Scribner Public Library

 Whew, we made it through the snow storm! Hope everyone had a good book to read while the snow came down on Saturday morning. This week we have new books by some of your favorite authors, plus some great ones you may not have heard of.

Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel is a crass comedy involving police, soldiers, terrorists, subversives, bears, and a man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese. Also new to our collection: Kristin Hannah Home Front, Vince Flynn Kill Shot, Lisa Gardner Catch Me, J.A. Jance Left for Dead, and Alex George A Good American.

Check out the novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer, now a major motion picture

nominated for Best Picture at the 2012 Academy Awards.

My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson, one of our new juvenile fiction books, follows a group of students, Native and White, in the 1960s at Alaska’s Sacred Heart boarding school. The book pulls historical events into the lives of the students and creates memorable characters and story.

Another new juvenile fiction book on our shelves is My Name is Mina by David Almond, prequel to Skellig. Written as Mina’s journal entries, the book explores the thoughts and beliefs of a young girl trying to make sense of her world.

New large print books this week include Life Studies by Nancy Gotter Gates and The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer.

Robert Crais’ latest book Taken is ready for check out. Two young people are missing and Elvis Cole and Joe Pike must find them in a seedy underworld of human trafficking, guns, and drugs. But the story takes a worse turn when one of the men is taken himself and his partner races against time to find him too.

We have some cute easy readers books on the shelves this week. The House that Jack Built by Jeannette Winter is a retelling of the old story in rebus puzzles to engage young minds. Read to Tiger by S.J. Fore is the story of a boy just trying to read his book but the hyperactive tiger behind his couch just won’t let him! Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross is a funny story about a milk cow that makes ice cream and embraces her quirk.