THE ISLAND OF DR. LIBRIS

Listeners can appreciate the fun that narrator Kirby Heyborne has giving voice to the myriad characters who inhabit Dr. Libris's unusual island. With summer stretching before him, young Billy arrives at a rented lakeside cabin with his mother and only a vast library for entertainment. But what happens when Billy reads a story aloud on the island? And exactly how does Billy fit into the Theta Project? Heyborne toggles between the flat affect of scientific reporting and the nuances of adventure tales. His narration underscores the personalities of the characters--boyish Billy, booming Hercules, confident Tom Sawyer, boisterous Robin Hood, and a Pollyanna who is "glad" even in the face of a "sharkodile." A.R. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2015]