04459cam a2200397 4500 234912521 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780739348055 0739348051 aba69af2-5870-415a-8d31-9733fca432e0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 109880 OverDrive (Product ID) 109880 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bloor, Edward, 1950- London Calling [Libby]. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2006. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 206MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 206MB. Science Fiction. Historical Fiction. Young Adult Fiction. "Bloor continues to demonstrate his range, this time mixing historical fiction with time travel in a poignant adventure story about fathers and sons. . . . Have tissues on hand for the final pages.". Publishers Weekly. Martin Conway, who numbly attends an upscale private school, is pulled out of his ennui by a strange call from his grandmother right before her death. His curiosity increases when the art deco radio she bequeaths him introduces him to Jimmy, a figure from the past who asks for his help. Martin is introduced to a maze of mysterious parallels and alternating times and places, all of which are kept straight through the strong narration of Robertson Dean. Dean shifts accents easily as Martin time-travels to Jimmy's world, Blitz-filled London of 1940. Dean's resonant tones have a haunting quality for a tale that has otherworldly elements and a dream-like mission that may bring redemption to several characters. S.W. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. HTML:Martin Conway comes from a family filled with heroes and disgraces. His grandfather was a statesman who worked at the US Embassy in London during WWII. His father is an alcoholic who left his family. His sister is an overachieving Ivy League graduate. And Martin? Martin is stuck in between—floundering.<br /> But during the summer after 7th grade, Martin meets a boy who will change his life forever. Jimmy Harker appears one night with a deceptively simple question: Will you help?<br /> Where did this boy come from, with his strange accent and urgent request? Is he a dream? It's the most vivid dream Martin's ever had. And he meets Jimmy again and again—but how can his dreams be set in London during the Blitz? How can he see his own grandather, standing outside the Embassy? How can he wake up with a head full of people and facts and events that he certainly didn't know when he went to sleep—but which turn out to be verifiably real?<br /> The people and the scenes Martin witnesses have a profound effect on him. They become almost more real to him than his waking companions. And he begins to believe that maybe he <i>can</i> help Jimmy. Or maybe that he <i>must</i> help Jimmy, precisely <i>because</i> all logic and reason argue against it.<br /> This is a truly remarkable and deeply affecting novel about fathers and sons, heroes and scapegoats. About finding a way to live with faith and honor and integrity. And about having an answer to the question: What did you do to help?<br /> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:11. Dean, Robertson. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=aba69af2-5870-415a-8d31-9733fca432e0 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/109880-LondonCalling.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/109880-LondonCalling.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ABA69AF2-5870-415A-8D31-9733FCA432E0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/109880-LondonCalling.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/109880-LondonCalling.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ABA69AF2-5870-415A-8D31-9733FCA432E0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)