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6/8-10 - Grand Opening Weekend (Burlington) 6/13 - Knit Night - Crocheters, too! (Essex) 6/14 - Sarah Healy (Burlington) 6/19 - John Katzenbach (Burlington) 6/23 - Evelyn Geer and the Lepine Sisters (Essex) 6/30 - Evelyn Geer and the Lepine Sisters (Burlington)
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Featured Artists
 You may have missed Spring Open Studio Weekend, but you can enjoy these wonderful artists' work through July here at The Gallery at Phoenix Books Essex.
Lucia Chiu
Chinese Calligraphy and Watercolor
Lucia was born in China. She started learning Chinese calligraphy from her father at an early age. With the early good brush skill training, she later learned Chinese traditional painting from other artists. The fundamental component of Chinese paintings is the line, as it is in Chinese calligraphy. Lucia lives in South Burlington.
Linda Leo
Beaded Jewelry
Linda owned a floral shop for nine years, and has also done interior decorating. Thirteen years ago, she contracted an auto immune disease and was forced to give up her business. One day, she wandered into a bead store, and the rest is history. Linda loves combining colors and textures, and has found jewelry making to be a meditative activity. She hopes you enjoy wearing her jewelry as much as she enjoys making it.
Carol Sullivan
Photographs of the Natural World
Carol Sullivan's exploration into photography began as a teenager.
Photography allows her to combine her love of nature with her passion for artistic expression. Carol seeks the signs of the natural world in her surroundings, be they deep in a forest, along a country lane or in the vivid colors and
simple beauty of fruits and vegetables. Carol's work has been published in local magazines including Vermont Life.
Carol Truesdell
Vermont Scenes, Architecture, Portraits, and Whimsy
 Carol J. Truesdell is a photo artist based in Underhill Center, Vermont. Carol's images begin as RAW digital photographs that are juxtaposed to create a new image- a photomontage - that is intended to look more painterly than photographic. Carol has created a series of images to celebrate spring and summer, called "Flower Hats". "I must confess that as a child I loved to dress my pets up in doll clothes," says Carol. "From this exhibit you can see that not much has changed except I'm now dressing them digitally."
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Froggy Month!
 20% off select books by Jonathan London"My ideas for stories come from experience I've had, or from dreams or leap right out of my head - from my ever-active imagination," explains Jonathan London, who burst on the children's book scene in 1992 with the publication of three picture books. Since then he has published more than 20 picture books, many in the the popular Froggy series we're featuring at Phoenix this month.
Born a "Navy brat" in Brooklyn, New York, Jonathan was raised on Naval stations throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Today he lives with his wife, Maureen, and their two sons, Aaron and Sean, in rural Northern California where they like to backpack in the summer, play in the snow in winter - and dance all year around. *Discount only applies at Phoenix's "brick-and-mortar" locations. |
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Dear Friends,
Phoenix Books Burlington has opened its doors, and we'd like to invite you to our Grand Opening Weekend! We're so grateful for the incredible enthusiasm you've shown for Burlington's new local, independent bookstore. We can't wait to celebrate with you. In this issue, you'll find the full schedule of Phoenix Books Burlington's Grand Opening Weekend, as well as other exciting author events in our new space. You'll also find a good long list of books for the whole family, to get you started on your summer reading. See you among the shelves - in Essex and in Burlington! Sincerely,
Mike, Renee, Beth, Billy, Colleen, Donna, Evelyn, Heather, Kari, Kathy, Kelly, Kit, Kristen, Leigh Ann, Nick D., Nick L., Phil, Rachel F., Rachel M., Rachel O., Richard, Sarah, Scout, Sean, Tod, and Ziya
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YOU'RE INVITED TO...
Phoenix Books Burlington Grand Opening Weekend!
FRIDAY, JUNE 8th
11:30am - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Mayor Miro Weinberger will officially welcome us to town, with the requisite scissors and ribbon!
Local Authors Day
Local authors are invited to come by and register for our new authors' consignment program. Stop by our authors' desk and register your books, drop off a few copies, and talk about what you're up to. Learn how you can have an event hosted at Phoenix!
SATURDAY, JUNE 9th
2pm - Hinda Miller 
Hinda Miller will visit Phoenix Books Burlington to discuss her new memoir, Pearls of a Sultana: What I've Learned About Business, Politics, and the Human Spirit. Hinda Miller is the co-founder of Jogbra, Inc. For the last ten years, she has been a member of the Vermont State Senate.
