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If you like the sound of this book, check it out at the Concord Public Library. If you have no clue what the Ender series is, don’t worry – the library has many other series (and non-series) to choose from. For more information, visit onconcord.com/library. Ender in Exile Orson Card 2008, 377 pages Orson Scott Card has added another title to the Ender series, and as usual, it fulfills expectations. This novel, while it can be read on...
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Do you want to know even more about the Concord Public Library? Well good thing the library has a website. Visit it at onconcord.com/library. The Shanghai Moon S.J. Rozan 2009, 373 pages Setting: New York City present and Shanghai 1938-1948 This is the ninth in the Lydia Chin/Bill Smith mystery series. This series was recommended to me several years ago, but I did not remember it until this new Rozan book crossed my path. Lydia Chin...
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Scrapbooking not your thing? No problem, because the Concord Public Library has plenty of regular books. For further information about the library, visit onconcord.com/library. Testimony Anita Shreve 2008, 305 pages Setting: Contemporary Vermont Anita Shreve is an author who is not afraid to tackle controversial subjects. She sets her new novel at a prestigious prep school, creates believable hot-shot basketball players, throws in one...
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We know we featured The Baker Free Library in Bow this week on pages 10 and 11, but don’t forget about our awesome library right here in Concord. Visit the Concord Public Library in person or on the web at onconcord.com/library. We promise you won’t regret it, and you know that we never break a promise. Death at Pompeia’s Wedding Rosemary Rowe 2008, 213 pages Setting: AD 189, Roman town of Glevum (modern Gloucester) Libertus, a former...
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You don’t need to go on a scavenger hunt to find this book. It’s at the Concord Public Library! Camel Rider Prue Mason 2007, 204 pages Setting: Middle East A juvenile novel Two boys are thrown together by chance in the desert, encountering only relentless sun and heat, sand and hostile adults. One boy is from a modern English-speaking world; the other is from a nomadic Arabic- speaking world. Two boys, three days = the trials of...
