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The Summer Reading Program draws to a close this week with a finale on Thursday, July 28, from 1-3 P.M. for all children who participated. Ice cream floats will be served and the movie “Zootopia” will be shown. Children have until Aug. 5 to turn in their reading logs. The grand prize winners will be announced after August 5.
Don’t miss the “Tea with Alice” summer fundraiser sponsored by the Friends of the Library. This formal Victorian high tea is tonight from 6:30-8:00 with a program scheduled for 7 P.M.
All ages are welcome and prices are $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for children. Visit Wonderland and have “Tea with Alice!”
New books at the library include “Before the Fall” by Noah Hawley. On a foggy summer night a plane leaves Martha’s Vineyard headed for New York. The plane never makes it plunging into the ocean with only two survivors: a down-on-his-luck painter and a four-year-old boy, the last remaining member of his wealthy family. The chapters alternate between the aftermath of the crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew. Was is merely chance that so many people perished or was something sinister at work?
Fredrik Backman has written “Britt-Marie Was Here.” Inside Britt-Marie, a socially awkward, fussy busybody, is a woman with imagination, big dreams, and a warm heart. When she walks out on her cheating husband, she finds employment as the caretaker of a soon-to-be demolished recreation center. There she must put up with muddy floors, unruly children, and a rat for a roommate. But she also finds herself learning to care about her fellow citizens, the target of attentions by a handsome police officer, and coaching a children’s soccer team.
“Brighton” is a thriller by the author Michael Harvey. When Kevin Pearce was fifteen he was a star on the baseball team and an honor student. But he and his friend Bobby Scales commit a violent crime for which Bobby takes the fall. Kevin leaves town to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Boston Globe. When he learns that Bobby is the prime suspect in a string of murders, Kevin, goes home again to protect his friend and the secret they share. Now he must face his own conscience and an elusive killer.
Jo Baker’s latest novel is “A County Road, A Tree.” It is 1939 in Paris. The footfalls of Nazi boots can be heard marching along the Champs-Elysees. Samuel Beckett, a young unknown writer, has recently arrived from Ireland, intending to make his mark. Soon he will put himself and his lover in mortal danger when he joins the Resistance.
A great summer read is “I’ve Got Sand in All the Wrong Place” by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella. This mother-daughter team brings another collection of true stories about the lives of everyday modern women. You’ll laugh along with them as they take on a variety of topics from online dating to fleece as formal wear.
“Marked for Life” is by Emelie Schepp. This first installment in a new trilogy introduces readers to pubic prosecutor Jana Berzelius. She leads the investigation of the murder of a high-ranking head of migration board who was shot in his living room. The unexplained clues are child-size fingerprints in the home with no children. A body of a preteen is discovered on a deserted shoreline with the weapon that killed the official. Berzelius is drawn more deeply into the case when she recognizes the initials that scream child trafficking carve on the teen’s body that trigger memories from her own dark childhood.
You may also want to read “The Sorcerer’s Daughter,” the third book in The Defenders of Shannara series by Terry Brooks or “A Dream of Ice,” book two of the Earthend Sagaby Gillian Anderson.
Be sure to let the library know the title of the book you read for the July Book Challenge. In August you are challenged to read a book set in the future or in the distant past.