4pm - Madeleine M. Kunin  Madeleine M. Kunin will discuss her new book, The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family. Kunin was the first woman governor of Vermont and the first woman in the U.S. to serve three terms as governor. She served as Deputy Secretary of Education and Ambassador to Switzerland in the Clinton administration.
SUNDAY, JUNE 10th
Public Invited, Phoenix Books Burlington Open House Day
Explore Burlington's new bookstore! Enjoy cookies, chocolates, and punch! Enter to win literary door prizes! Make sure especially to join us for:
2:00pm - Andrea Chesman
Join Andrea Chesman to learn about pickling and about her new book, The Pickled Pantry: From Apples to Zucchini, 150 Recipes for Pickles, Relishes, Chutneys & More. Enjoy samples of Andrea's delicious recipes! Andrea is the author of Recipes from the Root Cellar, Serving Up the Harvest, and many other cookbooks.
Sarah Healy
Thursday, June 14th at 7:00pm
Phoenix Books Burlington
Sarah Healy, author of Can I Get an Amen?, will visit Phoenix Books Burlington to discuss and read from her new novel. Attendees will be treated to free ice cream from Ben & Jerry's! This is Sarah's first novel. She lives in Williston, Vermont.
John Katzenbach
Tuesday, June 19th at 7:00pm
Phoenix Books Burlington
John Katzenbach will visit Phoenix Books Burlington to discuss and read from his new novel, What Comes Next. John Katzenbach has written ten previous novels, including Hart's War, Day of Reckoning, The Shadow Man, and the New York Times best seller, The Traveler. Katzenbach was a criminal court reporter for The Miami Herald and Miami News and a feature writer for The Miami Herald' s Tropic magazine.
Evelyn Geer and the Lepine Sisters
Saturday, June 23rd at 1:00pm at Phoenix Books Essex
Saturday, June 30th at 1:00pm at Phoenix Books Burlington
 The Lepines' story began in Quebec, from where Maurice and Imelda immigrated to Vermont during the Great Depression. The family farmed, lived off the rich Vermont landscape and instilled a love for it in their daughters, Gert, Jeanette and Therese. As adults, "the Girls" taught school, traveled the world and worked for President Johnson but never forgot their roots. All three returned to Mount Sterling Farm, raising their famed Jersey cows and embodying Vermont's agricultural tradition.
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PAPERBACK FICTION PICKS
Great Reads to Bring to the Beach
Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny, by Garrison Keillor
 Famous radio private eye Guy Noir leaps from "A Prairie Home Companion" to the page. On the 12th floor of the Acme Building, on a cold February day in St. Paul, Guy Noir looks down the barrel of a loaded revolver in the hands of geezer gangster Joey Roast Beef who is demanding to hear what lucrative scheme Guy is cooking up with stripper-turned-women's-studies-professor Naomi Fallopian. Everyone wants to know, and Guy faces them one by one, as he and Naomi pursue a dream of earning gazillions by selling a surefire method of dramatic weight loss. In this whirlwind caper Guy faces danger, falls in love, and faces off with the capo del capo del grande primo capo Johnny Banana. (Mystery.)
Trapeze, by Simon Mawer
 Barely out of school and doing her bit for the British war effort, Marian Sutro has one quality that makes her stand out--she is a native French speaker. It is this that attracts the attention of the SOE, the Special Operations Executive, which trains agents to operate in occupied Europe. Drawn into this strange, secret world at the age of nineteen, she finds herself undergoing commando training, attending a "school for spies," and ultimately, one autumn night, parachuting into France from an RAF bomber to join the WORDSMITH resistance network. But there's more to Marian's mission than meets the eye...
All the Flowers in Shanghai, by Duncan Jepson
 For every young Chinese woman in 1930s Shanghai, following the path of duty takes precedence over personal desires. For Feng, that means becoming the bride of a wealthy businessman in a marriage arranged by her parents. In the enclosed world of the Sang household--a place of public ceremony and private cruelty--fulfilling her duty means bearing a male heir. The life that has been forced on her makes Feng bitter and resentful, and she plots a terrible revenge. But with the passing years comes a reckoning, and Feng must reconcile herself with the sacrifices and terrible choices she has made in order to assure her place in the family and society--even as the violent, relentless tide of revolution engulfs her country.
