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Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo – ANF - The true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear. Available in eBook & eAudio! Fire by Kristin Cashore – YFIC, YPAP - It is not always good to be King. Young King Nash is anxious over armies being built to overthrow his reign. Spies and thieves lurk in the mountains, and the forests are just as dangerous. One beautiful girl with the power of mind control resides in such forests and mountains. This is her story, the story of Fire. Available in eBook & eAudio! Stolen by Lucy Christopher – YFIC, YPAP - Gemma, 16, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile. In time she learns that her captor is not as despicable as she first believed. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia – YFIC, YPAP - In a small South Carolina town, it seems little has changed since the Civil War. Ethan, 16, is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection. Lena's family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her 16th birthday. Available in Graphic Novel, eBook, & eAudio! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green – YFIC - Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal. But when a gorgeous boy named Augusta Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Available in Audiobook! Department 19 by Will Hill – YPAP - After Jamie Carpenter's dad dies, Jamie finds himself rescued by a man named Frankenstein. This leads him to Department 19, a covert organization that keeps tabs on the supernatural and makes sure the spirit world doesn't get out of hand. Frankenstein's monster and others help Jamie as he tries to save his mom from a vampire of enormous power. Available in eBook! What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz – AFIC - A man and his Belgian shepherd on a cross-country road trip meet all sorts of memorable characters and of course, experience suspense, mystery, and high-adventure in Koontz's companion to “The Darkest Evening of the Year.” Available in Large-Type, Audiobook, eBook, & eAudio! Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult – AFIC - Zoe's dreams of a family go up in smoke when an event takes away her unborn child and breaks apart her marriage to Max. Her career as a music therapist brings her into contact with Vanessa, a school counselor, whom she falls in love with. The trouble begins when they decide to use Zoe and Max's frozen embryos to start a family. Available in Large-Type & Audiobook! The Pregnancy Project: a memoir by Gaby Rodriguez – ANF - During her senior year, Gaby Rodriguez everybody she was pregnant: her family; her friends; everybody. Her mother and older sisters were teenage mothers. Everyone expected Gaby to carry on in the same fashion. To prove a point, Gaby faked her pregnancy for a school project. The world watched as the events that transpired made headlines. Divergent by Veronica Roth – YFIC - Beatrice lives in a Chicago that is striving for perfection. Five factions make up the dystopian city that is attempting to create a perfect world by making its citizens concentrate on five different positive virtues. At age 16, on her Choosing Day, Beatrice chooses a faction and changes her name to Tris. What follows is a love story wrapped in the mystery of coming conflict. Available in eBook & eAudio! The Lying Game by Sara Shepard – YFIC - Emma, a foster kid, has just discovered she has a twin sister--the wealthy Sutton Mercer. When Sutton decides to 'disappear' for a few days, she asks Emma to pose as her at home, school and with her friends. Emma agrees, but soon discovers that Sutton's life wasn't as fabulous as Emma imagined. Even worse, Sutton may not be coming back! Available in eBook & eAudio! Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas story by Mark Tabb – ABIO - Homes and businesses were destroyed and people were killed in Parkersburg, Iowa, in 2008 when an F-5 tornado struck. Then, just as the town was beginning to heal, tragedy struck again when high school football coach Ed Thomas was shot and killed by a former student. The town would show once more that tragedy was no match for faith, love, and the power of forgiveness. Available in eAudio! YFIC = Young Adult Fiction AFIC = Adult Fiction

YPAP = Young Adult Paperback ANF = Adult Nonfiction

ABIO = Adult Biography

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