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MRLS Newsletter — October 2021 |
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Pig the Monster
by Aaron Blabey
Picture Book
Pig, the world’s greediest pug and candy-fueled glutton, has some tricks up his sleeve to get tons of TREATS! TREATS! TREATS!
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The Ghosts Went Floating
by Kim Norman
Picture Book
A Halloween rendering of “The Ants Went Marching” song incorporates whimsical artwork and early math concepts into a spooktacular adventure that finds an incremental number of floating ghosts joined by skeleton, witch, werewolf and zombie friends.
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The Ghoul Next Door
by Cullen Bunn
Middle Grade Graphic Novel
Living in the legend-haunted New England town of Ander’s Landing, 11-year-old Grey is drawn into a strange mystery involving a race of reclusive subterranean creatures—ghouls, the eaters of the dead.
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Our Last Echoes
by Kate Alice Marshall
Young Adult Fiction
Lured by mysterious forces back to her childhood home, Sophia investigates the unsolved disappearances of several community members, including the mother who saved her from a near-drowning.
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The Downing Kind
by Jennifer McMahon
Adult Fiction
When social worker Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it's just another one of her sister's episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax away for over a year. But the next day, Lexie is dead: drowned in the pool at their grandmother's estate. When Jax arrives at the house to go through her sister's things, she learns that Lexie was researching the history of their family and the property. And as she dives deeper into the research herself, she discovers that the land holds a far darker past than she could have ever imagined.
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The Outsider
by Stephen King
Adult Fiction
A body is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens, Terry Maitland. Maitland has an alibi, but a detective and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad. But Maitland's alibi has incontrovertible evidence of its own. How can two opposing stories be true? When must reason or rationality be abandoned in order to explain the unexplainable? Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face?
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Local History & Genealogy Resources
The William McCaddin Pritchett Local History Room at the Brunswick County Library and the Research & Genealogy Room at the Richardson Memorial Library both contain valuable historical information relating to the localities our library system serves. They are reserved for researchers and are available for use during normal hours of operation. |
Ancestry: In-Library Edition
The Library offers patrons access to Ancestry while using library computers only. The In-Library Edition provides access to Census, Military, Immigration, Vital Records, and more. Stop by the library today to access these great resources!
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Learn Your Gadget BCL -- Mondays from 4:00-5:00 Anime Club BCL -- Monday 10/25 from 5:00-6:00 RML -- Tuesday 10/26 from 4:00-5:00 Gaming Club BCL -- Tuesday 10/5 from 4:00-5:00 Lego Club Both locations -- Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00 Storytime
RML -- Tuesdays at 11:15 BCL -- Thursdays at 10:30 |
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High Stakes
by Iris Johansen
Adult Fiction
Logan Tanner lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, taking risks with nerves of steel. From casinos in Macau to Monte Carlo to Milan, he's racked up a fortune and become a living legend. But all the glitz and glamor hide a dark and violent past as an extractor--a world that comes rushing back to him when the beautiful and innocent Lara Balkon enters his life.
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Rule of Wolves
by Leigh Bardugo
Young Adult Fiction
As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm to win this fight, and Zoya must embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. Meanwhile Nina risks discovery--and death--as she wages war on Fjerda from inside the capital.
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A Terrible Fall of Angels
by Laurell K. Hamilton
Adult Fiction
Meet Detective Zaniel Havelock, a man with the special ability to communicate directly with angels. A former trained Angel speaker, he devoted his life to serving both the celestial beings and his fellow humans with his gift, but a terrible betrayal compelled him to leave that life behind. Now he's a cop who is still working on the side of angels. But where there are angels, there are also demons.
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Meherrin Regional Library
133 West Hicks Street
Lawrenceville, Virginia 23868
434-848-2418www.meherrinlib.org/ |
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