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Adult Titles

Worst Case
A Fair Maiden
Worst Case by
James Patterson

This is the third book in the Michael Bennett Series.  Michael is a detective who is brought in on an abduction case. The difference with this case is that instead of asking for money the abductor asks his hostage questions. If the answer is wrong the hostage loses his life.  

Fair Maiden
Joyce Carol Oates

Young Katya Spivak is babysitting her summer charges  when she meets elegant Marcus Kidder. Mr. Kidder's life couldn't be more different from Katya. Where she has a boring dull life, his is full of brightness and riches which is all very exciting to her. However, what at first seems like an innocent friendship soon changes as Mr. Kidder starts to reveal himself. What does he really want? And how far will he go to get it?

Young Adult

No More Dead Dogs
The Storm Thief
No More Dead Dogs by
Gordon Korman

Wallace is tired of books that end with dead dogs. So when his English teacher assigns him to read his favorite book that ends with a dog dying Wallace tells the truth. "This book Stank." Which of course gets him into a whole lot of trouble and stuck in a play about the book he hates. However, things begin to change when Wallace decides to update the play. 

The Storm Thief by
Chris Wooding

Orokos is a city of chaos, lashed by probability storms that re-order the world wherever they strike. It covers every inch of the rocky island that it dominates. It has stood for so long that history has forgotten it, and its citizens no longer question what exists beyond its walls. Then three of its denizens discover a map that holds the key to the secret at the heart of Orokos. But there are others, such as the Chief of the Protectorate Secret Police, who would do anything to get their hands on that power...anything at all... (synopsis is provided by Barnes and Nobles)


Junior Fiction

The Magic Thief
Rule of Three
The Magic Thief:Lost By
Sarah Prineas
This is the second book in The Magic Thief  series. Conn, a magician's apprentice, knows one of the most dangerous rules of magic is to mix it with fire. But with an unearthly evil taking over the city, he has no choice except to listen to the voices he hears when he does mix the two. What are they trying to tell him?
Rule of Three by
Megan McDonald
The sister's are back. Sibling rivalry is running  high when both Alex and Stevie try out for the same part in the play. Of course their little sister Joey can't help but egg them on. 



Picture Books

Mother your the best (But Sister You're a Pest)
Charlie Hits it Big
Mother You're the Best
(But Sister You're a Pest) by
Diane DeGroat

Gilbert is trying to give a special gift to his mother for Mother's Day but his sister keeps getting in the way. 

Charlie Hits it Big by
Deborah Blumenthal

Charlie leaves his safe comfortable home for  stardom in Hollywood. Join him on his fun adventure as he seeks his destination.

Updated January 2010

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