Fiction
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea BR 12729
by James Fenimore Cooper
5 volumes (Reissue)
A nineteenth-century sea story suggested by an episode in the
life of John Paul Jones, which combines romance, intrigue,
betrayal, near-shipwreck, and sea fights. 1823.
A Complicated Situation: Stories BR 12744
by Jane Mullen
2 volumes
Nine stories depicting various facets of family life, including
sibling relations, aging, conflict, separation, tragedy, and
loss. "Dardis and Me" tells of a twenty-five-year-old man who
takes in his troubled sister after their parents die. The brother
comes to realize that he is as much in need of succor as she.
1998.
The Captain's Bride: The Northern Lights, Book 1 BR
12820
by Lisa Tawn Bergren
3 volumes
Following their marriage in Norway in 1880, Elsa and Peder
Ramstad sail to America, where Peder owns a shipyard in Maine.
Others are along, including Karl, Peder's business partner, and
Elsa's sister Tora. Problems abound, but perseverance, faith, and
fidelity triumph in the end. Prequel to Deep Harbor (BR
13142). 1998.
Shopgirl BR 12849
by Steve Martin
1 volume
Artistic Mirabelle has an uninspiring job behind the glove
counter at Neiman Marcus in Los Angeles, but what she really
craves is love. Then smitten Seattle millionaire Ray Porter sends
Mirabelle the gloves he purchased from her, beginning an
unconventional relationship. Strong language and some explicit
descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2000.
Sidetracked: A Kurt Wallander Mystery BR 12874
by Henning Mankell
4 volumes
Ystad, Sweden. Police officer Kurt Wallander is about to leave on
vacation when a young girl immolates herself and a former
minister of justice is brutally murdered. Somehow the cases are
connected. Other killings follow, committed by someone who always
escapes on a moped. Some violence. 1999.
In the Gloaming: Stories BR 12875
by Alice Elliott Dark
2 volumes
Ten tales about American suburbia. The title piece--about a young
man with AIDS returning to his mother's home to die--was adapted
for film. In "Dreadful Language," a judgmental young girl grows
up to have the same kind of empty, disappointing marriage as her
mother's. Some strong language. 2000.
The Summer after June BR 12880
by Ashley Warlick
2 volumes
Twenty-five-year-old Lindy Jain finds herself unable to cope and
abandons her family and fiancé, taking her murdered
sister's baby to her grandmother's house in Galveston. There
Lindy falls in love with a childhood friend soon after
discovering her own pregnancy. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.
The Inland Ice and Other Stories BR
12901
by ilís Ní Dhuibhne
2 volumes
Modern-day stories by an Irish writer are interspersed with
excerpts from a folktale, revealing that young women's feelings
and interests have much in common across the ages. In "Love,
Hate, and Friendship," Fiona flies to France ostensibly for a
literature conference but really to gain perspective on a
relationship. Some strong language. 1997.
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of
Georgia Nicolson BR 12902
by Louise Rennison
2 volumes
A fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl records important events
in her journal, describing life at school and at home with her
toddler sister and troublemaking cat. Georgia and her boy-crazy
girlfriends spend their spare time on beauty treatments and
devising strategies for catching the right guy's attention. For
senior high readers. 1999.
By the Shore BR 12903
by Galaxy Craze
2 volumes
Twelve-year-old May lives with her self-indulgent mother and
younger brother in a bed-and-breakfast by the English sea. She
observes her mother's love affairs, daydreams about her long-
absent father, and aspires to join the in crowd at school. Some
strong language. For senior high and older readers. 1999.
Soft Money: A Filomena Buscarsela Mystery BR 12904
by k.j.a. Wishnia
2 volumes
Ecuadorian-born ex-NYPD policewoman Filomena joins rookie Janette
Ivins investigating the murder of a friendly neighborhood grocer.
Meanwhile, Filomena has a new job at an environmental firm where
she soon suspects some illegal activity is depleting the charity
funds. Some violence and some strong language. 1999.
Leaving Pico BR 12905
by Frank X. Gaspar
2 volumes
Award-winning poet Gaspar's autobiographical tale of Josie
Carvalho, who grows up in the Portuguese fishing village in
Provincetown, Massachusetts. Abandoned by his mother, Josie is
raised by an aunt and his seldom sober grandfather, who regales
him with the adventures of an ancestor who supposedly discovered
America before Columbus. 1999.
