Save Money Workshop Sat. Jan. 7. Join Wendi Meredith at 10 am for a 2 hour workshop and learn efficient couponing so you can reduce your grocery budget 50-90 %. There is a cost of $30 which includes Wendi's book "The Art Of Frugality: Spending Strategies In A Tight Economy".

Adult Book Discussion Group Meets Wed. Jan. 4 at  2:00 pm: The Teaberry Strangler by Laura Childs will be discussed. For more information call Susan at 726-3012 for more information. 

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NEW MATERIALS 

Adult
Kill Me If You Can  by James Patterson 

Book Description
Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New York City, finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a

chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his stunning girlfriend Katherine fill his thoughts--until he realizes that he is being hunted, and that whoever is after him won't stop until they have reclaimed the diamonds and exacted their revenge.

Trailing him is the Ghost, the world's greatest assassin, who has just pulled off his most high-profile hit: killing Walter Zelvas, a top member of the international Diamond Syndicate. There's only one small problem: the diamonds he was supposed to retrieve from Zelvas are missing. Now, the Ghost is on Bannon's trail--but so is a rival assassin who would like nothing more than to make the Ghost disappear forever. From "America's #1 storyteller" (Forbes) comes a high-speed, high-stakes, winner-take-all thrill ride of adrenaline-fueled suspense.

Locked On  by Tom Clancy 

Book Description
Tom Clancy's All-Star lineup is back. Jack Ryan, his son, Jack Jr., John Clark Ding Chavez and the rest of the Campus team are facing their greatest challenge ever.

Jack Ryan, Sr. has made a momentous choice. He's running for President of the United States again and thus giving up a peaceful retirement to help his country in its darkest hour. But he doesn't anticipate the treachery of his opponent, who uses trumped up charges to attack one of Ryan's closest comrades, John Clark.
Now, Clark is in a race against time and must travel the world, staying one step ahead of his adversaries, including a shadowy organization tasked to bring him in, all while trying to find who is behind this.
Meanwhile, Jack Ryan, Jr., Ding Chavez, Dominick Caruso and other members of the Campus-the top secret off-the-books intelligence agency founded by Jack Ryan during his first term in the White House-deal with a question of their own: Why is a Pakistani military officer meeting with Dagestani terrorists? The answer will ultimately lead to a desperate struggle
Devil's Gate  by Clive Cussler 

Book Description

A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern Atlantic near the Azores- when it bursts into flames. A gang of pirates speeds to take advantage of the disaster-when their boat explodes. What is happening in this part of the world?

As Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team rush to investigate, they find themselves drawn into the extraordinary ambitions of an African dictator, the creation of a weapon of almost mythical power, and an unimaginably audacious plan to extort the world's major nations. The penalty for refusal? The destruction of their greatest cities. Filled with the high-stakes suspense and boundless invention unique to Cussler, Devil's Gate is one of the most thrilling novels yet from the grand master of adventure.

Juvenile
First Test: Book 1: Protector of Small Quartet by Tamora Pierc
From the inside flap.

Alanna the Lioness, the Kino Champion, could hardly contain her glee. Baron Piers of Mindeldan had written to King Jonathan to say that his daughter wished to be a page. Alanna fought to sit still as she watched Wyldon of Cavall, the royal training master, read the barons letter. Seated across his desk from them, the king watched the trainig master as sharply as his Champion did. Lord Wyldon was known for his dislike of female warriors.
It had been ten long years since the proclamation that girls might attempt a page’s training Alanna had nearly given up hope that such a girl- or the kind of family that would allow her to do so-,existed in Tortall, but at last she had come forward. Keladry of Mindelan would not have to hide her sex for eight years as Alanna had done. Keladry would prove to the world that girls could be knights. And she would not be friendless. Alanna had plans to help Keladry through the first few years. It never occurred to the Champion that anyone might object.

Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever  by Jeff Kinney 

Book Description 
Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of.

The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?

Closed Mon. Dec. 26, Tue. Dec. 27 and Sat. Dec. 31 and Mon. Jan. 2.

First Night Day Camp. Saturday, Dec. 31 from 10 am to 3 pm for children ages pre-k to 5th grade. Enjoy a walk downtown to shop at local stores or dine in our waterfront area restaurants while your child(ren) join us at the Webb for a First Night/New Years Day Camp.  Each hour (on the hour) we will have stories, games, crafts and activities incorporating New Years traditions from around the world. A light snack will be provided. $5 per hour (2 hour max) First hour is free with the purchase of a First Night Button. Reservations recommended. Walk-ins accepted if there is room. Call Laura at 726-3012 to sign up or for more information.

