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POLLY BENTLEY

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Monday, Tuesday
Thursday 3 - 8 p.m.
Wednesday 6-8 p.m.
Friday, Saturday 10 a.m.  - 1 p.m.

Story Time - Fridays - 11:15 - 11:45 a.m.

July 2008

DONATION FOR ADULT AUDIO BOOKS

The Moretown Memorial Library is delighted to announce that a thousand dollar donation to purchase adult audio books has been received. This anonymous donation from a former resident will provide spinners to house the collection as well as develop our small collection. Orders for the spinners and audio books were placed at the same time. The spinners have arrived and are already in use. Look for reviews of the new audio books as they come in.

RECENT ADULT TITLES

When her husband is killed, Emily Kramer finds herself with no money and an almost bankrupt private investigation business. Emily is trying to find some answers at the same time her husband’s killer is conducting his own investigation in the hopes that he might realize a bigger payoff. Thomas Perry keeps us in suspense as the race to find information continues in Fidelity .

Silent Thunder by Iris and Roy Johansen involves a decommissioned Russian nuclear submarine that has been purchased for an exhibit at a maritime museum. When marine architect Hannah Bryson and her brother Connor inspect it they discover some strange symbols hidden. Connor is killed and the message disappears before they even know its importance. Hannah is determined to find her brother’s killer even if it means working against the CIA.

At their new home in the mountains of North Carolina, the Sisterhood is just beginning to relax. When a helicopter lands on their mountain, the ladies are afraid their cover is blown. Instead they are on the Fast Track with a new assignment which will reap rewards if they are successful, but if they fail who knows what could happen. Once again Fern Michaels has the Sisterhood exercising their form of “justice.”

Tailspin by Catherine Coulter is another FBI thriller. Dr. Timothy MacLean is a well-know psychiatrist who is suffering from a form of dementia that makes him talk about whatever comes to mind. He’s breached the doctor patient confidentiality and someone wants to silence him permanently. Sherwood and Savich, called in to help protect the psychiatrist, put their own lives in danger as well.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM CONTESTS

Entries for the “Create a Bug” contest are due by August 2nd. The contest is open to children aged 3 and up. Voting will take place at the library from August 4th through August 9th. We are looking for the most unusual, the creepiest, the biggest, and cutest bugs in the group. Prizes will be awarded at the party on August 12th.

The “Catch the Reading Bug Photography Contest” entries are due by August 6th. Get your photos of beetles, spiders, ladybugs, caterpillars, etc. to the library by the deadline. Dress your brother or sister as an insect and take their picture! Photos of insects engaged in “literary’ activities are encouraged. Prizes will be awarded at the party on August 12th.

Our “Catch the Reading Bug” party will be held Tuesday, August 12th at 11:15 a.m. Certificates and prizes will be awarded. Refreshments will be served. Enjoy some crafts and games. Help us celebrate the end of the summer reading program.

July 2008

NEW ADULT TITLES

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini takes place in Afghanistan. At age fourteen, Mariam is forced to wed Rasheed, the widowed shoemaker who is a much older man. Since Mariam has not given him any childen after twenty years of marriage, Rasheed brings home another teenager as his second wife. Thus begins some family warfare that eventually leads to an unusual friendship between the first and second wife.

Set on Martha’s Vineyard of course, Vinyard Stalker by Philip Craig has J.W. Jackson trying to find out who is stalking Roland Nunes. Roland has life use of several valuable acres that his cousin wants to sell. Since Zee and the kids are visiting family in Fall River J. W. takes on this “easy” assignment. However, he soon find himself involved in murder instead of just a dispute over prime property.

During World War Two letters were the lifeline for family, friends and lovers. Dream When You’re Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg shows the Heaney sisters sitting at the kitchen table each night where they write to their men overseas. Berg provides us with a glimpse of how their lives were changed during these war years.

Sunny Randall gets to work with her father when the Spare Change killer resurfaces after thirty years. Phil Randall who was in charge of the original task force has come out of retirement to work with the new task force. Robert Parker weaves a tale of cat and mouse as Sunny and her father try to prove that Bob Johnson is the killer.

JUVENILE TITLES

The Friends of the Moretown Memorial Library have been raising funds to buy additional books for our juvenile collection. Their goal is to provide at least five books for every child in Moretown. The first seventy books purchased with money raised by the Friends have arrived. A few of them are listed here.

The Shivers in the Fridge by Fran Manushkin tells the story of the Shivers family. The family lives in a dark, and chilly home. There are earthquakes, flashing lights and giant monster hands reach in to remove some of the landscape. Then one by one the members of the family disappear with the landscape until only Sonny remains. He braves the world to find his family.

Not too many people have heard of Dimity Dumpty who is Humpty Dumpty’s little sister. That may be because she is so shy she won’t take part in the family’s circus act. But when her brother takes his fall she finds the courage to seek help. Bob Graham has given us a whole new look at Humpty Dumpty.

In The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo a proud toy rabbit is separated from the little girl who loves him. As he travel across the country, Edward finds new owners and he listens to their dreams. When he returns he is a changed rabbit.

Sand Dollar Summer by Kimberly Jones features twelve-year-old Lisa who spends the summer on an island in Maine with her mother and her mute younger brother. Her world is complicated by an aged native American neighbor and the hurricane that sweeps the island.