Checkmate: Audiobook
Book 2 of the News Crew series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Checkmate audiobook runs 2.3 hours unabridged, narrated by André Santana (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 2.3 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The News Crew
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 2 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 8.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cruisers | 2 hrs |
| 2 | Checkmate | 2.3 hrs |
| 3 | A Star Is Born | 2.5 hrs |
| 4 | Oh, Snap! | 2 hrs |
More narrated by André Santana
André Santana narrates 211 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,756 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
502 Non-fiction (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
Checkmate is book 2 of Walter Dean Myers's News Crew series: a 2.3-hour unabridged recording, read by André Santana, released April 27, 2026, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- André Santana
- Released
- April 27, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The News Crew #2
- ISBN
- 9798897568383
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Checkmate audiobook?
Checkmate runs 2.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.
Is the Checkmate audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Checkmate?
Checkmate is narrated by André Santana.