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Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Just Ella: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Palace Chronicles series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Just Ella audiobook runs 5 hours unabridged, narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Palace Chronicles

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 13.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Just Ella5 hrs
2Palace of Mirrors8.5 hrs

More narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan

Alyssa Bresnahan narrates 215 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,433 hours in all.

All Alyssa Bresnahan audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf

682 Mystery & Fantasy 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

Just Ella is book 1 of Margaret Peterson Haddix's Palace Chronicles series: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Alyssa Bresnahan, released September 19, 2008, on the Romance (Teen & YA) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5 hrs
Narrated by
Alyssa Bresnahan
Released
September 19, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Romance (Teen & YA), Mystery & Fantasy
Series
Palace Chronicles #1
ISBN
9781436178884

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Just Ella audiobook?

Just Ella runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.

Is the Just Ella audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Just Ella?

Just Ella is narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan.