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In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools by Benay McNamara, Brenda J. Child

In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Benay McNamara (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 6.9 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 6.9 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

1,116 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

In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools is an audiobook by Benay McNamara and Brenda J. Child: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Benay McNamara, released September 8, 2026, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.9 hrs
Narrated by
Benay McNamara
Released
September 8, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids)
ISBN
9781668659205

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools audiobook?

In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is the In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools audiobook free?

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Who narrates In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools?

In Our Own Words: True Stories of Indian Boarding Schools is narrated by Benay McNamara.