The Demi-Monde Winter, by Rod Rees
In the year 2018, the Demi-Monde is the most sophisticated, complex and unpredictable computer simulation ever created, devised specifically to train soldiers for the nightmarish reality of urban warfare. But something has gone horribly wrong inside the Demi-Monde, and the U.S. president's daughter, Norma, has been lured into this terrifying shadow world. Her last hope of rescue is Ella Thomas, an eighteen-year-old jazz singer and very reluctant heroine. But when Ella infiltrates the Demi-Monde and begins her hunt for Norma, she soon discovers the walls containing the evils of this simulated environment are dissolving--and the Real World is in far more danger than anyone knows.
The Fates Will Find Their Way, by Hannah Pittard
Sixteen-year-old Nora Lindell is missing, and the neighborhood boys she's left behind are caught forever in the heady current of her absence.
As the days and years pile up, the mystery of her disappearance grows kaleidoscopically. A collection of rumors, divergent suspicions, and tantalizing what-ifs, Nora Lindell's story is a shadowy projection of teenage lust, friendship, reverence, and regret, captured magically in the disembodied plural voice of the boys who still long for her. Far more eager to imagine Nora's fate than to scrutinize their own, the boys sleepwalk into an adulthood of jobs, marriages, families, homes, and daughters of their own, all the while pining for a girl--and a life--that no longer exists, except in the imagination.
Go With Me, by Castle Freeman Jr.
Vermont author!
A young woman recently relocated to a tiny Vermont logging town, Lillian is menaced by a mysterious stalker named Blackway. This one man--who kills her cat, forces her boyfriend to flee the state in terror, and silently threatens her very existence--is a force little understood by the local figures to whom she turns for help. Yet, in this spare and powerful tale, Lillian enlists the powerful brute Nate and the curmudgeonly Lester to take the fight to her tormenter as a raggedy quartet of town elders ponders her likely fate. With simple strength and extraordinary force, Go with Me is a riveting modern fable of good provoked to resist evil.
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HARDCOVER FICTION PICKS
New Fiction to Get Your Summer Reading Started
Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel
 Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice.
At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring.
Strindberg's Star, by Jan Wallentin
The Arctic, 1897: Nils Strindberg crashes his hydrogen balloon during the mysterious Andree Expedition to the North Pole.
Sweden, present-day: Cave diver Erik Hall finds a dead body wearing an ancient ankh, buried deep in an abandoned mine. Religious symbol expert Don Titelman seeks out Erik to study the ankh--but finds Erik dead. Don is the prime suspect, and soon he's being chased across Europe to escape a secret society that will do anything to get their hands on the ankh. . . .
The Yard, by Alex Grecian
 Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and Scotland Yard has only twelve detectives--known as "The Murder Squad"--to investigate countless murders every month. Created after the Metropolitan Police's spectacular failure to capture Jack the Ripper, The Murder Squad suffers rampant public contempt. They have failed their citizens. But no one can anticipate the brutal murder of one of their own . . . one of the twelve . . .When Walter Day, the squad's newest hire, is assigned the case of the murdered detective, he finds a strange ally in the Yard's first forensic pathologist, Dr. Bernard Kingsley. Together they track the killer, who clearly is not finished with The Murder Squad . . . but why? (Mystery.)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, by Ben Fountain
A ferocious firefight with Iraqi insurgents at "the battle of Al-Ansakar Canal"--three minutes and forty-three seconds of intense warfare caught on tape by an embedded Fox News crew--has transformed the eight surviving men of Bravo Squad into America's most sought-after heroes. The Bush administration has sent them on a media-intensive nationwide "Victory Tour" to reinvigorate public support for the war. Now, on this chilly and rainy Thanksgiving, the Bravos are guests of America's Team, the Dallas Cowboys, slated to be part of the halftime show alongside the superstar pop group Destiny's Child. The Bravos are thrust into the company of the Cowboys' hard-nosed businessman/owner and his coterie of wealthy colleagues; a luscious born-again Cowboys cheerleader; a veteran Hollywood producer; and supersized pro players eager for a vicarious taste of war.
The Cove, by Ron Rash
Deep in the rugged Appalachians of North Carolina lies the cove, a dark, forbidding place where spirits and fetches wander, and even the light fears to travel. Or so the townsfolk of Mars Hill believe-just as they know that Laurel Shelton, the lonely young woman who lives within its shadows, is a witch. Alone except for her brother, she aches for her life to begin. Then a stranger appears, carrying nothing but a beautiful silver flute and a note explaining that his name is Walter, he is mute, and is bound for New York. Walter slips easily into life in the cove and into Laurel's heart, bringing her the only real happiness she has ever known. But Walter harbors a secret that could destroy everything-and danger is closer than they know.
