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10.06.09

“Earth-Friendly Energy” by Ron Fridell

Posted in New Books--September 2009, nonfiction tagged , , , , , , at 11:10 am by

Read a book excerpt via this Google Books preview. Learn about renewable and sustainable sources of energy in this nonfiction title with lots of pictures. Get an objective opinion by reading published reviews of this book  in NoveList K-8 Plus, where you may also find ideas for what to read next. Borrow a copy from HCC library today! Check [...]

“Earth-Friendly Design” by Anne Welsbacher

Posted in New Books--September 2009, nonfiction tagged , , , , , , , at 10:56 am by

Read a book excerpt via this Google Books preview. Learn about sustainable home and building design in this easy-to-read nonfiction title with lots of pictures. Get an objective opinion by reading published reviews of this book  in NoveList K-8 Plus, where you may also find ideas for what to read next.   Borrow a copy from HCC library today! [...]

“Chimera’s Curse” by Julia Golding

Posted in New Books--September 2009 tagged , , , , at 10:46 am by

Read a book excerpt via this Google Books preview. The fourth book in the fantasy series featuring endangered mythical creatures and the secret society that protects them.  The first book in the series, The Secret of the Sirens, was selected as a 2008 ”Green Earth Book Award” honor and a “Children’s Choice” selection from the International Reading Association. Get an objective opinion by reading published reviews [...]

“Ender in Exile” by Orson Scott Card

Posted in New Books--September 2009 tagged , , at 10:20 am by

Read a book excerpt via this Google Books preview. This is the most recently published book in the series that started with Ender’s Game, in which a boy thinking he is playing a war game is actually saving the world from an alien invasion of Earth! Listen to an audiobook excerpt of Ender’s Exile from the [...]

“Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop” by Jennifer Allison

Posted in New Books--September 2009 tagged , , at 10:01 am by

Read a book excerpt via this Google Books preview. The fourth book in the mystery series featuring Gilda Joyce, psychic investigator.  In this book, Gilda spends the summer in Washington, D.C., a summer “anyone would envy—anyone interested in intrigue, adventure, fashion, and the truth, that is,” says a School Library Journal reviewer. Get an objective opinion by reading published reviews of this [...]

“Closed for the Season” by Mary Downing Hahn

Posted in New Books--September 2009 tagged , , , , at 9:06 am by

Read a book excerpt via this Google Books preview. The newest book by a favorite horror-fiction writer amongst HCC readers. Called “another well-done, action-packed mystery from Hahn,” by a School Library Journal reviewer. Get an objective opinion by reading published reviews of this book  in NoveList K-8 Plus, where you may also find ideas for what to read next. Borrow a copy from [...]