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New Items ~ September 2019

February 14, 2022September 7, 2019 by Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

FICTION The bitterroots by C.J. Box. The black sheep of an influential family is accused of assault. Blood of an exile by Brian Naslund. A page-turning, edge-of-your-seat read that breathes new life into dragon mythology. Chances are…. by Richard Russo. A reunion on Martha’s Vineyard reopens old mysteries and wounds for three Vietnam-era college friends. Contraband by Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington is caught in the web of a national smuggling operation. Costalegre by Courtney Maum. A wildly imaginative and curiously touching story of a privileged teenager who has everything a girl could want except for a mother who loves her …

August 2019

August 24, 2019 by Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

A – August and everything after U – Under the sand G – Gone-Away Lake U – Up the mountain path S – Summer at the lake T – To the beach 2 – Two dogs in a trench coat go to school 0 – Zero limit 1 – One night at the lake 9 – 9 to 5

New Items ~ August 2019

February 14, 2022August 2, 2019 by Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

FICTION Almost midnight by Paul Doiron. A deadly attack on one of Maine’s last wild wolves leads Game Warden Mike Bowditch to an even bigger criminal conspiracy. Ask again, yes by Mary Beth Keane. A family saga about 2 Irish American families in a New York suburb, the love between 2 of their children, and the tragedies to tear them apart and destroy the future. Backlash by Brad Thor. Cut off from any support, Scot Harvath fights to get his revenge. Big Sky by Kate Atkinson. Detective Jackson Brodie uncovers a sinister network in a sleepy seaside town. The chain …

New Items ~ July 2019

February 14, 2022July 6, 2019 by Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

FICTION America was hard to find by Kathleen Alcott. Three indelible characters embody the truths about this country in transition during America’s most iconic moments in the later part of the last century: the race to space, the race against the Vietnam War, and the ravages of the AIDS epidemic. The body in the wake by Katherine Hall Page. Amateur detective and caterer Faith Fairchild is at her Penobscot Bay, Maine cottage preparing for a summer wedding, when she stumbles across….a body. Bunny by Mona Awad. A darkly funny, strange novel about a lonely graduate student drawn into a clique …

New Items ~ June 2019

February 14, 2022June 1, 2019 by Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

FICTION The A list by J.A. Jance. An imprisoned fertility doctor seeks revenge. Anna of Kleve, the princess in the portrait by Alison Weir. The surprising life of the least known of King Henry VIII’s wives is illuminated in this volume of the Six Tudor Queens series. At Briarwood School for Girls by Michael Knight. It’s 1994 and Leonore is a junior at Briarwood. She plays basketball. She hates her roommate. History is her favorite subject. She has told no one that she’s pregnant. Everything, in other words, is under control. Right. Sure it is. The better sister by Alafair …

New Items ~ May 2019

February 14, 2022May 4, 2019 by Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

FICTION The Ash family by Molly Dektar. When a young woman leaves her family – and the civilized world – to join an off-the-grid community headed by an enigmatic leader, she discovers that belonging comes with a deadly cost. Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson. An inspiring tribute to female friendship and female courage. Three women are brought together in an enthralling story of friendship, heartbreak, resilience in a novel set at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Boy swallows universe by Trent Dalton. A story of brotherhood, true love, family, and the most unlikely of friendships, this is …