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The Flown Sky by Matthew Olshan
Children
FOR KIDS: Excellent for younger listeners
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Allele Island is a beachcomber's paradise for a charming little primate named Eena Beena, who tends her stretch of beach—and the hapless castaways who wash up there—as if it were her own private garden. Everything changes when a deranged ape named Prospero arrives with plans to kidnap the island's queen for an evil experiment that threatens the world. A novel of adventure, word play, and high literary nonsense for young listeners (7 to 12 years old).
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By: Chris
Great story, really fun and imaginative, perfect for those younger readers/listeners.By: gsteel
A wonderful "read"! And that voice: like the velvet fog himself!By: cwellborn
Propero, the deranged ape . . . . I look forward to meeting him. He sounds like the kind of guy we should all watch out for. Just in case . . . .
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Chapter One (8.1 MB) | A Lone Beachcomber: We meet Eena Beena, and learn about her solitary, but satisfying, life on Windward Beach, beachcombing and caring for her tiny patients. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter Two (4.54 MB) | No Ordinary Storm: A monstrous summer squall overtakes Allele Island. Eena Beena retreats to the safety of her storm shelter, called the Crow's Nest. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter Three (6.59 MB) | A Stubborn Bracelet: The storm leaves a gigantic mess, but also plenty of beachcombing treasures. Eena Beena finds a mysterious bracelet that refuses to let go of her wrist. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter Four (8.74 MB) | Newcomers: In which Eena Beena meets the earwig nation, and has a conversation with the leader of the earwigs, Don Yaphet. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter Five (5.16 MB) | "Tog! Tog!": An ugly incident at the Clinic involving a feverish earwig forces Eena Beena out into the night, in search of a lost silverfish. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter Six (6.57 MB) | Emeril the Earwig: Eena Been has a late-night conversation with Emeril the Earwig, and learns of the earwigs' mysterious exile from University Island. | Mar 18, 2007 |
| Chapter Seven (7.61 MB) | A Flight to the Palace: What begins as a frightening encounter with a grizzled Royal Pelican turns into an amazing flight to Zandra Palace. | Mar 18, 2007 |
| Chapter Eight (6.09 MB) | The Dread Queen: Eena Beena is singled out of a crowd of young Beenas by the hidden occupant of a magnificent carriage. The Viceroy, a vicious albino vulture, is introduced, and proves himself to be extremely nasty by flicking Emeril over the palace wall. | Mar 18, 2007 |
| Chapter Nine (8.23 MB) | Butterfly Dressing: A cloud of butterflies tickles Eena Beena into a royal outfit. Professor Legume, an elegant and highly educated ape, drops in on Eena Beena from an elevator in the ceiling. | Mar 18, 2007 |
| Chapter Ten (5.58 MB) | An Identical Beena: Professor Legume introduces Eena Beena to Queena Beena, and tells Eena Beena of a plot to kidnap the queen. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Eleven (7.1 MB) | Djama Number Sixteen: Eena Beena learns about Djamas, the secret souls of the world, and agrees to be the queen's decoy. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Twelve (9.05 MB) | We're the Queen: Eena Beena's first lessons in being a queen, including elevator rides, collecting treasure, and cultivating a haughty attitude. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Thirteen (7 MB) | A Hive of Justice: Liddy, one of the law clerks in the Hall of Justice, introduces Eena Beena to the brand new judgment bench. Emeril appears, requesting asylum for the earwig nation. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Fourteen (6.5 MB) | The Judgment Bench: Deciding Allele Island's legal cases proves to be more difficult--and frustrating--than Eena Beena could have imagined. Queena Beena shows terrible judgment. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Fifteen (8.08 MB) | What Prospero Saw: Professor Legume cooks up some chocolate strawberries for Eena Beena while telling her about Prospero's obsessive quest. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Sixteen (5.62 MB) | A Kind of Roof: The two Beenas sneak away to Windward Beach for a midnight swim in Eena Beena's favorite tidal pool. A lovely night ends with a terrible argument. