[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard reserve now! The Transit of Venus is considered Shirley Hazzard's most brilliant novel. It tells the story of two orphan sisters, Caroline and Grace Bell, as they leave Australia to start a new life in post-war England. What happens to these young [...]
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale reserve now! On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is [...]
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] Unwind by Neal Shusterman reserve now! In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives. [divider [...]
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld reserve now! In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air [...]
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] Empress of the World by Sara Ryan reserve now! While attending a summer institute, fifteen-year-old Nic meets another girl named Battle, falls in love with her, and finds the relationship to be difficult and confusing. [divider sid="divider-1307557145" type="blank" margin-bottom="0"] [/box]
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] The Birth Order Book by Kevin Leman reserve now! With insight and wit, Dr. Leman offers readers a fascinating and often funny look at how birth order affects personality, marriage and relationships, parenting style, career, and children. [divider sid="divider-1307557145" type="blank" margin-bottom="0"] [/box]
Visit your local Chester County library and be one of the first to check out a NOOK preloaded with popular eBooks titles. Each local library has seven different genre based NOOKs. You can choose from a NOOK with mystery, romance, science fiction, thrillers, non-fiction or biography titles. You may search the library catalog and see the titles [...]
Be sure to shop Friends Books between January 14 and 21 for special $1.00 Bag Sale pricing. All the books you can fit in one of our paper bags for $1.00!
The Library is raffling off a fabulous iPad2 for the holidays. You could win this for a gift or treat yourself! Tickets are available at the Circulation Desks -- 1 for $10.00; 10 for $50.00; 20 for $100.00. Drawing is December 16. All proceeds benefit the Library.
[box type="1" class="rounded-5 shadow" width="600"] Loving Frank by Nancy Horan reserve now! have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair [...]
