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New Books

february 3, 2019

Heir Apparent - Vivian Vande Velde In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get

killed--and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame,

because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the

dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of

ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon,

she'll never win. And she has to, because losing means she'll die--for real this

time.

Last Orders - Graham Swift Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar

last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself,

Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if

increasingly bizarre day's outing, Last Order is Graham Swift's most poignant

exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.

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Washed Ashore - Kerr Thomson On a wild Scottish island, a tragedy washes up on the storm-beaten shore: the

bodies of a whale and a man. Fraser, desperate for adventure, and Hayley,

visiting from Texas, become tangled in the mystery. But Fraser's younger brother

Dunny is distraught by the discovery. He hasn't spoken in years, and lately he's

been acting more strangely than ever. Together, the three meet a man living in

the abandoned caves nearby. They start to wonder if he might lie at the center of

something darker than they had previously thought. For the whispering sea

conceals a terrible secret, and to discover the truth, one of them must learn to

listen... 

The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl - Melissa Keil Alba loves her life just as it is. She loves living behind the bakery, and waking up

in a cloud of sugar and cinnamon. She loves drawing comics and watching bad

TV with her friends. The only problem is she’s overlooked a few teeny details:

Like, the guy she thought long gone has unexpectedly reappeared.

And the boy who has been her best friend since forever has suddenly gone off

the rails.  And even her latest comic-book creation is misbehaving. Also, the

world might be ending – which is proving to be awkward. As Doomsday

enthusiasts flock to idyllic Eden Valley, Alba’s life is thrown into chaos. Whatever

happens next, it’s the end of the world as she knows it. But when it comes to

figuring out her heart, Armageddon might turn out to be the least of her

problems.

Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of

Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard

drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her

three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't

keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her brother

Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull's new litter, dying one by one in

the dirt. While brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family

long on child's play and short on parenting. As the twelve days that comprise the

novel's framework yield to the final day and Hurricane Katrina, the unforgettable

family at the novel's heart--motherless children sacrificing for each other as they

can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce--pulls itself up to struggle for

another day. A wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of

rural poverty, "Salvage the Bone" is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real.