Save Money Workshop Sat. Jan. 7. Join Wendi Meredith at 10 am for a 2 hour workshop and learn efficient couponing so you can reduce your grocery budget 50-90 %. There is a cost of $30 which includes Wendi's book "The Art Of Frugality: Spending Strategies In A Tight Economy".

NEW MATERIALS

Adult

The Impossible Dead  by Ian Rankin 
Book Description

The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and compromised cops, the ones who've made deals with the devil. And sometimes The Complaints must travel.
A major inquiry into a neighboring police force sees Malcolm Fox and his colleagues cast adrift, unsure of territory, protocol, or who they can trust. An entire station-house looks to have been compromised, but as Fox digs deeper he finds the trail leads him back in time to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist. There are secrets buried in the past, and reputations on the line.
In his newest pulse-pounding thriller, Ian Rankin holds up a mirror to an age of fear and paranoia, and shows us something of our own lives reflected there.

A Burial At Sea  by Charles Finch

In earlier books Lenox was an aristocratic amateur detective. Now at age forty-two, he's a solid Member of Parliament on a sensitive mission to Egypt. He has many reasons to stay alive - a beloved pregnant wife and a promising career among them - but staying alive won't be easy for Lenox in the next two months.
Lenox sails on the Lucy, a naval vessel that seems particularly happy and efficient. The brutal murder of an amiable young officer puts an end to this idyllic picture.
Lenox starts an investigation at the captain's request. His detecting skills are rusty, but he still feels the thrill of the hunt. The ship, being an isolated world unto itself, neatly contains all his suspects. Unfortunately there are hundreds of seamen and dozens of officers on board, none of them the least bit suspicious. Read on to become thoroughly perplexed along with Lenox!
The plot has multiple climaxes - and one rousing scene that brought tears to my eyes. I never for a moment guessed the identity of the murderer. Charles Finch is good at keeping the reader guessing. He also shows flashes of a very Victorian sense of humor.

The Leopard  by Jo Nesbo 
Book Description
“With Henning Mankell having written his last Wallander novel and Stieg Larsson no longer with us, I have had to make the decision on whom to confer the title of best current Nordic writer of crime fiction . . . Jo Nesbø wins.” —Marcel Berlins, The Times (U.K.)

Two young women are found murdered in Oslo, both drowned in their own blood. Media coverage quickly reaches fever pitch: Could this be the work of a serial killer?
The crime scenes offer no coherent clues, the police investigation is stalled, and the one man who might be able to help doesn’t want to be found. Traumatized by his last case, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the squalor of Hong Kong’s opium dens. Yet when he is compelled, at last, to return to Norway—his father is dying—Harry’s buried instincts begin to take over. After a female MP is discovered brutally murdered, nothing can keep him from the investigation.
There is little to go on: a piece of rope, a scrap of wool, a bit of gravel, an unexpected connection between the victims. And Harry will soon come to understand that he is dealing with a psychopath for whom “insanity is a vital retreat,” someone who will put him to the test—in both his professional and personal lives—as never before.

Ruthlessly intelligent and suspenseful, The Leopard is Jo Nesbø’s most electrifying novel yet—absolutely gripping from first to last.

Save Money Workshop Sat. Jan. 7. Join Wendi Meredith at 10 am for a 2 hour workshop and learn efficient couponing so you can reduce your grocery budget 50-90 %. There is a cost of $30 which includes Wendi's book "The Art Of Frugality: Spending Strategies In A Tight Economy".

First Night Day Camp. Saturday, Dec. 31 from 10 am to 3 pm for children ages pre-k to 5th grade. Enjoy a walk downtown to shop at local stores or dine in our waterfront area restaurants while your child(ren) join us at the Webb for a First Night/New Years Day Camp.  Each hour (on the hour) we will have stories, games, crafts and activities incorporating New Years traditions from around the world. A light snack will be provided. $5 per hour (2 hour max) First hour is free with the purchase of a First Night Button. Reservations recommended. Walk-ins accepted if there is room. Call Laura at 726-1230 to sign up or for more information.

New Staff members Caitlin Clark and Susan Foreman along with the entire Webb staff wish you a Merry Christmas!