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Seventeen (6.61 MB) | Proof: Prospero approaches in an aluminum airship high above the Southern Sea. The Viceroy pops in for a visit, and is shown how to transform a Djama into a flea. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Eighteen (6.92 MB) | Insect Asylum: Queena Beena, furious that an insect has eaten all of the scrolls in the Hall of Justice, banishes the earwigs from Allele Island. Along the way, she slaps Eena Beena's face. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Nineteen (6.08 MB) | Tumbling and Tumbling: Overcoming his weakness for chocolate, Prospero succeeds in transforming Queena Beena into a flea. The earwig nations stows away on his skiff. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty (6.82 MB) | "Protect the Djama!": Professor Legume engages Prospero in a titanic combat at Oyster Cove. Meanwhile, Eena Beena drifts out to sea in Prospero's skiff. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty-One (8.88 MB) | Bilge Water: Eena Beena considers her plight as she sails aimlessly in the Xylem Sea. Queena Beena is nearer than she knows, hiding out under the deck with the earwig nation. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty-Two (5.49 MB) | Veranda Broom: A mid-sea collision upends Eena Beena's skiff. Her rescuers, Diamond and Daisy, turn out to be from the Southeastern P.D. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty-Three (7.57 MB) | The Earwigs Link: Queena Beena watches in amazement as the earwigs fight for survival, using only their courage, imagination, and teamwork, as the skiff nearly delivers them to a watery grave. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty-Four (6.96 MB) | House of the Mad Queen: Eena Beena meets Miss Jackie, a jemeleon suffering from a bad case of the Scramble Pox. Queena Beena, still a flea, dines on Eena Beena -- much to her own disgust. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty-Five (5.67 MB) | Scramble Pox: While Diamond and Daisy dive down to the Field of Anemones to retrieve Djama number seventeen, Eena Beena faces up to the fact she has come down with the Scramble Pox. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty-Six (5.42 MB) | Famously Dangerous: The girls run into a snag trying to free Tulip from the protective grasp of venemous anemone. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty-Seven (5.74 MB) | An Obvious Solution: To Queena Beena, the solution to the anemone problem is obvious. She enlists help from Emeril and Tog in trying to get a mesage to the girls. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty-Eight (7.61 MB) | Double Scrambled: At first, it seems that Queena Beena's message to the girls is hopelessly scrambled, but then Daisy has an excellent idea for unscrambling it. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Twenty-Nine (6.37 MB) | The Extra Baby: Too excited to sleep, Daisy tells Eena Beena the sad story of Tulip and her mother, Chrysanthemum, Queen of Perennial Isle. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Thirty (8.01 MB) | Relexified: Despite being terribly upset at the premature sight of her daughter, Chrysanthemum cures Miss Jackie and Eena Beena of the Scramble Pox. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Thirty-One (6.68 MB) | A Grateful Nation: Queena Beena is first cured of Scramble Pox and then of being a flea. Bubbling over with happiness, she invites the earwigs to settle on Allele Island. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Thirty-Two (9.64 MB) | Plastered: The girls' careful preparations come to nothing when Prospero arrives in his airship and kidnaps Djamas sixteen and seventeen. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Thirty-Three (8.3 MB) | Ride It: Professor Legume and the girls give chase on the back of an enlarged dragonfly. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Thirty-Four (7.21 MB) | The Nibbler: Tog turns up in Prospero's airship and frees Queena Beena from her restraints. She's suprised to discover that Tog is a silverfish with hidden depths. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Thirty-Five (8.73 MB) | The End of History: Prospero arranges all eighteen Djamas on the Circle of Fates. The Professor and the girls try in vain to stop him. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Thirty-Six (5.9 MB) | A Child of the Source: Eena Beena's bracelet reveals a shocking truth and leads her to her mother. Prospero opens a doorway to the Outside. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter Thirty-Seven (4.29 MB) | Postscript: Things seem to work out quite well for everyone -- except Prospero. | Apr 19, 2007 |
