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The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family
by Karyn Brand Purvis

Provides parents with guidance on integrating their adopted child into the family and addressing their specific needs.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller

First published in 1959 to critical acclaim and enduring popularity, a new edition of the landmark novel follows the struggle of the Monks of the Order of Saint Leibowitz to preserve the remnants of civilization after a nuclear war and to protect them against tyranny.
Super Mario Bros. Movie

Brothers Mario and Luigi must travel through the Mushroom Kingdom and fight off the evil Bowser in order to rescue Princess Peach.
Golden Son
by Pierce Brown

Darrow, a tragedy-forged rebel hero, continues his work infiltrating the Golds to free his people from the brutal elitist future.
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

A near anthropological survey of life on a small family farm in Iowa during the 1930's, when there was no electricity or running water. Little Heathens offers a loving but realistic portrait of a “hearty-handshake Methodist” family that gave its members a remarkable legacy of kinship, kindness, and remembered pleasures.
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
by Richard Paul Evans

Michael Vey, a fourteen-year old who has Tourette's syndrome and. special electric powers, finds there are others like him, and must rely on his powers to save himself and the others from a diabolical group seeking to control them
Promise Me Sunshine: A Novel
by Cara Bastone

Grieving the loss of her best friend, Lenny's life is turned upside down when she babysits for Reese's daughter Ainsley, where she meets Miles, the grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again.
The Last One
by Rachel Howzell Hall

In this breathtaking, otherworldly blend of fantasy and adventure, a young woman, with the world dying around her and enemies lurking in the shadows, tries to remember who she is.
The Noom Kitchen: 100 Healthy, Delicious, Flexible Recipes for Every Day
by Adeena Sussman

This official Noom cookbook from the global phenomenon offers a vast array of delicious recipes that make serving health-forward foods easy for cooks of all skill levels, and provides accessible culinary guidance for those looking to kick-start their health and wellness in the kitchen.
Still Missing
by Chevy Stevens

Captured by a psychopath posing as an interested house buyer, realtor Annie spends a brutally traumatic year in captivity in a remote mountain cabin and recounts her experiences and dramatic escape to her therapist while agonizing over the ongoing police search for her captor.
Keanu

When a man's kitten is stolen during a robbery, he and a friend set out into the criminal underground to find the animal.
Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Manual
by Alan Bridgewater

Hone your carpentry skills and embark on ambitious projects with this essential guide. Discover the best tools to work with, and master key techniques, from choosing and cutting joints to finishing and furniture restoration. With more than 25 projects for every skill level, Woodworking has everything you need to succeed in this timeless craft.
Council Bluffs Public Library
400 Willow Ave.
Council Bluffs, Iowa 51503
712-323-7553

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