The paranormal investigation of the Webb Library conducted by a team from monsterVisionTV is scheduled to release the episode on The Travel Channel (Time Warner Cable channel 97 or 354) in October. Two teasers for the upcoming Webb Library episode can be seen at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5JDmHUUCh0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt1KevY_X4U
Children's Story Time
Children's story time has been rescheduled from Tuesday of this this week to Thursday Sept. 30 at 10 am. and then returns to its regular schedule on Tuesday Oct. 5. Call 726-3012 and get more info from Peggy. The age group is 2-4. In addition to a story, an age-appropriate activity is provided.
New Materials (Be sure to click the cover to see inside)
Adult
Book of the Dead by Patricia Cromwell From Publishers Weekly
Bestseller Cornwell's 15th novel to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta (after 2005's Predator) delivers her trademark grisly crime scenes, but lacks the coherence and emotional resonance of earlier books. Soon after relocating to Charleston, S.C., to launch a private forensics lab, Scarpetta is asked to consult on the murder of U.S. tennis star Drew Martin, whose mutilated body was found in Rome. Contradictory evidence leaves Scarpetta, the Italian carabinieri and Scarpetta's lover, forensic psychologist Benton Wesley, stumped.
Wolves Eat Dogs (an Arkady Renko novel) by Martin Cruz Smith.From Booklist.
*Starred Review* The terminally melancholic Russian investigator Arkady Renko, whose cynicism is perpetually at war with his need to dig a little deeper, was last seen five years ago in Havana, where the rusting idealism of post-Soviet Cuba mirrored the detective's ravaged inner life. Leave it to Cruz Smith to find an even more evocative setting for the battered Renko: the Zone of Exclusion, the dreaded no-man's land around Chernobyl, an officially abandoned, contaminated area where a bizarre assortment of stubborn Ukrainians, crazed entrepreneurs, and determined researchers continue to live in the shadow of Reactor Four, the "sarcophagus," site of the world 's worst nuclear accident.
Young Adult
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Wild Wing by Emily Whitman
When Addy is swept back in time, she couldn't be happier to leave her miser-able life behind. Now she's mistaken for Lady Matilda, the pampered ward of the king. If Addy can play her part, she'll have glorious gowns, jewels, and something she's always longed for—the respect and admiration of others. But then she meets Will, the falconer's son with sky blue eyes, who unsettles all her plans. From shipwrecks to castle dungeons, from betrothals to hidden conspiracies, Addy finds herself in a world where she's not the only one with a dangerous secret. When she discovers the truth, Addy must take matters into her own hands. The stakes? Her chance at true love and the life she's meant to live.
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Firelight by Sophie Jordan
A hidden truth. Mortal enemies. Doomed love.
Marked as special at an early age, Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly pays with her life. Until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was sent to hunt those like her. For Jacinda is a draki—a descendant of dragons whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form.
Pre Teen
The Shifter by Janice Hardy
From School Library Journal
Grade 8-10.In this first book in a planned trilogy, 15-year-old Nya and her younger sister, Tali, who were orphaned during the recent war that nearly destroyed their city, both have the gift of healing. Unlike Tali, though, Nya can't harmlessly shift the pain she takes from the sick and wounded into enchanted pynvium metal. Instead, she must shift it from person to person, a dangerous talent that she keeps hidden from the ruling Baseeri and from the Healer's League where Tali is an apprentice. Scrounging to make ends meet, Nya resorts to odd jobs and the occasional theft to stay alive. When a young soldier discovers her secret and implores her to save .....
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyle
From Booklist
*Starred Review* Liam is a big lad. So big that strangers mistake the 12-year-old for an adult. Even his teachers seem to conflate tall with old. So heaven forbid he should ever make a mistake. Then it’s all, “You should know better, big lad like you.” Life sure is hard for poor, burdened Liam (did I mention the Premature Facial Hair?)—until, that is, he decides to enter the Greatest Dad Ever Contest and in short order finds himself on a rocket ship that is...
Children
Nattie Witch by Ruth RosnerFrom School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2.
A lighthearted, imaginative look at the daily routine of a witch child. Nattie's day isn't too different from that of any youngster--except her breakfast is Newt Loops, she rides to school on her father's broom, her les sons include spell casting, and she plays baseball with a live bat. Most kids will overlook the scarcity of plot, and delight instead in the humorous details of the wry illustrations. They will surely wish that their class pet could be a dragon, and that their parent's bedtime stories could ...
Lucas Fishbone by Gregory MaguireFrom School Library Journal
Grade 2-5-- The unique blend of reality, fantasy, and spirituality so effective in Maguire's novels is overwhelming and confusing here. A little girl visits her beloved grandmother throughout the year. During each visit, Grandma talks of Lucas Fishbone, a mystical character from her youth, whose return she awaits. She is finally reunited with Lucas, seemingly in death. The little girl will now wait for a message from Lucas Fishbone.
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