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For this week's Virtual Summer Reading Program-imagine Your Story join The Pipdillysbo and Gigi Gerard, award-winning writers and actors, as they present “The Magical Trickolini” on Facebook tune in on Wednesday at 10 AM. Since 1984, Bo and Gigi Gerard have been writing and performing their original musical comedies for young people and their families throughout Texas. Get ready to laugh, learn, and sing with the Pipdillys. Free craft kits are available starting Monday at 10 AM, stop by the circulation desk to pick one up. Join us on Tuesday for Storyland and listen to stories, look for our post on Facebook and our Youtube channel. Join Code Club to learn coding registration is free and participants can sign in at any time. The Code Club registration link is on webpage on the “Summer Reading June 1-Aug 5” section.
This week's reviews include large print fiction. In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston in “Lady Clementine” (LP F BEN M) By Marie Benedict. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack Winston, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. “Lady Clementine”
is the story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the sweeping darkness of war, and who would not surrender either to expectations or to enemies.
Portland, Oregon, 1879. Newly widowed, Nancy Pritchard discovers her deceased husband's shady business schemes in “Secrets Of My Heart” (LP F PET T) By Tracie Peterson. Seth Carpenter, a childhood friend of Nancy's, has recently returned to Portland and, as a lawyer, he offers to help her sort through the legal ramifications of her husband's death. But this job will take Seth into the dark side of Nancy's husband's life. As the two search for the truth behind her husband's death, a mutual attraction creates complications. When Nancy's own life is threatened, can Seth be honest with her about who he really is and why he's back in Portland? And can Nancy bear another betrayal?
When Kristen Daniels arrives at Hart's Hollow Farm, the place speaks to her soul in “Hart's Hollow Farm” (LP F DAI J) By Janet Dailey. So, she agrees to help matriarch Emmy Hart return the Georgia farm to its former glory. Emmy's handsome grandson, Mitch Hart, left home at eighteen, haunted by his violent upbringing and the loss of his sister. Now he's back and determined to see his orphaned niece and nephew, who live with Emmy, settled in a better life. He's convinced that his grandmother's plan to save the farm is crazy. But something about Kristin's spirit has Mitch sticking around and suddenly he's hoping to find happiness in the very place he left behind.
In the aftermath of a terrible crime, a girl is found hiding in “Good Girl, Bad Girl” (LP F ROB M) By Michael Robotham. She won't tell anyone her name, her age, or where she came from. Maybe she is twelve, maybe fifteen. Six years later, she is living in a secure children's home with a new name, Evie Cormac. When she demands the right to be released as an adult, forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven must determine if Evie is ready to go free. She is fascinating and dangerous unlike anyone he's ever met. When Cyrus is called in to investigate the death of a high school figure skating champion, he is caught between two cases one girl needs saving another who needs justice. What price will he pay for the truth?
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” – Mortimer J. Adler
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