Mudwoman, by Joyce Carol Oates
Mudgirl is a child abandoned by her mother in the silty flats of the Black Snake River. The well-meaning couple who adopt Mudgirl quarantine her poisonous history behind the barrier of their middle-class values, seemingly sealing it off forever.
Meredith "M.R." Neukirchen is the first woman president of an Ivy League university. Her commitment to her career and moral fervor for her role are all-consuming. Involved with a secret lover whose feelings for her are teasingly undefined, and concerned with the intensifying crisis of the American political climate as the United States edges toward war with Iraq, M.R. is confronted with challenges to her leadership that test her in ways she could not have anticipated. The fierce idealism and intelligence that delivered her from a more conventional life in her upstate New York hometown now threaten to undo her.
Sacre Bleu, by Christopher Moore
In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and shot himself. "Or did he?" Why would an artist at the height of his creative powers attempt to take his own life . . . and then walk a mile to a doctor's house for help? Who was the crooked little "color man" Vincent had claimed was stalking him across France? And why had the painter recently become deathly afraid of a certain shade of blue? These are just a few of the questions confronting Vincent's friends--baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec--who vow to discover the truth about van Gogh's untimely death. Their quest will lead them on a surreal odyssey and brothel-crawl deep into the art world of late nineteenth-century Paris.
Elegy for Eddie, by Jacqueline Winspear
Maisie Dobbs--psychologist, investigator, and "one of the great fictional heroines, equal parts haunted and haunting" ("Parade")--returns in a chilling adventure, the latest chapter in Jacqueline Winspear's bestselling series.
Early April 1933. To the costermongers of Covent Garden--sellers of fruit and vegetables on the streets of London--Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in a violent accident, the grieving costers are deeply skeptical about the cause of his death. Who would want to kill Eddie--and why? (Mystery.)
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NONFICTION PICKS
Including Some Great Gifts for Graduates!
Imagine: How Creativity Works, by Jonah Lehrer
Heather's staff pick!
New York Times bestselling author Jonah Lehrer introduces us to musicians, graphic artists, poets, and bartenders to show us how we can use science to be more imaginative and make our cities, our companies, and our culture more creative. "Jonah Lehrer may be the most talented explainer of science that we've got. His engrossing investigation of creativity and its sources makes IMAGINE his best book yet," says Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein (Hardcover science.)
10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said, by Charles Wheelan
 Modeled on Charles Wheelan 's 2011 Class Day Speech at Dartmouth College, this collection of refreshingly honest advice and observations is the antidote to those cotton-candy platitudes that are all too familiar to anyone who 's ever worn a mortarboard. Armed with a PhD in public policy, many years of experience in social science research, and - perhaps most important - good-natured humor, Wheelan offers up 10 head-turning aphorisms on happiness and success that anyone staring down the barrel of graduation needs to hear but probably hasn t heard yet. Celebrated New Yorker cartoonist Peter Steiner adds a touch of whimsy with his irreverent illustrations sprinkled throughout. (Hardcover.)
The New New Rules, by Bill Maher
 Media, celebrity, Democrats, Republicans, religion, children, marine life, electronics, that couple making out in the next booth--when it comes to lighting up his targets, Bill Maher is an equal-opportunity destroyer. The New New Rules offers Maher's new and best-loved observations about the world around us, along with some modest tips for its improvement. Because wouldn't life be a little better if the inside of the office microwave didn't look like a Jackson Pollock painting, or if fathers stopped signing up their nine-year-olds to win free hunting trips? Scathingly funny and relentlessly unafraid of sensitive topics, Maher's hilarious brand of realism is more welcome and necessary than ever. So sit back, read on, and enjoy. You may not agree with all his views, but one thing's for certain: If you're listening, you're laughing. (Paperback humor.)
In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson
 The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. (History. Now in paperback!)
American Terroir, by Rowan Jacobsen
 The first guide to the "flavor landscapes" of North America, American Terroir explains how local conditions such as soil and climate affect the flavor of foods such as apples, honey, maple syrup, coffee, oysters, salmon, wild mushrooms, wine, cheese, and chocolate. Complete with recipes and a resource section for finding the best place-specific foods, it's the perfect companion for any self-respecting locavore. (Paperback Food Writing.)