NEW MATERIALS

Adult

The Boy In The Suit Case  by Lene Kaaberbol 
Book Description
Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is a compulsive do-gooder who can't say no when

someone asks for help—even when she knows better. When her estranged friend Karin leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, Nina gets suckered into her most dangerous project yet. Inside the locker is a suitcase, and inside the suitcase is a three-year-old boy: naked and drugged, but alive.
 Is the boy a victim of child trafficking? Can he be turned over to authorities, or will they only return him to whoever sold him? When Karin is discovered brutally murdered, Nina realizes that her life and the boy's are in jeopardy, too. In an increasingly desperate trek across Denmark, Nina tries to figure out who the boy is, where he belongs, and who exactly is trying to hunt him down.

Breaking Point  by Dana Haynes 

Book DescriptionThree NTSB experts - people brought in to help investigate whenever a plane goes down - find themselves victims and witnesses rather than investigators when the plane they are on crashes.
En route to a conference, three NTSB experts -- known to insiders as "Crashers" -- Tommy Tomzak, a

pathologist from Texas; Kiki Duvall, a sound engineer and former naval officer; and Isaiah Grey, investigator and former FBI agent – are aboard a twin turbo prop plane when, just outside of Helena, Montana, the plane crashes into a thickly forested moutainside.  But the crash isn’t an accident - it was brought down on purpose - and the "Crashers" weren't the target. The plane was brought down by mercenaries, led by an enigmatic, shadowy self-described patriot known only as Calendar, using weapons technology banned by international treaty.  The targets - three men who planned to blow the whistle on the weapons technology and the power brokers behind its development.

In a twisty, compelling thriller that goes from the streets of Spain, to the mountains of the western United States, to the heart of  the dark, hidden corridors of power where there are dangerous secrets that few suspect and fewer know, the “Crashers” are literally dropped in the middle of a case that neither starts, nor ends, with a plane crash with some of their own on-board.  A new team of Crashers fights time, as a fire rages ever closer to the wreckage, conflicting and confusing evidence, and unpredictable outside forces trying to prevent them from uncovering the truth. With alllies - unseen and even unknown - working behind the scenes to help them, the team is trapped in the midst of a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse with the deadliest of consquences, a game that not all of them will survive...

No Hill For A Stepper  by Dennis Willingham  
Book Description
In 1948, Cono Dennis boards a train to Temple, Texas. It is the same place he escaped at age 14, when yet another act of violence by his father finally pushed him over the edge. Now, Cono is no longer that skinny, tow-headed, battered kid. At eighteen years old, he is Master Sergeant at Lackland Army Air Force Base, a boxer, and the physical training




instructor responsible for over 10,000 men. An invitation from his father to return to Temple and spar with him is too good to pass up. But once Cono throws his first punch, will he be able to stop?

Taking a seat on the Santa Fe railroad car, his memories dominate the steady rhythm of the train. As the train counts down the 148 miles to Temple, these memories weave throughout the story beginning in West Texas in 1930 and lead up to1946. Some of the things he remembers are pleasant or inspirational, others reflect the triumph of the human spirit and many stories are delightfully funny. However, there are other memories that crawl over him like ants at a Sunday picnic, biting, digging in and making him more determined than ever to be the one standing at the end of the round.
But as Colonel Posey told him before he left, some things don't turn out the way you picture them. Texas trains and boxing gloves can only take him so far. The rest he has to figure out on his own.
Cono's Texas: No Hill for a Stepper is filled with lively, off-beat characters, including bootleggers, ''tush hogs,'' true to life Texas cowboys and, of course, hard times. Even so, there is a strength in West Texas where no hill can scare away a true ''stepper.''

return to Temple and spar with him is too good to pass up. But once Cono throws his first punch, will he be able to stop?

Taking a seat on the Santa Fe railroad car, his memories dominate the steady rhythm of the train. As the train counts down the 148 miles to Temple, these memories weave throughout the story beginning in West Texas in 1930 and lead up to1946. Some of the things he remembers are pleasant or inspirational, others reflect the triumph of the human spirit and many stories are delightfully funny. However, there are other memories that crawl over him like ants at a Sunday picnic, biting, digging in and making him more determined than ever to be the one standing at the end of the round.
But as Colonel Posey told him before he left, some things don't turn out the way you picture them. Texas trains and boxing gloves can only take him so far. The rest he has to figure out on his own.
Cono's Texas: No Hill for a Stepper is filled with lively, off-beat characters, including bootleggers, ''tush hogs,'' true to life Texas cowboys and, of course, hard times. Even so, there is a strength in West Texas where no hill can scare away a true ''stepper.''

Friends of the Webb Holiday Open House Dec. 14 from 4-6 pm. Everyone is welcome to stop by and enjoy the festive occasion. There will be a members meeting at 3 pm to discuss the scholarship fund.

