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Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson

Forge: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Seeds of America series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Forge audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by James Fouhey (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Kidsstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Forge at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Seeds of America Trilogy

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 25.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Chains9.5 hrs
2Forge7.7 hrs
3Ashes8.1 hrs

About as long, on the Kids shelf

2,280 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

Forge is book 2 of Laurie Halse Anderson's Seeds of America series: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by James Fouhey, released December 8, 2020, on the Kids shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
James Fouhey
Released
December 8, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Kids
Series
The Seeds of America Trilogy #2
ISBN
9780593340516

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Forge audiobook?

Forge runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is the Forge audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Forge?

Forge is narrated by James Fouhey.