Stolen Air, by Osip Mandelstam, translated by Christian Wiman
Political nonconformist Osip Mandelstam's opposition to Stalin's totalitarian government made him a target of the communist state. The public recitation of his 1933 poem known in English as "The Stalin Epigram" led to his arrest, exile, and eventual imprisonment in a Siberian transit camp, where he died, presumably in 1938. Mandelstam's work--much of it written under extreme duress--is an extraordinary testament to the enduring power of art in the face of oppression and terror. Stolen Air spans Mandelstam's entire poetic career, from his early highly formal poems in which he reacted against Russian Symbolism to the poems of anguish and defiant abundance written in exile, when Mandelstam became a truly great poet. (Paperback Poetry.)
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RAISING PASSIONATE READERS
Our Favorite New Books for Young Readers
Blackout, by John Rocco
 One hot summer night in the city, all the power goes out. The TV shuts off and a boy wails, "Mommm!" His sister can no longer use the phone, Mom can't work on her computer, and Dad can't finish cooking dinner. What's a family to do? When they go up to the roof to escape the heat, they find the lights--in stars that can be seen for a change--and so many neighbors it's like a block party in the sky! On the street below, people are having just as much fun--talking, rollerblading, and eating ice cream before it melts. (Picture Book Hardcover.)
Hugs from Pearl,  by Paul Schmid
This is Pearl. Pearl loves to hug.
Hugs are nice . . . except when they come from a porcupine. Pearl tries and tries to solve her problem and finally fixes it in her very own way.
From the author-artist of A Pet for Petunia comes a prickly new character with a great big heart. Paul Schmid paints Pearl's world with soft and dreamy colors that reflect just how sweet she is beneath her sharp-quilled porcupine exterior. (Picture Book Hardcover.)
The Hueys in The New Sweater, by Oliver Jeffers
 The Hueys are small and mischievous, unique compared to the world's other creatures--but hardly unique to one another. You see, each Huey looks the same, thinks the same, and does the same exact things. So you can imagine the chaos when one of them has the idea of knitting a sweater! It seems like a good idea at the time--he is quite proud of it, in fact--but it "does" make him different from the others. So the rest of the Hueys, in turn, decide that they want to be different too! How? By knitting the exact same sweater, of course! (Picture Book Hardcover.)
Ladybug Girl and Bingo, by David Soman
 Bingo the dog stars in this tribute to responsibility and newest addition to the "New York Times" bestselling series Lulu and Bingo are camping for the very first time and they are so excited, especially Bingo. He keeps trying to explore on his own, and Lulu's family reminds her to keep a tight hold on Bingo's leash so he doesn't get lost. "Ladybug Girl would "never" let that happen!" declares Lulu. But during an imagination game, Lulu drops Bingo's leash for just a second and he runs off into the forest. This is a job for Ladybug Girl! (Picture Book Hardcover.)
Llama Llama Zippity-Zoom, by Anna Dewdney
 "Llama Llama ZIP!
Llama Llama ZOOM!
Llama Llama Red Pajama
VROOM, VROOM, VROOM!"
On the playground, Llama goes fast! Llama zips by on his scooter and swishes down the slide--whoosh! These board books are more than great read-alouds--they're great act-alongs, too! Younger audiences will love doing as Llama does in these supremely adorable, incredibly engaging new board books. (Board Book.)
Cock-a-Doodle Dance!,
by Christine Tricarico
It's all work, no play for the grouchy animals at this Texas farm. Then Rooster catches the jitterbug and things will never be the same!
"Life on the farm is positively "Cock-a-Doodle DULL" until Rooster catches a jitterbug that starts the whole barn a shakin' and a rollin'."--Kirkus (Picture Book Hardcover.)
Bink & Gollie: Two for One,  Kate DiCamillo
Available June 12th.
The state fair is in town, and now Bink and Gollie - utter opposites and best friends extraordinaire - must use teamwork and their gray matter while navigating its many wonders. Will the energetic Bink win the world's largest donut in the Whack-a-Duck game? Will the artistic Gollie wow the crowd in the talent show? As the undaunted duo steps into the mysterious tent of fortune-teller Madame Prunely, one prediction is crystal clear: this unlikely pair will always be the closest of pals. (Hardcover Beginning Reader.)
Chick 'n' Pug Meet the Dude,
by Jennifer Sattler
He's taller than the Chrysler Building. He drools more than a teething baby sucking on a piece of Jello. Dog people will recognize him as a Great Dane. Chick and Pug know him only as . . . The Dude.
When the larger-than-life Dude ambles into Pug's territory and steals Pug's favorite chew toy, Chick is ready to take down the slobbering scoundrel. However, that would require making Pug get up first. . . . Will Chick save the day? Will Pug nap through all the best parts? And will we ever see what's at the top of The Dude's incredibly long legs? Stay tuned! (Hardcover Picture Book.)
