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Fort Scott Public Library Newsletter October 2019
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Storytime Join Miss Val for Storytime on Tues. or Wed. at 10 am weekly for a themed children's program! Storytime features stories, crafts, snacks, singing, and sometimes, special guests, all centered around seasonal themes or ideas from attendees. The program is free and open to all ages! Each event also features a play and coloring table, which families with energetic little ones or special needs children find especially helpful. Join us and see for yourself! Upcoming themes: Llamas, Music, Fish, Fall, and Halloween. Tell us your child's theme ideas here. Miss Val is always seeking volunteers to help with programs and prep. Interested? Contact her at vcyouthlib@gmail.com.
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Come to Cardboard & Recyclables Maker Monday! October 21, 4 - 5 pm. Create what you like using cardboard and recyclables, with our craft supplies to decorate and assemble it all. Enjoy snacks & water and work as a family at this free program. Kids 2nd grade and below must be accompanied by an adult at all times. |
Middle & High School Students, come on Wednesdays at 4:15 p.m. for a free program just for you! Help us shape the program for the upcoming months by suggesting new group names and joining in a vote on September 11. An ongoing reading challenge began last week and will run through the end of next May. Reading prizes and books will be awarded for every 500 pages of reading. FIGHTERS stands for Familiar Inviting Group Helping Those Entities Recover from School. The name was chosen and voted on by our members. The October meetings will run as follows: October 9, 4:15-5 pm: Mini Pumpkin Painting at the Library October 16, 4-6 pm: Games & Snacks Night at the Library October 23, 4:15-5 pm: The Lone Wolves Book Club at the Keyhole October 30, 4-5 pm: Halloween Party at the Library Need a ride from public school to FIGHTERS? Parents or guardians, call Joe Allen at 223-0800 to arrange bus transportation for your student.
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A better man
by Louise Penny
Searching for a missing woman amid a catastrophic flood and blistering social media attacks, a demoted Armand Gamache bonds with the victim’s distraught father, who contemplates a murder of his own. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Kingdom of the Blind.
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Hart's Hollow farm
by Janet Dailey
When 73-year-old Emmy Hart asks her to help revitalize Hart’s Hollow farm, Kristen accepts, despite her fears about becoming too attached to the family; and then there’s Emmy’s ruggedly handsome grandson. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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Killer instinct
by James Patterson
A sequel to Murder Games finds the suspicious death of a professor reuniting Dr. Dylan Reinhart and Detective Elizabeth Needham against a terrorist plot targeting New York City. Co-written by a #1 best-selling author.
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Land of wolves
by Craig Johnson
Investigating the suspicious suicide of a Wyoming shepherd, sheriff Walt Longmire uncovers disturbing connections to a violent family before the case is further complicated by the appearance of a giant wolf. By the award-winning author of Depth of Winter.
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Lethal agent
by Kyle Mills
A divisive presidential election is complicated by terrorist videos of a kidnapped scientist who is being forced to produce anthrax, catapulting Mitch Rapp into an undercover mission to prevent the weapon from being smuggled into America.
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Mycroft and Sherlock : the empty birdcage
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. It is 1873, and Mycroft Holmes is in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, a serial murderer who leaves no mark upon his victims. Mycroft allows Sherlock to take the case.
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Robert B. Parker's The bitterest pill
by Reed Farrel Coleman
When a popular cheerleader succumbs to a suspected opioid overdose, Police Chief Jesse Stone finds himself fighting battling self-interested administrators, reluctant teachers, distrustful students and overprotective parents to undermine violent drug pushers.
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The dark side : a novel
by Danielle Steel
Haunted by the childhood death of her sister, Zoe devotes herself to a nonprofit career helping disadvantaged kids before scars from the past challenge her as a mother. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Lost and Found.
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The testaments
by Margaret Atwood
A long-anticipated sequel to the best-selling The Handmaid’s Tale is set 15 years after Offred stepped into an unknown fate and interweaves the experiences of three female narrators from Gilead.
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The United States of Trump : how the president really sees America
by Bill O'Reilly
The television journalist and author of the best-selling Killing series draws on exclusive interview materials and deep research, in an insider’s portrait of the 45th President that includes previously undisclosed details about Trump’s childhood, family life and career.
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Eliza and Her Monsters
by Francesca Zappia
When the anonymous teen creator of a wildly popular webcomic is tempted by a school newcomer to pursue real-world relationships, everything she has worked so hard to build crumbles in the wake of their highly publicized romance. By the author of Made You Up.
