The Little Runaways: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Halfpenny Orphans series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Little Runaways runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Antonia Beamish (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Halfpenny Orphans
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.4 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 51.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Orphans of Halfpenny Street | 14.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Little Runaways | 13.5 hrs |
| 3 | Christmas for the Halfpenny Orphans | 12.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Boy with the Latch Key | 11.3 hrs |
More narrated by Antonia Beamish
Antonia Beamish narrates 193 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,003 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
1,392 Drama 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
The Little Runaways is book 2 of Cathy Sharp's Halfpenny Orphans series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Antonia Beamish, released March 10, 2016, on the Drama shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Antonia Beamish
- Released
- March 10, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama
- Series
- Halfpenny Orphans #2
- ISBN
- 9780008118495
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Little Runaways as an audiobook?
The Little Runaways runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Little Runaways free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Little Runaways?
The Little Runaways is narrated by Antonia Beamish.
Is The Little Runaways worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.