Category: Books and Reading
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
By Scott O’Dell; narrated by Tantoo Cardinal Place: Publisher & Year: Santa Ana, CA : Listening Library, c1960, p2003 Genre: Historical fiction Format: Audio book ISBN: 9780307243164 Intended audience: Children – tweens Number of discs: 4 (about 5 hrs.) Setting: Ghalas-at (San Nicolas Island, Channel Islands, CA) Time period: Not stated, but likely early 1800’s…
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Definitely Dead
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, c2006, 2007 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 6 ISBN: 9780441014910 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 324 (342 including an excerpt from the next book – All Together Dead) Setting: Bon…
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Out of Range
By C.J. Box Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Berkley Prime Crime, c2005, 2006 Genre: Mystery, eco-fiction Series: Joe Pickett Novel; 5 ISBN: 9780425209455 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 310 Setting: Saddlestring & Jackson Hole, Wyoming Time period: early 2000s Plot summary: When Will Jensen, the game warden for Jackson Hole, commits suicide, Joe…
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Promises To Keep
By Charles De Lint Place: Publisher & Year: Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2007 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, paranormal Series: Newford; 20 (according to NoveList) or 21 (according to Goodreads) ISBN: 9781596061262 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 173 Setting: Newford, Canada Time period: late 1960s – 1973 Plot summary: In 1972,…
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The Last Child
By John Hart Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Minotaur Books, 2009 Genres: Mystery, thriller ISBN: 9780312359324 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 373 Setting: Rural North Carolina Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Thirteen year old Johnny Merrimon has been looking for his twin sister, Alyssa, since she was abducted a year ago. In this…
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Warriors Don’t Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High
By Melba Pattillo Beals Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Simon Pulse, c1995, 2007 Genres: Non-fiction, autobiography, memoir ISBN: 9781416948827 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 226 Setting: Little Rock, Arkansas Time period: 1950’s – most of the story takes place during the school year of 1957-58 (includes an epilogue from 1987 and an…
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French Women Don’t Get Fat: the Secret of Eating for Pleasure
By Mireille Guiliano Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c2005, 2007 Genres: Non-fiction, health & fitness, healthy living, women’s health, diet, nutrition ISBN: 9781400042128 Intended audience: “Women throughout the developed world” (p. 7) Number of pages: 264 Setting: France & USA Time period: Written for the present, but includes narratives from various…
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The Mystery of Grace
By Charles de Lint Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, paranormal ISBN: 9780765317568 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 269 Setting: Solona, Arizona (along the San Pedro River and I-10) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Grace Quintero’s grandfather died, she started smoking again. Her…
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Dead as a Doornail
By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, c2005, 2006 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 5 ISBN: 9780441013333 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 295 (310 including an excerpt from the next book – Definitely Dead) Setting: Bon Temps,…
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