The Fall of the Year BR 12913
by Howard Frank Mosher
2 volumes
Vermont, 1950s. Frank Bennett returns to his small home town
after graduation from university to decide his future. His
adoptive father, a priest, keeps him busy assisting with parish
duties involving the locals, who include a fortune teller, a
herbalist, a con artist, and a girl who captures Frank's heart.
1999.
Prince BR 12914
by Ib Michael
2 volumes
In the suspension of time that is summer, Malte (age twelve)
helps out at a Danish seaside inn in 1912. Icebergs release their
secrets, and Malte finds a long-ago sailor's coffin on the beach.
The mystery of the sailor intermingles with the boy's own
adventures with the townspeople. 1999.
Jitterbug: A Novel of Detroit BR 12916
by Loren D. Estleman
2 volumes
Detroit, 1943. A serial killer is roaming the city murdering
people suspected of hoarding ration coupons. Lieutenant Max
Zagreb uses all the methods available--legal and illegal--to
track down the culprit. Meanwhile, police contend with growing
racial unrest that explodes into a race riot. Violence and strong
language. 1998.
Moll Flanders BR 12919
by Daniel Defoe
3 volumes (Reissue)
Moral tale set in seventeenth-century England and Virginia
recounts the crimes and misfortunes of a lusty and strong-willed
woman. Among Moll's five marriages was one, unwitting, to her own
brother. After years as a thief and a prostitute, she attains
great wealth, and spends her old age comfortably repenting her
youthful excesses. 1722.
Sea of Memory BR 12920
by Erri De Luca
1 volume
Italy, 1950s. A sixteen-year-old boy spends the summer with his
family on an island near Naples. He learns to fish with his uncle
and old Nicola, falls in love with a Jewish orphan girl, and
becomes obsessed with learning about the horrors of the recent
war. 1999.
The Book Borrower BR 12922
by Alice Mattison
2 volumes
Two young mothers meet in 1975, while their children play in a
park. Deborah lends Toby a memoir of the 1920s trolley strike,
which she reads and forgets. But years later, her encounter with
the book's now elderly central figure helps Toby come to terms
with Deborah's death. Strong language. 1999.
White Sky, Black Ice: A Nathan Active Mystery BR
12947
by Stan Jones
2 volumes
Alaska state trooper Nathan Active works in his native village
where his birth mother, an Inupiat Eskimo, had given him up for
adoption to his white parents years ago. Active suspects that two
recent suicides were actually murders. Some descriptions of sex,
some violence, and some strong language. 1999.
Stories of the Far North BR 12949
edited by Jon Tuska
2 volumes
Nine short stories set in the far northwest portraying the fight
against the elements, the tie between man and dog, and the
struggle for survival. Includes The League of the Old Men
by Jack London and the ballad The Trail of 'Ninety-Eight
by Robert Service. 1998.
Code to Zero BR 12966
by Ken Follett
3 volumes
In January 1958, as the U.S. prepares to launch its answer to
Soviet satellite Sputnik, key space scientist Luke Lucas wakes up
in a public toilet with a hangover and amnesia. Luke must
reconstruct his identity in order to thwart a sabotage plot--and
the clock is ticking. Some strong language. Bestseller 2000.
The Ministry of Fear: An Entertainment BR 12993
by Graham Greene
2 volumes
In the early phase of World War II, British widower Arthur Rowe,
after having euthanatized his sick wife, unwittingly becomes
embroiled with a band of fifth columnists. And then he falls in
love. Some violence. 1943.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
BR 13144
by Stephen Crane
2 volumes (Reissue)
Henry Fleming, a young country boy, enthusiastically enlists with
the Union army during the Civil War. Wanting to prove himself a
hero, but experiencing shock and fear on the battlefront, he
finally revives his courage and self-respect in a crucial
advance. New edition includes an additional chapter from author's
notes. 1895.
Doña Inés vs. Oblivion BR 13195
by Ana Teresa Torres
2 volumes
Caracas aristocrat Doña Inés is obsessed with
regaining title to a piece of jungle land. The legal battle
between her white heirs and the descendants of her husband and a
black slave woman go on for centuries after her death in 1781.
Mobil Pegasus Prize for Lit. 1999.
Murder in Foggy Bottom BR 13196
by Margaret Truman
3 volumes
A well-dressed corpse in Washington's Foggy Bottom may be
connected to three suspicious commuter plane crashes. Lovers Max
Pauling and Jessica Mumford, both of the State Department, are
pursuing the investigation when Jessica's ex-husband turns up,
fleeing the right-wing extremist faction in which he'd been
operating undercover. Some violence and some strong language.
