002, KLIATT

"Snively brilliantly captures the protagonist's memories of 1942 when he was young and innocent, before his life changed forever." --Booklist

"Narrator Scott Snively's ability...provides both the story and the setting with an immediacy that quickly engages listeners. Not only does Snively give a distinctive voice to each of the main characters, he also delineates the mannerisms and personalities of the other boys and teachers surrounding them. Intense, mesmerizing, compelling...this rendition of a classic coming-of-age tale belongs in all public library collections and will be especially helpful to high school students as an accompaniment to the written text." --School Library Journal

"Snively's voiced reading is excellent. With distinct and apt personalities for the different characters, his reading is persuasive - and true. Gene comes alive for the listener. Highly recommended." --KLIATT starred review

"This is an excellent treatment of a modern classic. Snively does an excellent job conveying emotions in scenes of conflict...and ably conveys anger and sadness...in a way that sounds genuine, never forced." --AudioFile

Devon School, an exclusive prep school for boys in New Hampshire, is a world unto itself. But it's the summer of 1942 and the massive thundercloud of WWII threatens the school's peaceful environment. Paralleling the war, where enemies real and imagined are sometimes collaborated with and sometimes destroyed, is the friendship between Gene and Phineas, two students attending the 1942 Summer Session at Devon. Their idyllic world begins to fall apart as the war escalates, and suspicion and the complexities of adolescence result in violence and betrayal.

A Separate Peace has become a modern classic. Narrator Scott Snively turns this extraordinary novel in a compelling listening experience - intense and engaging to the last word.