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The Kind of Friends We Used to Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Secret Language of Girls series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be runs 4.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jessica Almasy (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.7listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 4.7 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

1,052 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be is book 2 of Frances O'Roark Dowell's Secret Language of Girls series: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jessica Almasy, released February 27, 2009, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.7 hrs
Narrated by
Jessica Almasy
Released
February 27, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids)
Series
Secret Language of Girls #2
ISBN
9781440708855

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Kind of Friends We Used to Be as an audiobook?

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.

Is The Kind of Friends We Used to Be free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Kind of Friends We Used to Be?

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be is narrated by Jessica Almasy.