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Back to School! August 2019
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This month Carrie, Melissa, and Michael talk about books set at schools or books they wish they had read in school. Check out the titles below to find your next read!
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The prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
A teacher at a girls' school in Edinburgh, Scotland, Miss Jean Brodie was a woman of ideas, wit, and charm who had a lover--or two. The students she chose as her special friends were called the "Brodie set." One of them would betray her.
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Citrus County
by John Brandon
There shouldn't be a Citrus County. Teenage romance should be difficult, but not this difficult. Boys like Toby should cause trouble but not this much. The moon should glow gently over children safe in their beds. Uncles in their rockers should be kind.Teachers should guide and inspire. Manatees should laze and palm trees sway and snakes keep to their shady spots under the azalea thickets. The air shouldn't smell like a swamp. The stars should twinkle. Shelby should be her own hero, the first hero of Citrus County. She should rescue her sister from underground, rescue Toby from his life. Her destiny should be a hero's destiny.
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Old in art school : a memoir of starting over
by Nell Irvin Painter
A Princeton University historian describes her post-retirement decision to study art, a venture that compelled her to find relevance in the undervalued masters she loves, the obstacles faced by women artists and the challenges of balancing art and life.
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The Bone Weaver's Orchard
by Sarah Read
With the help of Sam Forster, the school's gardener, and Matron Grace, the staff nurse, Charley unravels Old Cross' history and exposes a scandal stretching back to when the school was a home with a noble family and a dark secret--a secret that still haunts its halls with scraping steps, twisting its bones into a new generation of nightmare.
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My best friend's exorcism : a novel
by Grady Hendrix
After witnessing a series of strange incidents combined with her best friend's increasingly bizarre behavior, 1980s high schooler, Abby, comes to the conclusion that Gretchen has become possessed by a demon and embarks on a quest to save her.
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Dear America : notes of an undocumented citizen
by Jose Antonio Vargas
Born in the Philippines and brought to the U.S. illegally as a 12-year-old, Vargas hid in plain-sight for years, writing for some of the most prestigious news organizations in the country while lying about where he came from and how he got here. This book is a transformative argument about migration and citizenship, and an intimate, searing exploration on what it means to be home when the country you call your home doesn't consider you one of its own.
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The fire next time
by James Baldwin
The powerful evocation of a childhood in Harlem that helped to galvanize the early days of the civil rights movement examines the deep consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic.
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The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race
by Jesmyn Ward
Presents a continuation of James Baldwin's 1963 "The Fire Next Time" that examines racial issues from the past half-century through essays, poems, and memoir pieces by some of the current generation's most original thinkers and writers.
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Join us in person or on the air!
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Wednesday, September 11, 3:00pm Davis Conference Room Enjoy some refreshments and good conversation with other book lovers in this no-pressure book club! JCPL librarians will provide lists of recommended books. We'll also discuss your recent favorites. Please register.
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Jessamine County Public Library 600 South Main Street Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356 859-885-3523www.jesspublib.org |
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