Monthly Archives: August 2015

Staff Pick: Chappy by Patricia Grace

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Gisborne Library

Uprooted from his privileged European life and sent to New Zealand to sort himself out, twenty-one-year-old Daniel pieces together the history of his Maori family. As his relatives revisit their past, Daniel learns of a remarkable love story between his … Continue reading →

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Recommended Teen Reads: The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle

Posted on August 20, 2015 by HB Williams Memorial Library Staff

Every October Cara’s mother bundles Cara, her sister Alice, and brother-not brother  Sam inside protective layers. The knifes, the kettle, and the toaster are put away. The gas is turned off, and edges of things are wrapped but still, bones … Continue reading →

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Recommended Tween Read: Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky

Posted on August 20, 2015 by HB Williams Memorial Library Staff

Grayson is twelve and wishes his pants and hoodies were beautiful swirly skirts and pink sequined T’s, and it’s a secret he can’t tell anyone. His parents were killed in a car accident when he was four and Grayson has … Continue reading →

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Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Gisborne Library

Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife … Continue reading →

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