Hollis
Whittaker: Shanahan, CB
When ten-year-old Hollis Whittaker picks up a strange
medallion he stumbled upon at the edge of a stream, he
suddenly begins exhibiting signs of brilliance, even
discovering the solar system's Planet X and astounding
the astronomical community. The awkward, overweight
fifth grader with heart problems is an instant media
sensation, but all is not well. The genius-making
medallion bonds to only one person for life and the U.S.
government has been searching for it since World War II,
which means they're prepared to kill Hollis to acquire
it so they can exploit the medallion's immense power.
After a thwarted hit job by two military agents, Hollis
treks cross-country with the aid of his best friend
Kirby and a Navajo woman, Cha'Risa, whose family
possessed the medallion - the Nílch'i - more than
seventy years ago. They are hoping Cha'Risa's aged
grandfather will be able to help them.
ORDER # H620-1
$27-90 ISBN 9781645990468
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Kill Monster: Doolittle,
Sean
When treasure hunters excavate the long-lost wreck of
the steamship Arcadia from a Kansas cornfield, a buried
creature awakens - a mindless assassin of accursed
earth, shaped like a man though in no way mortal,
created to kill a slave trader in 1856. With the
original target long dead, the monster sets its sight on
the man’s closest surviving descendant - a burned-out
IT technician named Ben Middleton. Nothing could have
prepared Ben for the horror now aimed directly at his
lackadaisical life. But he isn’t only being chased by
the monster, and it’s not just his own life in danger.
Ben must pull himself together to not only save himself,
but his estranged teenage son, Charley. Yet who are the
mysterious people chasing him, and how do you stop a
150-year-old monster with no ‘Off’ switch?
ORDER # H620-2
$28-90
ISBN 9781780296111
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Rachael's
Return: Rebhan, Janet
In present-day Los Angeles, Caroline Martin has
everything but the thing her soul craves most: a
daughter. When she undergoes what is supposed to be a
routine hysterectomy, she unwittingly aborts the little
girl she’s always longed for, leaving the unborn baby’s
soul in limbo. Sharing a hospital room with Caroline is
a pregnant woman who’s just been shot by her
boyfriend. Her unborn child is barely hanging on - and
the soul of Caroline’s hovering baby cannot resist the
overwhelming urge to rebirth via this unclaimed fetus.
In the aftermath of these events, two engaging heavenly
guides, working together through sensitive humans,
struggle to find an alternate way to help Caroline and
her would-be daughter forge the link that was always
meant to be between them - before the child’s brutal
father makes good on his vow to steal the girl and
disappear with her forever.
ORDER # H620-3
$27-90
ISBN 9781631528682
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The Art of Dying:
Lindsay,
Douglas
When businessman Thomas Peterson is killed outside a
football ground in the Highlands, there are several
witnesses. Yet the hunt for the killer is proving as
futile as the search for a motive. Possible connections
to Russian money and an eerie retirement home are soon
thrown into the mix. To further complicate things, DI
Westphall's MI6 past is coming back to haunt him. Guilt
stalks his dreams, but could there be a message in these
nightmares?
Westphall is in danger of losing his head just when he
needs it the most. He must find answers, and fast,
before the murderer strikes again.
ORDER # H620-4
$28-90
ISBN 9781473696990
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