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Clash of the Demons by Joseph Delaney
Young Adult
Call#: YF Delaney
Tom is reunited with his mother and must return to Greece to face a new and terrible threat from the dark forces. A momentous decision must be made, causing a serious rift between Tom and the Spook that threatens to separate them forever.
Submitted by Kara Pearson 12/09
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Historical Fiction
Call#: F Stockett
One of the best Southern novels since Gone With the Wind ! Skeeter Phelan, a recent journalism grad, tells this compelling story of what it's like to be a black maid raising white children in Mississippi in the turbulent sixties. You will laugh and cry, but you will not be disappointed!
Submitted by Ruby Cheesman 12/09
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High Country by Jennie Hansen
LDS Fiction
Call#: F Hansen
Laura's aunt took care of her after her parents died, which left her suffering from amnesia. When going through her aunt's things she finds a marriage certificate with her name on it! She also learns of a ranch she owns called " High Country". She will go on a journey both physically and emotionally to find out who this "husband" of hers is and why she didn't know anything about her ranch. It is the best Jennie Hansen book yet!
Submitted by Daena Wasson 12/09
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Hollow Fields Volume 3 by Madeleine Rosca
Children's Graphic Novel
Call#: J741.597 Ros
On her first day of elementary school, Lucy Snow makes a wrong turn and ends up at Hollow Fields, a school for mad scientists. Now she must master grave digging, create killer robots and more or she will be sent to the windmill where the students with the lowest scores go, never to return.
Submitted by Carrie Rogers-Whitehead 12/09
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Home Boy by H.M. Naqui
General Fiction
Call#: F Naqui
Defining themselves as Metrostanis, AC (Ali), Jimbo (Jamshed), and Chuck (Shehzad) are bold and fun loving New York guys, working and partying their way through 2001. A few weeks post 9/11, the atmosphere changes dramatically. One of their friends, the Shaman, seems to have disappeared, so these Three Musketeers decide to drive to his home in Connecticut to check on him. On their way, Chuck comes to the realization that three brown men traveling together in a car, in a night of heightened security may not be a good idea. After being picked up as suspected terrorists, and incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center Chuck relates: “I finally got it. I understood that just like three black men were gang bangers, and three Jews were a conspiracy, three Muslims had become a sleeper cell”. A masterfully crafted tragicomic tale.
Submitted by Lee Alexander 12/09
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Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
General Fiction
Call#: F Urrea
In a small community in Sinaloa, Mexico the men have all gone north to find work. And narcos and banditos are trying to take over the town in their absence. Nayeli, two of her girlfriends, and Tacho, the proprietor of the Limp Hand Taco Stand, having just attended a Yul Bryner movie festival at their local theater, decide to go north to the United States to find a magnificent seven of their own to protect their town. Humor, pathos, and wonderful characters.
Submitted by Lee Alexander 12/09
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The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
General Fiction
Call#: F Pearl
A novel that centers around the unfinished, final novel by Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The author combines history, sublime characterization, a tightly woven plot and deep humanity for his subject matter.
Submitted by Joni Kohagen 12/09
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Lowboy by John Wray
General Fiction
Call#: F Wray
John Wray goes into the minds of a paranoid schizophrenic runaway teen and the missing-persons specialist who tracks him down in this fast-paced literary thriller. Set in the underground world of the New York City subway system, this novel is a fearless and flawless exploration of mental illness.
Submitted by Jennifer Fay 12/09
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Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Historical Fiction
Call#: F See
Two beautiful Shanghainese sister's carefree lives are suddenly changed when their father marries them off to two strangers. When Japanese bombs start falling, the sisters must begin a journey to America to begin a new life in Los Angeles with men they do not know.
Submitted by Carrie Rogers-Whitehead 12/09
Sisters, May and Pearl come to America after losing everything except each other. Their love and devotion to one another as well as their inner strength, determination, and resilience are essential for their survival during heartbreaking experiences in China during the 1930s, later in their journey to America, and their experiences as young Chinese-American brides living in post war Los Angeles. Janet Song does an excellent narration of the audio book.
Submitted by Winnie Kandolin 12/09
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Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Non Fiction
Call#: 92 Niyizokiza
The author recounts the incredible journey of a young African man named Deo who survived genocide, poverty and war to make a new life in America. The courage, resiliency and humanity of Deo will remain with the reader long after you turn the last page. Highly recommended.
Submitted by Joni Kohagen 12/09
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That Went Well: Adventures in Caring for My Sister by Terrell Dougan
Non Fiction
Call#: 362.309 Dou
Meet Terrell's sister, Irene: a woman in her sixties whose favorite outfit consists of Mickey Mouse knee socks and shorts; who wins over the neighborhood kids by hosting two fire trucks at her lemonade stand; whose fridge bears a magnet: NORMAL PEOPLE WORRY ME. When Irene was born, her parents were advised to institutionalize her. They refused and the entire family benefited, with a life rich in stress, sorrows, hilarity, and joy. In her moving and funny memoir about life with Irene, Salt Lake City author Terrell Dougan shows that love, humor, and compassion will always see us through.
Submitted by Bonnie Bradford 12/09
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The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Science Fiction
Call#: F Bacigalupi
What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution?
Submitted by Cherie Bitter 12/09
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Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Non Fiction
Call#: 976.335 Egg
Abdulharama Zeitoun, a successful small business owner in New Orleans decided to ride out Katrina, and its' aftermath, and stay in his home, living on the second floor and in a tent on the roof. This is the true story of how he used his secondhand canoe to aid and rescue people and pets. The only working telephone, with which he called his wife each day at noon, was in one of the properties he owned. While he was there, law enforcement officers arrested him as a suspicious person. He was incarcerated for 23 days in a maximum security prison, denied a phone call, or any contact with outside world. This is an amazing tale of self-reliance, hope, faith and courage.
Submitted by Lee Alexander 12/09
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