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The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History by Karen Valby

The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Khadija Tariyan McKinney G. and Marcia Lynn Sells and others (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7listening hrs
Teen & YAstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7 hours of listening.

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30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 7 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 17,065 Teen & YA audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by January LaVoy

January LaVoy narrates 468 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,610 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Teen & YA shelf

2,194 Teen & YA 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 Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History is an audiobook by Karen Valby: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Khadija Tariyan McKinney G., Marcia Lynn Sells and Lydia Abarca Mitchell and others, released January 14, 2025, on the Teen & YA shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7 hrs
Narrated by
Khadija Tariyan McKinney G., Marcia Lynn Sells, Lydia Abarca Mitchell, Sheila Rohan, Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, January LaVoy
Released
January 14, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Teen & YA
ISBN
9798217015184

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History as an audiobook?

The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History?

The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults): Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History is narrated by Khadija Tariyan McKinney G., Marcia Lynn Sells, Lydia Abarca Mitchell and Sheila Rohan and others.