One
of Us: Craig DiLouie
Abandoned by his family, Enoch Bryant now lives in a
rundown orphanage with other teenagers just like him. He
loves his friends, even if the teachers are terrified of
them. They're members of the rising plague generation.
Each bearing their own extreme genetic mutation. The
people in the nearby town hate Enoch, but he doesn't
know why. He's never harmed anyone. Works hard and
doesn't make trouble. He believes one day he'll be a
respected man. But hatred dies hard. The tension between
Enoch's world and those of the "normal"
townspeople is ready to burst. And when a body is found,
it may be the spark that ignites a horrifying
revolution.
ORDER # G219-1 $25-90 ISBN 9780316411332
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My
Sister's Keeper: Jodi Picoult
By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries,
transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate,
can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her
since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic
diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for
Kate - a life and a role that she has never challenged -
until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to
question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers,
she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and
so Anna makes a decision that for most would be
unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart
and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she
loves.
ORDER # G219-2 $13-90 ISBN 9781982107444
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Secret
Keeping for Beginners: Maggie Alderson
Even the closest families have secrets - it's when they
are shared that things begin to change. The lives of
three very different sisters collide in this witty new
novel from bestselling author Maggie Alderson. Recently
divorced Rachel is juggling her new dream job in
interior design PR with the demands of two young
daughters. She's full of creative ideas but - even with
a colourful childminder or two - some days she can't
make it into the office in time and in matching shoes.
Her life is balanced more precariously than she cares to
admit. Tessa, a talented muralist, is feeling flat. Her
kids are growing up and she's feeling upstaged by her
husband's new-found celebrity as the host of a reality
TV fireplace restoration show. But everything turns on
its head when she gets a surprise from her past.
ORDER # G219-3 $25-90 ISBN 9780732299231
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Straying:
Molly McCloskey
In this "humane and lucid novel" (The New York
Times), Alice, a young American, arrives in the West of
Ireland with no plans and no strong attachments. She
meets and falls in love with an Irishman, quickly
marries him, and settles down in a place whose customs
are unfamiliar. And then, in the course of a single hot
summer, she embarks on an affair that breaks her
marriage and sets her life on a new course. Years later,
in the immediate aftermath of her beloved mother's
death, Alice, having worked in war zones around the
world, finds herself back in Ireland, contemplating the
forces that led her to put down roots and then tear them
up again.
ORDER # G219-4 $25-90 ISBN 9781501172472
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