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Fort Scott Public Library Newsletter May 2018
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Volunteers NEEDED! |
We NEED Volunteers to man tables at the kick-off party on May 30, to supervise in the crafts room throughout June, July, and the first week of August, to help with our rock painting party, to read, sing, dance, or play an instrument at a program, or to help at the registration table during performances. Miss Val cannot do the program alone. Please email me at vcyouthlib@gmail.com or call 223-2882 if you would like to volunteer to help. We NEED Donors to donate prepared foods and bottled water for the regular weekly programs and special party events. Please consider making a small donation. Miss Val will be happy to give you a list of dates & items needed upon request (see contact info above). Monetary donations designated for summer reading are also welcome.
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Wait Till Helen Comes : A Ghost Story
by Mary Downing Hahn
Molly and Michael dislike their spooky new stepsister Heather but realize that they must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost child to her doom.
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After Anna
by Lisa Scottoline
Marrying a wonderful woman after years of loneliness and single fatherhood, John finds his newfound happiness turned upside-down by the arrival of his beautiful sociopath teen daughter, whose campaign to destroy their family and untimely murder force John to prove his innocence in the face of malevolent discoveries.
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An American marriage
by Tayari Jones
When her new husband is arrested and imprisoned for a crime she knows he did not commit, a rising artist takes comfort in a longtime friendship only to encounter unexpected challenges in resuming her life when her husband's sentence is suddenly overturned. By the author of Silver Sparrow.
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Blood of the four
by Christopher Golden
A princess' desire for power in a realm where everyone is a slave upsets the delicate balance of peace between the royal and working classes, triggering a series of events that will end in her either becoming a goddess or destroying the kingdom. 50,000 first printing.
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Caribbean rim
by Randy Wayne White
When a discriminating director of the Florida Division of Historical Resources and his young assistant go missing, Doc Ford navigates a high-stakes mission to fight a murder charge against his amateur archaeologist friend. By the award-winning author of Mangrove Lightning.
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Darkness, sing me a song
by David Housewright
When the doyenne of a socially prominent family of great wealth is arrested for the murder of her son's fiancé, private investigator Holland Taylor, who had discovered that the victim's identity had been fabricated, struggles to uncover the truth amid false testimonies and a controversial business development. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Penance.
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Duel to the death
by Judith A Jance
The best-selling author of the J. P. Beaumont and Joanna Brady thrillers presents another entry in the popular series starring Ali Reynolds, former Los Angeles news anchor-turned-amateur sleuth.
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Star wars, the last Jedi
by Jason Fry
An official novelization of the highly anticipated Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, continues the epic adventures of Rey, Finn, Poe and Luke Skywalker. By the author of The Secret Life of Droids. Movie tie-in.
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Junk raft : an ocean voyage and a rising tide of activism to fight plastic pollution
by Marcus Eriksen
"An exciting account of an activist scientist's unorthodox fight in the growing movement against plastic marine pollution and of his expedition across the Pacific on a home-made "junk raft" Over the past several years, the news media has brought the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"--the famous swirling gyre of plastic litter in the ocean--into the public consciousness. When Marcus Eriksen cofounded the 5 Gyres Institute with his wife, Anna, and set out to study marine pollution, they found that the realityis even more dire: instead of a stable mass of litter, they discovered that a "plastic smog" of microparticles permeates the world's oceans, defying simplistic clean-up efforts. What's more, these microplastics and their toxic chemistry have seeped into the food chain, threatening marine life and humans alike. Far from being a gloomy treatise on an environmental catastrophe, though, Junk Raft tells the exciting story of Eriksen's fight to raise awareness and solve the problem of plastic pollution, contributing to a fast-growing movement to stem the tide of trash. Eriksen writes of his voyage from Los Angeles to Hawaii aboard his homemade "junk raft," and along the way he recounts the successful efforts to fight corporate influence and demand that plastics producers take responsibility for a problem they've created. Eriksen provides concrete, actionable solutions and an empowering message: it's up to bold, brash, unapologetically activist "citizen scientists" to challenge the status quo for the sake of the planet"
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Building the Great Society : inside Lyndon Johnson's White House
by Joshua Zeitz
The author of Lincoln's Boys presents an analysis of the Johnson administration that reveals how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice, profiling major figures in the liberal reforms of the 1960s while warning readers of the consequences of dismantling at-risk programs ranging from Medicare to Head Start.
