Week for Feb. 8, 2010
FIC THO
Creature of the Night Kate Thompson
Bobby recklessly smokes, drinks, and steals cars in Dublin, and when his mother relocates the family to a small cottage in the countryside, Bobby believes a certain spookiness lurks in the corners of the new home. 250 pages
FIC DRA
Fire from the Rock Sharon M. Draper
Sylvia Patterson's life suddenly changes with the integration of Little Rock's Central High in 1957 when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. 231 pages
FIC NOE
Evermore Alyson Noel
Since the car accident that claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras and hear people's thoughts, and she goes out of her way to hide from other people until she meets Damen, another psychic teenager who is hiding even more mysteries. 306 pages
FIC STR
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout
A collection of thirteen linked short stories recounting the experiences of Olive Kitteridge, a retired school teacher who witnesses the changes in her town and the world at large. 286 pages
FIC REB
Three girls and Their Brother: A Novel Theresa Rebeck
Three young women find themselves easy prey for the sharks of show business when they are offered modeling careers; however, an incident with a famous movie star causes them to reevaluate their lives and relationships with one another. 341 pages
FIC AND
Peaches: a novel: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Love and Peaches: a novel
The Secrets of Peaches: a novel
Three very different friends, Murphy, Leeda, and Birdie, struggle to cope with the joys and sorrows of love, family, and destiny as their friendship is tested beyond its limits. 311 pages