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Miss Rumphius
by Barbara Cooney
Deciding in childhood that she would seek adventure in faraway places, Miss Rumphius fulfills her dream and then has one more thing to do—something to make the world more beautiful.
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The Next Best Fling
by Gabriella Gamez
When the two people they're in love with get engaged to each other, librarian Marcela Ortiz and ex-NFL player Theo Young have a no-strings attached rebound relationship, which results in complicated feelings, messy familiar dynamics, and uncovered secrets.
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The Woman in the Library: A Novel
by Sulari Gentill
In the Boston Public Library, on lockdown after a threat is identified, four strangers sitting at the same table pass the time in conversation. It just so happens that one of them is a murderer, but which one?
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The Library of Borrowed Hearts
by Lucy Gilmore
Stumbling across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s with love notes scribbled in the margins, librarian Chloe Sampson is sent on a literary scavenger hunt that brings about unexpected friendship and the discovery that some love stories begin in the unlikeliest places.
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
by Chris Grabenstein
Twelve-year-old Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of 12 children chosen to stay in the new town library—designed by his hero, the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello—for an overnight of fun, food, and games, but in the morning, the kids find all the doors still locked and must work together to solve secret puzzles in order to discover the hidden escape route.
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The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
Nora Seed finds herself faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, or realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist, she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.
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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library : A Novel
by Sue Halpern
A head librarian who would leave behind the painful realities of her suburbia past unexpectedly bonds with a teenager performing community service, a disgruntled former Wall Street high flyer and other offbeat regulars who encourage her out of her self-imposed isolation. By the author of A Dog Walked Into a Nursing Home.
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The Secret Library
by Kekla Magoon
Finding a mysterious letter from her late grandpa, Dally is led straight to a library of secrets where each book is a portal to a precise moment in time, and she must find the courage to write her own life story as she “checks out” adventure after adventure.
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Love at First Book
by Jenn McKinlay
When her favorite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in Ireland, Emily, jumping at the opportunity, helps Siobhan author the final book in her acclaimed series and spends her days bantering with Siobhan's annoyingly handsome, mercurial son, making her decide if she's ready to start a new chapter in her life.
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The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
Discovering a mysterious book of prisoner tales, a Vermont graduate student recognizes a story from his own life before following clues to a magical underground library that is being targeted for destruction. By the best-selling author of The Night Circus.
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The Library: A Fragile History
by Andrew Pettegree
In this meticulously written and deeply researched book, this history of the library, from the ancient world to the digital age, introduces readers to the antiquarians and the philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections.
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All the Books
by Hayley Rocco
Adorable chipmunk Piper Waterstone refuses to share her books with anyone until a friendly librarian presents her with a magical card that will give her all the books she could ever dream of—with one catch: she must share them with her book-loving neighbors.
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The Last Chance Library
by Freya Sampson
When her library is threatened with closure, June Hones, to save the place and the books that mean so much to her, must make some changes to her solitary life by opening her heart to the world around her and fighting for what she believes in.
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The Case of the Missing Books: A Mobile Library Mystery
by Ian Sansom
A first installment in a new series featuring Israel Armstrong finds the new Emerald Isle bookmobile attendant struggling to figure out who is responsible for the disappearance of the roving library's 15,000 books.
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The Cartographers: A Novel
by Peng Shepherd
When her estranged father is found dead with a seemingly worthless map hidden in his desk, cartographer Nell Young soon discovers the map is extremely valuable—and that a mysterious collector will stop at nothing to destroy it and anyone who gets in the way.
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How Can I Help You
by Laura Sims
Accepting a position at a small-town public library, a recent graduate student and failed novelist discovers a patron dead in the library bathroom and begins to dig up her co-worker's past as a nurse with a trail of premature deaths.
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Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia
by Jeanette Winter
A man, his burros, and his books bring joy to children in remote Colombian villages in this inspiring book based on a true story by celebrated picture book creator Jeanette Winter. Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there's barely room for the family. What to do? Then he comes up with the perfect solution: a traveling library! He buys two donkeys—Alfa and Beto—and travels with them throughout the land, bringing books and reading to the children in faraway villages.
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Elmhurst Public Library 125 S Prospect Ave. Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 (630) 279-8696
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