Library Lines 4 8-2013

Library LinesFeaturing new books and latest news from RHS Library

ANOTHER WAY TO DANCE

FIC SOU • While spending the

summer at the School of American Ballet in New York City, fourteen-year-old Vicki Harris must come to terms with the reality of her parents' divorce, her crush on Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the impact of being an African American on her future as a dancer.

AU REVOIR, CRAZY EUROPEAN CHICK

FIC SCH• Perry's parents insist that

he take Gobi, their quiet, Lithuanian exchange student, to senior prom but after an incident at the dance he learns that Gobi is actually a trained assassin who needs him as a henchman, behind the wheel of his father's precious Jaguar, on a mission in Manhattan.

BEASTLY

FIC FLI• A modern retelling of

"Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.

THE BODY FINDER

FIC Der• High school junior

Violet uses her uncanny ability to sense murderers and their victims to try to stop a serial killer who is terrorizing her town, and although her best friend and would-be boyfriend Jay promises to keep her safe, she becomes a target.

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A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT

FIC Whi • After benignly

haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her and together they unlock the mysteries of their pasts

CLOCKWORK ANGEL

FIC CLA• Sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray

travels to England in search of her brother only to be abducted by the Dark Sisters, residents of London's Downworld, home to the city's supernatural folk, and she becomes the object of much attention--both good and bad--when it is discovered she has the power to transform at will into another person.

CONFESSIONS OF THE SULLIVAN SISTERS

FIC STA• When the Sullivan sisters'

grandmother gathers the entire family on Christmas to announce that she is removing them all from her will unless whoever it is that has offended her confesses in writing by New Year's Day, everybody begins to consider what they may have done.

DESIRES OF THE DEAD

FIC DER• Sixteen-year-old Violet

Ambrose's ability to find murder victims and their killers draws the attention of the FBI just as her relationship with Jay, her best-friend-turned-boyfriend, heats up.

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THE DIVIDE

FIC Eva• Presents a suspenseful

drama about the devastating events that leads a young woman into a life of murder, ecoterrorism, and her own death.

THE EARTH MY BUTT AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS

FIC MAC• Feeling like she does

not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.

Top PatronsThese RHS Library users win the award for most checkouts!

1.Austin Hall – 87 Checkouts2.Maura Aiken – 39

Checkouts3.Mrs. Beachem – 31

Checkouts4.Britiny Stofen – 22

Checkouts5.Kim Cunningham – 21

Checkouts6.Brittany Lutz – 19

Checkouts7.Mr. Rosenberger – 18

Checkouts8.Nancy St. Clair – 17

Checkouts9.Hannah Wilson – 17

Checkouts10.Sharon Cowdery – 16

Checkouts

Most Checked OutChecked out 11 times in the past year! Both copies in the collection are currently checked out.

The Host by Stephanie MeyerFIC MEY

Summary: Melanie, whose mind has been almost completely taken over by an alien named Wanderer, convinces the alien to search for her lost lover, who fled the extraterrestrial invasion, and tries to find a way in which she and Wanderer can coexist.

If there is a book you want, but don’t see it on the shelf, you can put a hold on it and get it as soon as it returns! See Mrs. Cipriano for details!

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