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People Kill People
by Ellen Hopkins
Follows six teenagers as they are brought into close contact over the course of one tense week, in a town with political and personal tensions that build until one fires a fatal gunshot.
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Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess' Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie
by Neil Gaiman
"Half a crusading epic, half based in Tolkien-esque mythology, Neil Gaiman's award-winning graphic novel fantasy is now back in a brand-new edition! It is here in Wall that young Tristran Thorn loses his heart to the town beauty--a woman who is as cold and distant as the star she and Tristran see fall from the sky on a crisp October evening. To gain the hand of his beloved, Tristran rashly vows to fetch the fallen star and embarks upon a lover's quest that will carry him over the ancient wall and into a world beyond his wildest imagings."
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That's Not What Happened
by Kody Keplinger
In the three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre, a story has grown up around one of the victims, Sarah McHale, that says she died proclaiming her Christian faith--but Leanne Bauer was there, and knows what happened, and she has a choice: stay silent and let people believe in Sarah's martyrdom, or tell the truth.
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The Boneless Mercies
by April Genevieve Tucholke
Four female mercenaries known as Boneless Mercies, weary of roaming Vorseland, ignored and forgotten until they are needed for mercy killings, decide to seek glory by going after a legendary monster in this reimagining of Beowulf.
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The Center of the Universe
by Ria Voros
When her celebrity news anchor mother bafflingly disappears, triggering wild media speculation, her daughter, an aspiring astrophysicist, uncovers surprising family secrets while bonding with her high school's golden boy, who is facing his own difficult loss.
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The Thousandth Floor
by Katharine McGee
A tale set in a 1,000-story luxury tower one century into the future follows the experiences of an addicted perfectionist, a betrayed teen, a financially strapped girl, a socialite with an illegal A.I. that he designed and a genetically perfect girl who dreams of what she can never have.
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Titans: The Return of Wally West Vol. 1
by Dan Abnett
The only person with memories from a lost universe, Wally West sets out to find his former friends and reunite them before the enemy that destroyed their memories finishes the job.
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One Is a Lot Except When It's Not
by Muon Thi Van
"2 is a little. 0 is nothing. 1 is not enough.
Well, sometimes ... 1 sun is a lot. 1 dog is a lot. 2 can even be too much. And when it comes to rain clouds, 0 is perfect. It's curious, but true. It all depends on what you're counting!" - Amazon.com
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Space Boy and His Dog
by Dian Curtis Regan
"Niko may live on boring old Earth with his family, but he's always finding a new adventure. Using the spaceship that he built from a box in his backyard and a little imagination, he flies off into space with his robot Radar and his dog Tag. The only oneNOT invited is his sister Posh, who keeps trying to insert herself into Niko's story. In this first mission, Niko and crew (and maybe also pesky Posh) fly to the moon in search of a lost cat"--Amazon.com
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Toby's Story
by W. Bruce Cameron
Toby, an unusually calm beagle puppy, finds his purpose when Mona and her mother adopt him and teach him to be a therapy dog at a nursing home.
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Wolf Hollow
by Lauren Wolk
Growing up in a rural Pennsylvania town in the aftermath of two world wars, 12-year-old Annabelle confronts a bullying newcomer and must defend a traumatized but gentle World War I veteran who is wrongly implicated in the bully's disappearance.
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Bruce's Big Storm
by Ryan T Higgins
Bruce finds the limits of his overcrowded home tested when a big storm brings all his woodland neighbors to his door for shelter. By the award-winning creator of We Don’t Eat Our Classmates.
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Curious You: On Your Way!
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Featuring Curious George in classic scenes from many of his original books, an inspirational story helps readers of all ages to celebrate the milestones in their lives.
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Disney Heroes and Villains Quizzes: From Aladdin to Ursula
by Jennifer Boothroyd
"Readers can test their knowledge of Disney heroes and villains! Nonfiction features include facts on STEAM, culture, and Disney heroes and villains. Back matter includes a reproducible page for readers to create a quiz"
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Disney Princess Quizzes: From Ariel to Tiana
by Jennifer Boothroyd
"Readers can test their Disney princess superfan knowledge with these quizzes. Nonfiction features include facts on STEAM, culture, and more Disney princess information. Back matter includes a reproducible page for readers to create a quiz"
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