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Leroy Ninker Saddles Upby Kate DiCamillo If you liked Mercy Watson, read on! First in a new series called Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Leroy Ninker Saddles Up tells the story of would-be cowboy Leroy Ninker. He’s ready for cowboy life and already has his boots, lasso and hat. He’s only missing one thing – a […]
September 17 by Amanda West Lewis This story took a while to get going but once disaster struck, it was well worth reading. During World War II, nightly bombing attacks on England are sending everyone, young and old, into bomb shelters. Homes are being lost and many are dying. The British government has decided to […]
By Garth NixSixteen-year-old Clariel is not happy about the move to the city of Belisaere in the Old Kingdom. She misses her old life where she could roam the forests, and be on her own. City life is busy, crowded, and surrounded by ugly stone walls. All Clariel wants to do is find a way […]
Tell It To The Treesby Anita Rau Badami The novel opens with the discovery of a body in the snow outside the family home. It is Anu, the tenant from the cottage behind the house. How did Anu come to this terrible end? What was she doing outside so woefully underdressed in a blizzard? So […]
by Cixin LiuContact has been made. Aliens exists and they know we are here. This is the story of what happens when people find out that we aren’t alone in the universe. Translated from the original Chinese Cixin Liu brings a under-represented point of view to science fiction to the West. A fair amount […]
The Night Gardenerby Jonathan Auxier Irish siblings Molly and Kip are orphans who travel to England to find work. Cold and starving, they make their way to an English manor house in the dark, “sour” woods – a house that local inhabitants avoid like the plague. Dominating the landscape around the house is an gnarled […]
The BoundlessBy Kenneth OppelWill Everett is a passenger on the Boundless. At more than seven miles long, the Boundless is the longest train in the world. His father is the engineer and Will is very fortunate to ride on the maiden voyage of this massive machine. But Will, left to his own devices while his […]
by Jesse AndrewsGreg Gaines has High School all figured out. His secret: be nice to every clique, but just don’t let other cliques see you doing this and never commit to the cardinal sin of eating lunch in the cafeteria. Together with his only friend Earl, he gets through the days remaking low budget movies […]
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BenedictionBy Kent Haruf Like all Kent Haruf novels, Benediction is set in the high plains of Holt County outside of Denver, Colorado. It tells the story of Dad Lewis, a man dying of cancer, and the lives of those close to him in his final days. His wife, Mary, and daughter, Lorraine, are at his […]