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MIDDLE GRADE PICKS
Stories Galore for Your Middle Reader
Killer Pizza: The Slice, by Greg Taylor
 Four months after they discover that their new place of employment, Killer Pizza, was a front for an underground Monster Hunting Organization, Toby and his fellow rookie Monster Combat Officers, Annabel and Strobe, have been invited to New York City to tour KP Headquarters. But the exclusive tour is cut short when a monster emergency sends the trio off on a secret mission delivering Calanthe, a beautiful fourteen-year-old, defecting monster with serpent-like abilities, into the Monster Protection Program. It seems like an easy assignment until the teens realize Calanthe is the sacrificial offering in a ceremony set to happen in a few days and her people will stop at nothing to get her back! (MG Paperback.)
The Books of Elsewhere: Spellbound, by Jacqueline West
 The next book in the thrilling, chilling New York Times bestselling series! With no way into the McMartin house's magical paintings, and its three guardian cats reluctant to help, Olive's friend Morton is still trapped inside Elsewhere. So when Rutherford, the new oddball kid next door mentions a grimoire--a spellbook--Olive sees a glint of hope. If she can find the McMartins' spellbook, maybe she can help Morton escape Elsewhere for good. Unless, that is, the book finds Olive first. The house isn't the only one keeping secrets anymore . . .(MG Hardcover.) The Serpent's Shadow, by Rick Riordan
 He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos. The Kanes' only hope is an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon, but the magic has been lost for a millennia. To find the answer they need, the Kanes must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician. (MG Hardcover.)
Three Times Lucky, by Sheila Turnago
 Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's found a home with the Colonel--a cafe owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous cafe hostess. She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of saving the only family Mo has ever known. (MG Hardcover.)
Theodore Boone: The Accused, by John Grisham
 Theodore Boone is back! And he's ready for his next big case Theo Boone might only be thirteen, but he's already uncovered key evidence in a groundbreaking murder trial and discovered the truth behind his best friend's abduction. Now with the latest unfolding of events in Strattenburg, Theo will face his biggest challenge yet.(MG Hardcover.)
My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer, by Jennifer Gennari
Set in Vermont!
Twelve-year-old June Farrell is sure of one thing--she's great at making pies--and she
plans to prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition.
But a backlash against Vermont's civil union law threatens her family's security
and their business. Even when faced with bullying, June won't give up on winning the
blue ribbon; more importantly, she won't give up on her family. (MG Hardcover.)
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading, by Tommy Greenwald
 Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, he's managed to get through life without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover. But now that he's in middle school, avoiding reading isn't as easy as it used to be. And when his friend Timmy McGibney decides that he's tired of covering for him, Charlie Joe finds himself resorting to desperate measures to keep his perfect record intact.This is the hilarious story of an avid non-reader and the extreme lengths to which he'll go to get out of reading a book. (MG Paperback.)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne Valente
 Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have an ordinary life, until her father went to war and her mother went to work. One day, September is met at her kitchen window by a Green Wind (taking the form of a gentleman in a green jacket), who invites her on an adventure, implying that her help is needed in Fairyland. The new Marquess is unpredictable and fickle, and also not much older than September. Only September can retrieve a talisman the Marquess wants from the enchanted woods, and if she doesn't . . . then the Marquess will make life impossible for the inhabitants of Fairyland. September is already making new friends, including a book-loving Wyvern and a mysterious boy named Saturday. (MG Paperback.)
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YOUNG ADULT PICKS
Heart Pounding and Heartwarming Stories
 Don't Sweat. Don't Laugh. Don't draw attention to yourself. And most of all, whatever you do, do not fall in love with one of them. Gene is different from everyone else around him. He can't run with lightning speed, sunlight doesn't hurt him and he doesn't have an unquenchable lust for blood. Gene is a human, and he knows the rules. Keep the truth a secret. It's the only way to stay alive in a world of night--a world where humans are considered a delicacy and hunted for their blood. (YA Hardcover.)
The Sweetness of Salt, by Cecilia Galante
Julia is a high school valedictorian with a college scholarship and a coveted summer internship. But when her older sister, Sophie, shows up at graduation determined to reveal some long buried secrets, Julia's carefully constructed plans come to a halt. Julia follows Sophie back to Vermont, where Sophie is opening a bakery. What follows is a summer of revelations--some heartwarming, some heartbreaking, and all slowly pointing Julia toward a new understanding of herself and of the sister she never knew. (YA Paperback.)
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