The Cruisers: Audiobook
Book 1 of the News Crew series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cruisers runs 2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by André Santana (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 2 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The News Crew
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 8.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cruisers | 2 hrs |
| 2 | Checkmate | 2.3 hrs |
| 3 | A Star Is Born | 2.5 hrs |
| 4 | Oh, Snap! | 2 hrs |
More narrated by André Santana
André Santana narrates 211 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,756 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
435 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway (Book 12): A hilarious family holiday story from the #1 international bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School (Book 10): A laugh-out-loud disastrous school trip story from the #1 international bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
- New Kid
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 Cruisers is book 1 of Walter Dean Myers's News Crew series: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by André Santana, released August 26, 2025, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2 hrs
- Narrated by
- André Santana
- Released
- August 26, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The News Crew #1
- ISBN
- 9798897568352
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cruisers as an audiobook?
The Cruisers runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.
Is The Cruisers free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cruisers?
The Cruisers is narrated by André Santana.