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A Magical World : Superstition and Science from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
by Derek K. Wilson
A multi-faceted history of the significant advances in human knowledge that occurred between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment illuminates the contributions of herbal healers, religious practitioners, alchemists and astrologists to the establishment of the scientific method and the founding of the French Academy of Sciences and other European capitals.
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Cobalt Squadron
by Elizabeth Wein
While investigating reports of a First Order blockade in the Atterra system, Cobalt Squadron is approached by two freedom fighters desperate to save their home.
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Long way down
by Jason Reynolds
Driven by the secrets and vengeance that mark his street culture, 15-year-old Will contemplates over the course of 60 psychologically suspenseful seconds whether or not he is going to murder the person who killed his brother. By the National Book Award finalist author of When I Was the Greatest.
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Saints and misfits
by S. K. Ali
Struggling to secure her identity as an Arab Indian-American hijabi teen who loves pop culture and aspires to a career in photography, Janna Yusuf falls for a boy she cannot date and considers exposing a person with a monstrous nature who is pretending to be a saint in their tightknit Muslim community.
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The 57 bus
by Dashka Slater
Documents the true story of two Oakland high school students, a white girl from a privileged private school and a black youth from a school overshadowed by crime, whose fateful interaction triggered devastating consequences for both, garnering national attention and raising awareness about hate. By the author of The Sea Serpent and Me.
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The murderer's ape
by Jakob Wegelius
Possessing a rare ability to completely understand human language, gorilla Sally Jones dresses in human clothing and silently moves among unknowing humans during a lucrative job with a cargo boat captain whose wrongful imprisonment for murder prompts Sally's quest for justice and survival.
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Accell 1 : Home Schooling
by Joe Casey
"Portions of this book were previously published in Accell Vol. 1, Issues 1-4 and FCBD 2017 Catalyst Prime: The Event."
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Everybunny Count!
by Ellie Sandall
Bunnies and foxes play hide-and-seek and count together in this bright, colorful picture book that explores the natural world and celebrates friendship and one of the most beloved early childhood games.
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Little Blue Truck's Springtime : A Lift-the-Flap Book
by Alice Schertle
Young children are invited to celebrate the beauty and renewal of spring with Little Blue Truck in a sturdy board book that features interactive lift-flaps that reveal a series of adorable baby animals.
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I Love Pete the Kitty
by James Dean
Pete the Kitty loves so many things in life, from learning to ride a skateboard to flying a kite with his brother Bob, and young readers will enjoy learning about all the things that delight this groovy kitty as well as what he loves most, in this original board book that features the beloved feline as a young cat.
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Vehicles Hide and Sneak
by Bastien Contraire
Invites young readers to identify the item that does not fit in with the vehicles depicted on each page, including a toaster surrounded by buses and a bird hiding among airplanes.
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Hello, Universe
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Two boys and two girls explore respective views about courage and being different in the wake of a prank that traps one of them at the bottom of a well and compels the others to embark on a search-and-rescue mission. By the author of Blackbird Fly.
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Khipu and the Final Key
by Dee Garretson
The final leg of the Aldens' journey around the world leads them to South America, where they must return their most delicate artifact yet and confront their adversaries.
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Great Escape
by C. Alexander London
When the wild animals of Ankle Snap Alley start disappearing and Kit the raccoon discovers that they are being taken to the zoo, he leads the Moonlight Brigade on a daring rescue operation to free his friends and family but runs into opposition from animals who prefer a life of protection in the zoo over one of freedom in the wild
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Saturdays at Sea
by Jessica Day George
Celie and her family set sail on a ship made from their beloved Castle only to find themselves in uncharted waters heading toward an unknown destination.
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