Monday, April 11, 2011

Recent Returns

Wow! We had a huge number of books returned over the weekend! I hope everyone enjoyed what they've been reading...

Some recent returns are:
Fallout by Ellen Hopkins; a novel in verse, it follows Hunter, Autumn and Summer, the three children of Kristina, who died 19 years ago of a crank overdose. All three suffer from problems with addiction, feelings of loss and abandonment, and from being raised in foster homes. This is the conclusion of Crank and Glass. 17 checkouts.

The Wake of the Lorelei Lee by L.A. Meyer. "Being an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, on her way to Botany Bay." Jacky (aka Bloody Jack the pirate) is newly rich from her last adventure diving for pirate treasure; however, when she returns to London, she discovers her enemies have spread lies about her, and she is arrested. Soon she finds herself being shipped to Australia, to a new penal colony, on her own ship, with 250 other female prisoners! What is she going to do? Take her fate lying down? Unlikely! 3 circs for this book (still on the new shelf).

Silverfin by Charlie Higson, read by Nathaniel Parker. This audio is an "old favorite" reading of the first "Young James Bond" novel. Learn how a teenaged Bond got his start as an adventurer, spy and secret agent. 11 circs just for the audio.

Nightmare Inspector vol 3 by Shin Mashiba. Help awaits those who suffer nightmares, at the Silver Star Tea House. But there is a price... In this volume, an amnesiac with a missing sister, a voice actor who can no longer be heard, a wall that blocks true love, and a boy who literally masks his feelings. 9 circs for this volume in the series.

Rave Master #2 by Hiro Mashima. No sooner did Haru Glory accept his destiny as the new Rave Master, than his magical sword shattered into a thousand pieces fighting his first enemy. Now he has to travel to the Continent of Song to have Musica the blacksmith reforge his blade. 53 circs

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