Half a World Away: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Half a World Away audiobook runs 4.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.5 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Kirby Heyborne narrates 779 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,134 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
969 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
Half a World Away is an audiobook by Cynthia Kadohata: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released October 28, 2014, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kirby Heyborne
- Released
- October 28, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9781442382558
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Half a World Away audiobook?
Half a World Away runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is the Half a World Away audiobook free?
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Who narrates Half a World Away?
Half a World Away is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.