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Great New Books!

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The library is overflowing with a new order of fantastic books.  Come by and check them out! Here are just a few: The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the blue death, and a boy called Eel by Deborah Hopkinson Imagine a sickness that strikes, and kills, for no known reason.  You have no way to avoid it and keep yourself safe.  This was the reality when Cholera hit London in 1854.  In this historical novel, young Eel works with Dr. Snow to get to the bottom of this devastating disease before his entire neighborhood is empty. Serafina's Promise by Ann E. Burg Another great book by the author of All the Broken Pieces .  Serafina's Promise is also written in free verse (poetry).  Serafina is eleven years old, living in rural Haiti and dreams of being a doctor.  Her family struggles to survive on a daily basis, but when the earthquake hits, Serafina must risk everything to find her father and the medicine her baby brother needs. Golden Boy By Tara Sullivan