Audio only
Length4h 6m
About this audiobook
Look Both Ways meets Seedfolks in this masterful novel that follows a diverse cast of young people whose lives intersect in surprising and hilarious ways over the course of a summer day.
From two-time Newbery honoree Gary D. Schmidt and two-time PEN Award winner Ron Koertge comes a moving and often laugh-out-loud funny middle grade novel about family, friendship, and belonging, told by a group of kids spending a day at the beach.
Here’s what’s so cool about the beach. Kids are everywhere! Kids you know, kids you want to know. Wandering from one blanket to another, from one family to another. Somebody’s mom reads a fat summer novel. Somebody’s dad snores with an iPad on his chest. Babies cry. Girls laugh. Frisbee players whoop! Kites in the perfect blue sky.
Some kids bodysurf. Some don’t even like the water. They build sand cities for their friends and sand jails for the grown-ups, and when the tide comes in everything gets washed away.
There’s the other world, where all kids hear is tomorrow, next week, next year. And then there’s the beach, where everything is right now!
Why can’t every day be a day at the beach?
Thoughtful vignettes brilliantly weave together an irresistible tale of tween conflict and connections.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.5 (503)
Includes Goodreads
GenreChildren's Literature
Length4 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byRamon de Ocampo, Victoria Villareal
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 1, 2025
LanguageEnglish
More from Gary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge
Jupiter RisingGary D. Schmidt3h 35m4.5 (3K)$18 · $0.00
Orbiting JupiterGary D. Schmidt2h 59m$18 · $0.00
One Smart SheepGary D. Schmidt, Elizabeth Stickney48m4.1 (383)$11 · $0.00
What Came from the StarsGary D. Schmidt7h 37m3.5 (2.2K)$26 · $0.00
A Little Bit SuperGary D. Schmidt, Leah Henderson, Pablo Cartaya, Nikki Grimes, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Remy Lai, Kyle Lukoff, Daniel Nayeri, Meg Medina, Linda Sue Park, Mitali Perkins, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Brian Young, Ibi Zoboi6h 31m3.4 (192)$24 · $0.00
The Wednesday WarsGary D. Schmidt7h 48m4.4 (48.9K)$26 · $0.00
Styx and StonesGary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge6h 3m3.7 (214)$24 · $0.00
The Labors of Hercules BealGary D. Schmidt8h 17m4.6 (10.4K)$8 · $0.00
Because My Destiny AwaitsCorwin McGinnis2h 40m5.0 (41)$15
A Wolf Called FireRosanne Parry4h 7m4.7 (1.2K)$7 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman3h 2m4.6 (15.6K)$18 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal7h 25m4.6 (1.9K)$24 · $0.00
Warriors #6: The Darkest HourErin Hunter8h 8m4.6 (70.2K)$26 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Beatrix Potter (Annotated)Beatrix Potter5h 11m4.6 (1.5K)$2 · $0.00
The Violet Fairy Book (Annotated)Andrew Lang11h 39m4.7 (304)$2 · $0.00
Little Lord Fauntleroy (Annotated)Frances Hodgson Burnett7h 56m4.6 (1.5K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Nutcracker and The Mouse King (Annotated)E.T.A. Hoffmann4h 4m4.6 (1.5K)$2 · $0.00
Deep ZoneTim Green6h 12m4.6 (2.8K)$20
REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM & NEW CHRONICLES OF REBECCA (Children's Book Classics) (Annotated)Kate Douglas Wiggin15h 32m4.6 (1.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Pilgrim’s ProgressRousseaux Brasseur3h 22m4.7 (158)$17
Just William (Illustrated) (Annotated)Richmal Crompton6h 30m4.6 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Labors of Hercules BealGary D. Schmidt8h 17m4.6 (10.4K)$8 · $0.00
Clancy of the Overflow (The Matilda Saga, #9)Jackie French14h 24m4.6 (471)$33 · $0.00
The House at Pooh CornerA. A. Milne3h 13m4.5 (117.7K)$12
The Great Fairy Tales - Oscar Wilde Edition (Illustrated) (Annotated)Oscar Wilde6h 31m4.6 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
The Boy Who Followed His Father into AuschwitzJeremy Dronfield6h 54m4.5 (28.5K)$24 · $0.00
The Adventures of Uncle Rocky, FiremanJames Burd Brewster2h 41m4.8 (75)$10
Attack from Tilted TowersDevin Hunter2h 6m4.7 (235)$15
You may also like
Understood BetsyDorothy Canfield Fisher4h 22m4.3 (16.3K)$2 · $0.00
Little ReeRee Drummond9m4.1 (1.1K)$4 · $0.00
Understood BetsyDorothy Canfield Fisher4h 47m4.3 (19.3K)Free
UNDERSTOOD BETSY (Illustrated Edition)Dorothy Canfield Fisher5h 47m4.3 (18.7K)$2 · $0.00
CloverSusan Coolidge6h 36m3.8 (1.5K)$2 · $0.00
Alyosha the PotLeo Tolstoy14m4.2 (1.1K)$2.30
Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery11h 11m4.4 (1.2M)$20
Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery11h 16m4.4 (1.3M)$2 · $0.00
Amelia Bedelia I Can Read Level 1 Audio CollectionHerman Parish1h 23m4.5 (1K)$16 · $0.00
The Pioneer WomanRee Drummond11h 2m4.2 (56.1K)$29 · $0.00
Heart Life MusicKenny Chesney, Holly Gleason8h 1m3.9 (4.6K)$26 · $0.00
Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery11h 14m4.5 (1.3M)$20
Laddie: A True Blue Story Gene Stratton-Porter12h 30m4.3 (6.5K)Free
L. M. Montgomery – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & MemoirsLucy Maud Montgomery155h 1m4.7 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
The Story of My LifeHelen Keller13h 38m4.2 (170.2K)Free
Gracie Under the WavesLinda Sue Park3h 37m4.1 (1.3K)$18 · $0.00
Whistler, or, the Manly BoyWalter Aimwell6h 12m$2.30
The Thankful TreeLorena Romero13m$1
HighacresJane Abbott7h 3m3.9 (43)$1 · $0.00
A Girls' Guide to the IslandsSuzanne Kamata1h 44m4.0 (20)$14.10 · $0.00