The Reckoning

By John Grisham

Pete Baning was Clanton’s favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist Church.  Then one cool October morning in 1946 he rose early, drove into town, walked into the Church, and calmly shot and killed Reverend Dexter Bell.  As if the murder wasn’t shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete’s only statement about it-to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of Clanton-was “I have nothing to say.”  And so the murder of the esteemed Reverend Bell became the most mysterious and unforgettable crimes Ford County has ever known.

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The Rough Patch

 by Brian Lies

A breathtakingly beautiful and luminescent book about loss and grief, love and hope, and the healing power of friendship and nature.

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Santa Bruce

 by Ryan T. Higgins

Bruce is a lot of things.  He is a bear.  He is a grump.  He is a pretty decent cook.  And he is a mother.  One thing Bruce is not?  Santa Claus.  But that doesn’t stop the whole forest from lining up to give him their Christmas wishes when he becomes the victim of mistake identity-again.

 

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Good Rosie

 by Kate Dicamillo

Beloved storyteller Kate Dicamillo and cartoonist Harry Bliss introduces some delightfully doggy days in a warm, funny tale of a timid pup who needs a friend.

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Big Foot and Little Foot

 byEllen Potter

Hugo is a young Sasquatch who longs for adventure.  Boone is a young boy who longs to see a Sasquatch.  When their worlds collide, they become the unlikeliest pair of best friends.

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Eleanor Roosevelt’s in My Garage

 by Candace Fleming

In this hilarious follow-up to BEN FRANKLIN’S IN MY BATHROOM!, history and hijinks collide once more when Eleanor Roosevelt accidentally time travels to a ten-year-old’s home in 21st-century America!

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