Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Beyond the Western Sea series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 2,649 Action & Adventure (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Beyond the Western Sea
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 23.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Beyond the Western Sea: Book Two: Lord Kirkle's Money | 12.8 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble narrates 258 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,739 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) shelf
104 Action & Adventure (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home is book 1 of Avi's Beyond the Western Sea series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released November 22, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Prebble
- Released
- November 22, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Kids)
- Series
- Beyond the Western Sea #1
- ISBN
- 9781490607894
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home audiobook?
Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home?
Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home is narrated by Simon Prebble.
Is Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.