The Green Glass Sea: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Gordon Family series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Green Glass Sea runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julie Dretzin (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 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 7.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Gordon Family
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 16 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Green Glass Sea | 7.5 hrs |
| 2 | White Sands, Red Menace | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by Julie Dretzin
Julie Dretzin narrates 23 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 154 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
1,000 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Refugee
- The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire #2)
- The Graveyard Book
- The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire #3)
- The City of Ember: The First Book of Ember
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 Green Glass Sea is book 1 of Ellen Klages's Gordon Family series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Julie Dretzin, released February 21, 2008, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julie Dretzin
- Released
- February 21, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- Gordon Family #1
- ISBN
- 9781440797415
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Green Glass Sea as an audiobook?
The Green Glass Sea runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is The Green Glass Sea free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Green Glass Sea?
The Green Glass Sea is narrated by Julie Dretzin.