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We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) by Deborah Hopkinson

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus): Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) audiobook runs 5.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Lauren Irwin (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.2listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.2 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

1,186 Non-fiction (Kids) 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

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) is an audiobook by Deborah Hopkinson: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Lauren Irwin, released February 4, 2020, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.2 hrs
Narrated by
Lauren Irwin
Released
February 4, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids)
ISBN
9781338605327

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) audiobook?

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is the We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus)?

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) is narrated by Lauren Irwin.