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| Title: | One for the Money (Stephanie Plum Series #1) |
| Author: | Janet Evanovich |
| Genre: | Adult Humorous Mystery |
A little bit about it:
Meet Stephanie Plum in the first of the long running series about a regular woman turned bounty hunter. Stephanie battles bullets and wills with a regular cast of both hysterical regulars, romantic interests, and some really awful bad guys.
| Title: | Hunger Games |
| Author: | Suzanne Collins |
| Genre: | Young Adult Dystopian Fantasy |
A little bit about it:
Katniss Everdeen lives in the world of Panem, a shell of what used to be North America. She is chosen to participate in the Hunger Games, where twelve girls and twelve boys must fight in a televised battle where only one will survive. Will Katniss make it out of this battle alive?
| Title: | Spat the Cat |
| Author: | Rob Scotton |
| Genre: | Picture Book |
A little bit about it:
The first day of school is often a frightening experience and it’s no different for Splat the Cat. Splat finds every excuse to stay home from school but Momma Cat eventually gets him to go where he, of course, discovers that school is fun and makes new friends. When he lets his pet mouse, Seymour, out, things get wild but in the end, Seymour saves the day. This book is chock full of adorable cat characters, each one unique!
| Title: | Moonlight (Dark Guardian Series #1) |
| Author: | Rachel Hawthorne |
| Genre: | Young Adult Fantasy |
A little bit about it:
Dark Guardians are shape-shifters who have been trained and chosen to protect their pack. Follow Kayla as she discovers her roots after being adopted by a human family as a young child. And what will happen if the humans find out about the Dark Guardians?
| Title: | Savy |
| Author: | Ingrid Law |
| Genre: | Juvenile Fantasy |
A little bit about it:
Mibs Beaumont comes from an usual family. She has one brother who causes hurricanes, a grandfather who can make land grow, and she’s about to turn thirteen and find out what her ‘savvy’ is going to be. If you like this book, try “Scumble”, the second book in trilogy.
| Title: | Strategic Moves (Stone Barrington Series #19) |
| Author: | Stuart Woods |
| Genre: | Adult Mystery |
A little bit about it:
A Stone Barrington Novel-the latest installment. A cop turned lawyer who somehow always gets involved in a murder or CIA plot.
| Title: | The Jungle (Oregon Files Series #8) |
| Authors: | Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul |
| Genre: | Adult Adventure Fiction |
A little bit about it:
From the Afghanistan mountains to the rain forests of Burma and jungles of Thailand and Myanmar, Juan Cabrillo and his crew of the ship “Oregon” undergo many hair-raising covert missions that can be a great threat to US security if they fail.
| Title: | The King's Speech |
| Authors: | Mark Logue & Peter Conradi |
| Genre: | Adult Non-Fiction |
A little bit about it:
A biographical account written by Lionel Logue’s grandson based on family archives of his grandfather’s relationship with the Duke of York, King George VI and his treatment of the royal’s stuttering. The Academy Award winning movie was based on this book.
| Title: | Cold Wind |
| Author: | C.J. Box |
| Genre: | Adult Fiction |
A little bit about it:
The newest Joe Pickett novel - a Wyoming game warden who always finds a mystery solved.
| Title: | Mr. Duck Means Business |
| Author: | Tammi Sauer |
| Genre: | Juvenile Picturebook |
A little bit about it:
Mr. Duck does not like visitors. What's he going to do when he gets invaded by the barnyard next door?
| Title: | Escape |
| Author: | Carolyn Jessop |
| Genre: | Adult Non-Fiction |
A little bit about it:
A woman who was born into the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) after fifteen years of marriage and eight children escape from the cult. And her fight to keep her children.
| Title: | Weaveworld |
| Author: | Clive Barker |
| Genre: | Adult Fantasy |
A little bit about it:
A young man accidentally falls into a tapestry which sets in motion a series of events that make for a dangerous, yet, fantastic adventure where each strand of the tapestry represents people, places, creatures and objects.
| Title: | Beachcombers |
| Author: | Nancy Thayer |
| Genre: | Adult Fiction |
A little bit about it:
A light read about three sisters who come together again at a beach house. They lean to trust each other, while helping each other with life’s everyday problems.
| Title: | Tehama County 1856 - 2006: 150 Years of Photos and History |
| Author: | Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society |
| Genre: | Adult Non-Fiction |
A little bit about it:
Good capsulation of history of Tehama County - exellent for research and useful for school assignments.
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