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From the library... Happy fall! Over the last few weeks, I've noticed an extra pep in everyone's step along with the welcome arrival of the crisp and refreshing weather in Laurens County. The changing season and the wonderful sights and sounds that accompany it, also signal the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday. All of us at the library have much to be thankful for as we celebrate new beginnings. Many of us have favorite traditions and memories that remind us it's no longer summer, such as visiting a pumpkin patch, preparing a treasured family recipe for Thanksgiving gatherings, or enjoying the great outdoors as the temperatures have finally cooled down. A new season is also the perfect time to begin a different tradition or activity, such as planting a garden, learning to carve a pumpkin, or preparing a new dish. Whatever you do to celebrate, we have a book, program, service, or resource to help you along the way at the library. Here's to treasured memories and new beginnings!
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Birdsong by Julie FlettA celebration of art, nature and connecting across generations, traces the experiences of a young girl who moves to a small town, where her friendship with an elderly fellow crafter is shaped by the seasons and her awareness of her friend's failing health.
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The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nationby Alice B. McGintyIn an uplifting tale based on true events, a young Navajo boy discovers that his family's water barrels, chicken coop, and watering hole have gone dry, before a dedicated school bus driver uses her time between shifts to deliver much-needed water supplies to the reservation.
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The Braveby James BirdTargeted by bullies for his escalating OCD, Collin is sent to live with his biological mother on an Ojibwe reservation where his differences are accepted and where he finds companionship in a physically challenged girl whose circumstances inspire Collin to make a difficult choice.
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The Star That Always Staysby Anna Rose JohnsonIn 1914, Norvia moves from the country to the city, where her mother forces her to pretend she's not Native American, and when faced with numerous changes and the looming threat of world war, Norvia must find the courage to reveal who she truly is.
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Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric GansworthThe Native American author recounts the story of his family, from the legacy of government boarding schools to his personal experiences fighting to be an artist balancing multiple worlds.
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People of the Canyons by Kathleen O'Neal GearIn a magnificent war-torn world cut by soaring red canyons, an evil ruler launches a search for a mystical artifact that he hopes will bring him ultimate power—an ancient witch’s pot that reputedly contains the trapped soul of the most powerful witch ever to have lived. The aged healer Tocho has to stop him, but to do it he must ally himself with the bitter and broken witch hunter, Maicoh, whose only goal is achieving one last great kill. Caught in the middle is Tocho’s adopted granddaughter, Tsilu. Her journey will be the most difficult of all for she is about to discover terrifying truths about her dead parents. Truths that will set the ancient American Southwest afire and bring down a civilization.
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Quiet Until the Thawby Alexandra FullerA debut novel by the best-selling memoirist of Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight follows the experiences of two Native American cousins who become estranged by their different approaches to fighting cultural injustice and whose lives are disrupted by prison, parenthood and violence.
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Killing Crazy Horse : The Merciless Indian Wars in Americaby Bill O'ReillyThe authors of Killing the SS document the fraught history of America's founding on previously occupied lands, covering events ranging from the presidential ordered destruction of Tecumseh's alliance of tribes to the Trail of Tears.
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