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Noon Book Club November 5 at 12PM This group meets the first Wednesday of the month in the Library. Pick up a copy of the book at the Customer Service Desk. |
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The distance between us : a memoir
by Reyna Grande
The American Book Award-winning author of Across a Hundred Mountains traces her experiences as an illegal child immigrant, describing how her parents' dreams of better opportunities for their family were marked by her father's violent alcoholism, her efforts to obtain a higher education and the inspiration of Latina authors. 30,000 first printing.
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The Collectors: Stories
by A. S. King
Centering around an unforgettable cast of characters and their strange and surprising collections, including a nonbinary kid collecting pieces of other people's collections, this anthology features contributions by such award-winning and best-selling authors as David Levithan and Jenny Torres Sanchez. Illustrations.
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The Jealousy Man and Other Stories
by Jo Nesbo
Nesbø's dexterity with the dark corners of the human heart is on full display in these ... stories. A detective with a nose for jealousy is on the trail of a man suspected of murdering his twin, a bereaved father must decide whether vengeance has a place in the new world order after a pandemic brings about the collapse of society, a garbage man fresh off a bender tries to piece together what happened the night before, a hired assassin matches wits against his greatest adversary in a dangerous game for survival, and an instantly electric connection between passengers on a flight to London may spell romance or something more sinister--
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When Stars are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson
A Somali refugee who spent his childhood at the Dadaab camp and the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl present the graphic-novel story of a young refugee who struggles with leaving behind his nonverbal brother when he has an opportunity to help his family by going to school. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella
by Shirley Hughes
When her dad remarries an evil woman who forces her to make dresses for her stepsisters, Ella Cinders finds a friend in a fairy godmother who helps make all her dreams come true one magical night, in a modern-day twist to the classic Cinderella tale.
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The Korean Cinderella
by Shirley Climo
Mistreated by a cruel stepmother who forces her to perform difficult tasks, Pear Blossom finds help from her fairy godmother, who appears to her in the form of tokgabis, special magical creatures.
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Cinderella Skeleton
by Robert D. San Souci
The most hideous ghoul in the land, Cinderella Skeleton is scorned by her cruel stepsisters, but with the help of a good witch she is able to attend the Halloween Ball, where she steals the heart of Prince Charnel.
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Cinderella Penguin, or, The little glass flipper
by Janet Perlman
When Cinderella Penguin waddles into the ball, she is bullied by her evil stepsisters, who are envious of her dainty flippers, but it take more than some fancy footwear to turn the penguin into a princess, so the Great Fairy Penguin comes to the rescue
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Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper
by Charles Perrault
Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal.
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Cendrillon : a Caribbean Cinderella
by Robert D. San Souci
A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale is set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.
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