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First Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

First Boy: Audiobook

by Gary D. Schmidt · narrated by Jesse Bernstein · unabridged · 2005

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Boy audiobook runs 4.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Jesse Bernstein (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.8listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2005released
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What our data says

  • At 4.8 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Jesse Bernstein

Jesse Bernstein narrates 72 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 578 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf

1,081 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

First Boy is an audiobook by Gary D. Schmidt: a 4.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jesse Bernstein, released October 11, 2005, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.8 hrs
Narrated by
Jesse Bernstein
Released
October 11, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
ISBN
9780307282873

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the First Boy audiobook?

First Boy runs 4.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.

Is the First Boy audiobook free?

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Who narrates First Boy?

First Boy is narrated by Jesse Bernstein.