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How are you doing with your copy of “My Antonia?” There is one final book discussion in this series on Wednesday, November 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Plan now to join Randy Rose for this, sure to be thought provoking evening.

A new fiction book for adults is “Still Summer” by Jacquelyn Mitchard. Back in high school, Tracy, Olivia, and Holly were known as the Godmothers, the girls everyone wanted to be and know. Their bond survived the years. Now 20 years later, they reunite on a luxury sailboat crossing the Caribbean, where one small mistake triggers a series of devastating events. Other new titles include “Play Dirty” by Sandra Brown, “Free Fall” by Fern Michaels, “Power Play” by Joseph Finder, “Don’t Make a Scene” by Valerie Block and “Garden Spells” by Sarah Anderson Allen.

New adult non-fiction books are “What made Jack Welch Jack Welch: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders” by Stephen H. Baum, “Sixty to Life” by Jacques LaMarche and “Children Are People, Too: Unlocking the Secrets to a Happier Child and Happier You” by Sharon Fried Buchalter, PhD.

A new title for the young adults is “Zane’s Trace” by Allan Wolf.

The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new chapter books include “Fire Star” by Chris D’Lacey, “Getting Burned” by Carolyn Keene, “Hannah West in the Center of the Universe” by Linda Johns and “Harry the Poisonous Centipede’s Big Adventure” by Lynne Reid Banks.

Some new picture books are “Mr. Putter & Tabby See Stars” by Cynthia Rylant, “Library Lion” by Michelle Knudson, “Charlie Cooks Favorite Book” by Julie Donaldson and “Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs” by Giles Andreae.

“Care to Share!” is the theme for Storyhour on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 and Thursday, November 8, 2007. Storyhour is held every Tuesday and/or Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. for children ages 3 through kindergarten.

334-3274 is the Dial-A-Story number. Dial-A-Story is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Dial in and hear an exciting story today!

After 24 years we are able to begin binding The Lusk Herald newspapers again, we are missing some issues in the time period of 1984 through 1995, if you happen to have any issues in this range and would consider
donating them please stop by.

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