First Night Day Camp. Saturday, Dec. 31 from 10 am to 3 pm for children ages pre-k to 5th grade. Enjoy a walk downtown to shop at local stores or dine in our waterfront area restaurants while your child(ren) join us at the Webb for a First Night/New Years Day Camp.  Each hour (on the hour) we will have stories, games, crafts and activities incorporating New Years traditions from around the world. A light snack will be provided. $5 per hour (2 hour max) First hour is free with the purchase of a First Night Button. Reservations recommended. Walk-ins accepted if there is room. Call Laura at 726-1230 to sign up or for more information.

Welcome New Staff members Caitlin Clark and Susan Foreman. 

NEW MATERIALS 

Adult 

A Dance With Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5  by George R. Martin 
Book Description
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again--beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House

Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has three times three thousand enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, as they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.
To the north lies the mammoth Wall of ice and stone--a structure only as strong as those guarding it. There, Jon Snow, 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, will face his greatest challenge yet. For he has powerful foes not only within the Watch but also beyond, in the land of the creatures of ice.
And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all. . . .

Breaking Point  by Dana Haynes 
Book Description
Three NTSB experts - people brought in to help investigate whenever a plane goes down - find themselves victims and witnesses rather than investigators when the plane they are on crashes.
En route to a conference, three NTSB experts -- known to insiders as "Crashers" -- Tommy Tomzak, a

pathologist from Texas; Kiki Duvall, a sound engineer and former naval officer; and Isaiah Grey, investigator and former FBI agent – are aboard a twin turbo prop plane when, just outside of Helena, Montana, the plane crashes into a thickly forested moutainside.  But the crash isn’t an accident - it was brought down on purpose - and the "Crashers" weren't the target. The plane was brought down by mercenaries, led by an enigmatic, shadowy self-described patriot known only as Calendar, using weapons technology banned by international treaty.  The targets - three men who planned to blow the whistle on the weapons technology and the power brokers behind its development.

In a twisty, compelling thriller that goes from the streets of Spain, to the mountains of the western United States, to the heart of  the dark, hidden corridors of power where there are dangerous secrets that few suspect and fewer know, the “Crashers” are literally dropped in the middle of a case that neither starts, nor ends, with a plane crash with some of their own on-board.  A new team of Crashers fights time, as a fire rages ever closer to the wreckage, conflicting and confusing evidence, and unpredictable outside forces trying to prevent them from uncovering the truth. With alllies - unseen and even unknown - working behind the scenes to help them, the team is trapped in the midst of a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse with the deadliest of consquences, a game that not all of them will survive...

When She Woke  by Hillary Jordan 

Book Description

Hannah Payne's life has been devoted to church and family. But after she's convicted of murder, she awakens in a new body to a nightmarish new life. She finds herself lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a

paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home, for whom observing new

Chromes--criminals whose skin color has been genetically altered to match the class of their crime--is a sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red for the crime of murder. The victim, says the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she shared a fierce and forbidden love.
A powerful reimagining of The Scarlet Letter, When She Woke is a timely fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of the not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated, and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed and released back into the population to survive as best they can. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith and love.

sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red for the crime of murder. The victim, says the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she shared a fierce and forbidden love.
A powerful reimagining of The Scarlet Letter, When She Woke is a timely fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of the not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated, and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed and released back into the population to survive as best they can. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith and love.

Juvenile

An Elephant In The Garden  by Michael Morpurgo

The Thief Lord  by Cornelia Funke

The Shadow Project  by Herbie Brennan

PP

Picture Books 

 sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red for the crime of murder. The victim, says the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she shared a fierce and forbidden love.
A powerful reimagining of The Scarlet Letter, When She Woke is a timely fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of the not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated, and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed and released back into the population to survive as best they can. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith and love. 

Picture Books

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals In Nature  by Joyce Sidman 
Book Description 

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

A Caldecott medalist and a Newbery Honor-winning poet celebrate the beauty and value of spirals.What makes the tiny snail shell so beautiful? Why does that shape occur in nature over and over again—in rushing rivers, in a flower bud, even inside your ear?
With simplicity and grace, Krommes and Sidman not only reveal the many spirals in
nature—from fiddleheads to elephant tusks, from crashing waves to spiraling galaxies—
but also celebrate the beauty and usefulness of this fascinating shape.

Adult Book Club will meet Wed. Dec. 7 at 2 pm to discuss any holiday book that follows the Family Dynamics theme.

