Chains: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Seeds of America series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Chains audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Bahni Turpin (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Seeds of America Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 25.3 hours in all.
More narrated by Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin narrates 441 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,052 hours in all.
- The Help
- The Hate U Give
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
- The Book of Lost Friends
About as long, on the Kids shelf
1,235 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
Chains is book 1 of Laurie Halse Anderson's Seeds of America series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Bahni Turpin, released August 4, 2020, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bahni Turpin
- Released
- August 4, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- The Seeds of America Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9780593340493
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Chains audiobook?
Chains runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Chains audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Chains?
Chains is narrated by Bahni Turpin.