The Castaways: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Curse of the Jolly Stone series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Castaways runs 6.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Keating (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.8 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 2,649 Action & Adventure (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Curse of the Jolly Stone
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 13.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 20 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Convicts | 6.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Cannibals | 6.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Castaways | 6.8 hrs |
More narrated by John Keating
John Keating narrates 176 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,982 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) shelf
236 Action & Adventure (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Kid Normal
- Restart
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- Space Case
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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
The Castaways is book 3 of Iain Lawrence's Curse of the Jolly Stone series: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by John Keating, released February 18, 2008, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Keating
- Released
- February 18, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Kids)
- Series
- Curse of the Jolly Stone #3
- ISBN
- 9781436111775
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Castaways as an audiobook?
The Castaways runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is The Castaways free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Castaways?
The Castaways is narrated by John Keating.