2000.
End of Days BR 13197
by Dennis Danvers
3 volumes
In this sequel to Circuit of Heaven (BR 11977), seventy
years have passed since Gabriel attempted to destroy the Bin.
When a young Christian Soldier discovers a prototype of the Bin,
Gabriel learns the Bin itself still exists, setting off
unforeseen consequences. Some descriptions of sex and some strong
language. 1999.
Dawn on a Distant Shore BR 13199
by Sara Donati
5 volumes
Upper New York, 1794. Elizabeth Bonner and her children travel to
Montreal to ransom her husband Nathaniel and his father, Hawkeye,
from the French. The children are then kidnapped by a Scotsman
intent on returning the Bonners to Europe to claim an
inheritance. Sequel to Into the Wilderness (BR 12298).
2000.
World of Pies BR 13218
by Karen Stolz
2 volumes
Vignettes of growing up in small-town Texas, with regional
recipes included. In 1962 Roxanne, a baseball-playing tomboy,
learns how to bake for the pie contest and encounters racial
prejudice for the first time. In high school she is embarrassed
by her mother's pregnancy. And tragedy strikes the family. 2000.
The Tidal Poole: An Elizabeth I Mystery BR 13219
by Karen Harper
2 volumes
London, 1559. Queen Elizabeth I, with the help of her informal
council of friends from The Poyson Garden (BR13032), foils
another plot on her life. When the promiscuous sister of the
queen's lady-in-waiting is murdered, suspicion falls on the
traitorous Seymour family. Some violence. 2000.
The Houseguest BR 13220
by Agnes Rossi
3 volumes
In 1934 grief-stricken Edward Devlin buries his wife in Ireland,
leaves his six-year-old daughter, Maura, behind with maiden
aunts, and goes to America. With John Fitzgibbon's help, Edward
finds a new job; he also stays in Fitz's home and has an affair
with Fitz's young wife. Some strong language. 2000.
Slo-Mo! My Untrue Story BR 13221
by Rick Reilly
2 volumes
Sportswriter's novel is "as told" by young seven-foot, eight-inch
Maurice Finsternick. After spending his formative years in a
cave-dwelling cult, naive Mo is drafted into the NBA and
struggles to comprehend Charles Barkley, his other teammates, and
the industry. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong
language. 1999.
The Queen of Attolia BR 13222
by Megan Whalen Turner
2 volumes
In this sequel to The Thief (BR 11285), the Queen of
Attolia captures Eugenides, the official thief of Eddis. Although
her severe punishment nearly breaks his spirit, he continues to
love her throughout the ensuing political and military intrigues.
For junior and senior high readers. 2000.
Even Steven BR 13229
by John Gilstrap
3 volumes
A filthy, terrified toddler stumbles into the campsite of Bobby
and Susan Martin, who are grieving for their stillborn child. In
the next few horrifying minutes, Bobby kills the man chasing the
boy, discovers he was a cop, and then flees with the boy and
Susan. Violence and strong language. 2000.
The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love BR 13230
by Joan Medlicott
3 volumes
Three widowed roommates leave their Pennsylvania boardinghouse
for the North Carolina mountains to look at a dilapidated
farmhouse one of them has inherited. Against the wishes of their
children and landlady, the women move in and soon find their
lives dramatically changed--for the better. 2000.
A Burnt-Out Case BR 13244
by Graham Greene
2 volumes
Colonial-era Belgian Congo. Querry, a playboy architect with a
lurid background, retires to an African leprosarium, where he
earns a reputation as a "saint" by using his expertise to build
better facilities for the community. But then his past is
discovered. 1960.
Dreamcatcher BR 13274
by Stephen King
5 volumes
Four friends have hunted together for twenty-five years. This
trip, however, is interrupted by an intruder's rambling about
lights in the sky. Patterned like a Native American talisman, the
dreamcatcher phenomenon must be summoned for the men to fight
alien and natural horrors. Strong language and some violence.
Bestseller 2001.
On the Street Where You Live BR 13281
by Mary Higgins Clark
2 volumes
Because lawyer Emily Graham is being stalked, she changes jobs
and moves to New Jersey. She buys the house that once belonged to
her great-great-grandaunt Madeline Shapley, whose skeleton turns
up in Emily's back yard. Suddenly Emily finds herself being
followed again. Some violence. Bestseller 2001.
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