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Staff Recommendations February 2017
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The whole town's talking: a novel
by Fannie Flagg
The late citizens of a small Missouri community wake up underground after death and reconnect with loved ones over the course of 150 years before some of them begin to actually disappear, prompting a town-wide investigation. By the New York Times best-selling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
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Children of fire
by Drew Karpyshyn
Traces the experiences of four young wizards whose abilities to wield an ancient magic both threaten and protect their world.
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Heroes of the frontier: a novel
by Dave Eggers
Struggling through a painful separation, the loss of her dental practice and the senseless death of a young man, Josie embarks on an RV road trip to Alaska with her kids that is marked by both national wonders and the shadows of past regrets. By the best-selling author of The Circle.
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Pray for the dead
by Dusty Richards
The Byrnes family has fought fiercely for its ranching empire, and taken their fair share of hurt fighting outlaws too deadly and powerful for the law. When a stage is robbed of a fortune in gold, the Byrnes boys set off on a wild race through the wilderness. But who are they are chasing? And where have they stashed the gold?
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Lady cop makes trouble
by Amy Stewart
Constance Kopp, one of the nation¡s first female deputy sheriffs, fights back when her position is threatened by a German con man, in the second novel of the series following Girl Waits With Gun.
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A squiggly story
by Andrew Larsen
A boy who wants to write a story like his big sister learns that every story begins with a single letter or word.
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The ghostfaces
by John Flanagan
Caught in a massive storm at sea, the Brotherband crew wash up on the shores of a distant land where they are welcomed by a peaceful tribe that is being invaded by warlike rivals. By the author of the Ranger's Apprentice series.
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A riddle in Ruby
by Kent Davis
"In an era called The Chemystral Age, magically augmented alchemy and chemistry have thrust an alternate version of eighteenth-century colonial America forward into industrialization. Thirteen-year-old Ruby is a smuggler's daughter and picklock prodigy, and she and her mostly faithful servant, Cram, navigate a world filled with cobalt gearbeasts, alchemical automatons, and devilish secret societies"
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We were liars
by E. Lockhart
A modern, sophisticated suspense tale by the National Book Award finalist author of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks follows the revolutionary activities of four friends who turn against each other in the wake of trauma, differing political views and a devastating secret.
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A black hole is not a hole
by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Aspiring astronomers can learn what black holes are, what causes them, how scientists first discovered them and more, in an informative science book that includes space paintings, real telescopic images, funny doodles and speech bubbles.
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