Friends of the Webb Holiday Open House Dec. 14 from 4-6 pm. Everyone is welcome to stop by and enjoy the festive occasion. There will be a members meeting at 3 pm to discuss the scholarship fund.

Christmas Entry Display. Be sure to look over the selection of books dealing with Christmas as you enter the Webb thru the 9th Street entrance.

NEW MATERIALS

Adult

Feast Day of Fools  by James Lee Burke 
Book Description
Sheriff Hackberry Holland patrols a small Southwest Texas border town with a deep and abiding respect for the citizens in his care. Still mourning the loss of his cherished wife and

locked in a perilous almost-romance with his deputy, Pam Tibbs, a woman many decades his junior, Hackberry feeds off the deeds of evil men to keep his own demons at bay.
When alcoholic ex-boxer Danny Boy Lorca witnesses a man tortured to death in the desert and reports it, Hack’s investigation leads to the home of Anton Ling, a regal, mysterious Chinese woman whom the locals refer to as La Magdalena and who is known for sheltering illegals. Ling denies having seen the victim or the perpetrators, but there is something in her steely demeanor and aristocratic beauty that compels Hackberry to return to her home again and again as the investigation unfolds. Could it be that the sheriff is so taken in by this creature who reminds him of his deceased wife that he would ignore the possibility that she is just as dangerous as the men she harbors?
The danger in the desert increases tenfold with the return of serial murderer Preacher Jack Collins, whom The New York Times called “one of Burke’s most inspired villains.” Presumed dead at the close of Rain Gods, Preacher Jack has reemerged with a calm, single-minded zeal for killing that is more terrifying than the muzzle flash of his signature machine gun. But this time he and Sheriff Holland have a common enemy.

The Dove Keepers  by Alice Hoffman 
Book Description 
The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient Israel.

In 70 C.E., nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman’s novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path. Yael’s mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker’s wife, watched the horrifically brutal murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warrior’s daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and an expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power.
The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets—about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.

A Christmas Homecoming  by Anne Perry 
Book Description
Among the brilliant array of Anne Perry’s New York Times bestselling novels, her Christmas stories occupy perhaps the warmest spot in the hearts of readers. Each one is a masterpiece of suspense; each is alight with the true holiday spirit.

In A Christmas Homecoming, a familiar face from the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels—Charlotte’s mother, Caroline—travels with her young husband, Joshua Fielding, and his theatrical troupe to Whitby, the Yorkshire fishing village where Dracula the vampire first touched English soil in the sensational novel named after him. Joshua has arranged to produce a stage adaptation of Dracula by the daughter of Whitby millionaire Charles Netheridge during the Christmas holiday, but after the disastrous first read-through of her amateurish script, only the fact that the company is depending on Netheridge’s financial backing for their spring tour keeps them at work.
As tempers flare and wind and snow swirl around Netheridge’s lonely hilltop mansion, a black-cloaked stranger emerges from the storm—an eerily opportune arrival, for this enigmatic figure, one Anton Ballin, turns out to be a theatrical genius. At the same time, a brooding evil makes itself felt. Instead of the theatrical triumph that Netheridge desired for his daughter, there is murder—shocking and terrifying.

Anne Perry’s ninth Christmas novel keeps us poised on a razor’s edge of suspense, hypnotized by a story in which the heartwarming power of goodness is challenged by the seductive power of inner darkness. In the end, A Christmas Homecoming lifts the spirit andrejoices the heart

About Face  by Fern Michaels 

Book Description

When Dr. Blake Hunter discovers Casey Edwards wandering along a Sweetwater, Georgia road, she's a woman without a past, her memory stripped of the terrifying events that shattered her innocence a decade ago. The scrap of paper she clutches in her hand bears the address to Swan House, the magnificent mansion where Casey's mother lives with her mysteriously ailing husband. But "home" turns out to be anything but a safe haven.

A near-fatal hit-and-run; neighbors who won't look her in the eye; a sinister man whispering with her mother behind closed doors...each disturbing experience makes Casey more determined
to untangle the web of secrets that threatens her future. But someone wants Casey out of the way before she remembers too much. It will take the strength she's always had -- and the love she's just found -- to save her life

Young Adult
How To Save A Life  by Sara Zarr
JuvenileWhere The Mountain Meets the Moon  by Grace LinAn Elephant In The Garden  by Michael MorpurgoSecrets At Sea  by Richard PeckPicture BooksJanuary's Sparrow  by Patricia PolaccoEpossumondas  by Coleen SalleyEpossumondas Plays Possum  by Coleen SalleyA Home In The Woods  by Inga Moore