Favorite Books Continued

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Juliet Ashton, an author, writes to her publisher expressing her desire to stop covering the aftermath of WWII, but Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams invites neighbors to write to Juliet with their stories, which puts her off at first but eventually helps her find inspiration for her next book, and her life. Interested?
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Death Note Series (Vol. 1-12) by Tsugumi Ohba

Light Yagumi comes across a Death Note dropped by a Shinigami death god and vows to use this power to rid the world of evil; but when criminals start dropping dead, the great detective L is sent to track down the killer. Interested? Request it for our library!

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. Check it out from our library!

Our Favorite Books that We Read in 2008..Take 1

It's hard to read every single book from 2008. So, for the couple posts, we are dedicating it to the books that our library staff has read in 2008. Some of these books aren't necessarily copyrighted in 2008, but we love them so much that we wanted to share them with you anyway. Without further ado, here's our favorites:


From the Bottom Up: One man's crusade to clean America's rivers by Chad Pregracke

Chad Pregracke, who took it upon himself to clean up the Mississippi River, and, with the help of others, founded Living Lands and Water, a not-for-profit organization based in East Moline, Illinois.

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