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New Books at the Library

Week of July 26, 2019
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Adult bestsellers:

The Scent Keepers by Erica Bauermeister: Explores the provocative beauty of scent. Emmaline, living a happy childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses but doesn't explain the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin or anything about the machine that creates them.

The Summoning by Heather Graham: Krewe of Hunters. Kristi inherits a property in the old part of Savannah, knowing that it comes with a history. She decided to keep it as a bed-and-breakfast as it was well established. However, that one night when she awakens and sees someone sitting in the chair beside her bed, she races to the front door, opens it and runs into a very early arriving guest.

The Island by Ragnar Jonasson, translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb: A thriller. A small group of four friends plan on a quiet weekend getaway to an old hunting lodge on an isolated island, Ellidaey, that's beautiful but cut off from the rest of the world. Bad choice. A young woman 'fell' from the top of the cliff on the other side of the island. There was no way that any one of the group could descend the face of the cliff but they could see her. Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir of the Reykjavik police department is determined to find the truth and see if there is some connection to a crime ten years ago where a young woman lost her life.

The Night Window by Dean Koontz: A Jane Hawk novel. The rogue FBI agent continues her battle against the evil forces that swirl around her, threatening her beloved family.

If She Wakes by Michael Koryta: Tara, a senior at idyllic Hammel College in Maine, is driving a professor to a conference on campus. He makes a strange request just moments before they are victims of a brutal accident. He passes on, and Tara is left in a coma. Abby, an insurance investigator, is hired by the college to investigate the case. She realizes what happened is no accident and soon she is on the run with a hit man after her.

Adult biography:

The Edge of Every Day by Marin Sardy

Adult non-fiction:

Indigenous Relations: insights, tips & suggestion to make reconciliation a realityby Bob Joseph with Cynthia F. Joseph

Young adult:

Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi

The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Junior board book:  Farm (in Braille) by Emma Grange

Junior fiction: Miss Porter Is Out of Order! by Dan Gutman

Junior non-fiction:

Trash Talk: moving toward a zero-waste world by Michelle Mulder

Rock Your Wardrobe: packed with creative craft activities by Laura Torres

Card Tricks by Stephanie Turnbull

Junior picture book:

What Are You Doing Benny? by Cary Fagan

You're Missing it! by Brady Smith

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