Under the Lilacs


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(4.8 stars; 181 reviews)

When two young girls decide to have a tea party with their dolls and a mysterious dog comes and eats their prized cake, they end up finding a circus run-away, Ben Brown. Ben is a horse master, and loves horses, so when the Moss' take the young boy in, they decide to give him work at the neighbors house driving cows (on a horse, of course). After that a series of events happens, and Ben finds out his beloved father is dead. Miss Celia, a neighbor, feels sorry and comforts him, and finally offers to let Ben stay with her and her fourteen-year-old brother, Thornton who is called Thorny. After that many adventures and summer-happenings go on in Celia's house. Sancho gets lost, Ben is accused of stealing, Miss Celia even gets hurt and Ben takes a wild ride on his horse, and… The rest you'll know from reading the book.
Summary by Wikipedia, revised by Stav Nisser.

Book Coordinators: Stav Nisser and Diana Majlinger (7 hr 21 min)

Chapters

A Mysterious Dog 17:03 Read by MaryAnn
Where They Found His Master 11:38 Read by MaryAnn
Ben 12:52 Read by MaryAnn
His Story 10:48 Read by MaryAnn
Ben Gets A Place 13:50 Read by MaryAnn
A Circulating Library 8:41 Read by Chelsea Baker
New Friends Trot In 14:47 Read by Chelsea Baker
Miss Celia's Man 13:57 Read by Elizabeth Klett
A Happy Tea 17:46 Read by Elizabeth Klett
A Heavy Trouble 14:35 Read by Xenutia
Sunday 31:32 Read by Amy Benton
Good Times 21:36 Read by Amy Benton
Somebody Runs Away 25:04 Read by kiwafruit
Somebody Gets Lost 31:53 Read by Linda Ferguson
Ben's Ride 25:01 Read by MaryAnn
Detective Thornton 23:20 Read by MaryAnn
Betty's Bravery 21:26 Read by BookAngel7
Bows and Arrows 14:32 Read by BookAngel7
Speaking Pieces 17:08 Read by BookAngel7
Ben's Birthday 18:19 Read by MaryAnn
Cupid's Last Appearance 20:26 Read by MaryAnn
A Boy's Bargain 17:43 Read by MaryAnn
Somebody Comes 17:20 Read by MaryAnn
The Great Gate Is Opened 20:09 Read by MaryAnn

Reviews

Excellent!


(5 stars)

Excellent story! No drowning of kittens or harming animals in this story like some other old stories you read about. Only one about a cat and mice. That's completely natural though. Such a heartwarming story. Teaches kids important lesson too. This Author is one of my all time favorites she is so kind and teaches kids in such a sweet and kind way. She is even so kind to animals.

great story


(4 stars)

I enjoyed the story and so did my girls. I do prefer 1 reader for the whole book, otherwise I would have given 5 stars. thankfully all the readers read clearly enough to understand, although 1 was not as clear. I would definitely recommend this book though.

Great story for any age


(5 stars)

A story similar to many of Ms Alcott works. A bit more of a boy's adventure, but great female characters as well. well read.

Lovely


(5 stars)

Heartwarming story with many endearing characters. Narration very good in spite of the various readers.


(4 stars)

The variety of narrators was a bit distracting but a wonderful story nonetheless.


(5 stars)

What a lovely story! Well read by a number of Readers, it ranks up there as one of my favorites by Louisa May Alcott. I have never read this story before, and found myself wanting to listen more than I had time for. Lovely story.


(5 stars)

I loved this book!!!! It so cute cute!! I love the little scrapes they get in and the fun times they have together! I also love the coming home of Sancho and Mr. Brown.

beautiful childrens book


(4 stars)

the readers switch several times which normally annoys me greatly but all of them were good and for whatever reason it didn't bother me with this book