Summer Reading-Week 7: What Muskegon is reading this summer.

The Traveler's Gift/Mastering the Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success By Andrews, Andy 2009-09 - Thomas Nelson Publishers 9780849946790 Check Our Catalog In Travelers Gift, this unique blend of fiction, history, allegory, and inspiration shares the story of one man who has lost his will to live. But an encounter with seven of history's most inspirational characters, among them Anne Frank and Abraham Lincoln, leaves him with seven bits of wisdom with which to confront his future. In Mastering the Seven Decisions, Andrews guides readers …More

If There Be Thorns/Seeds of Yesterday By Andrews, V. C. 2010-06 - Simon Pulse 9781442406568 Check Our Catalog Two books in one: "If" "There Be Thorns "and" Seeds of Yesterday," from V.C. Andrews's classic series that begins with "Flowers in the Attic." …More

Mosquitoland By Arnold, David 2015-03 - Viking Books for Young Readers 9780451470775 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: David Arnold's main character, Mim, in his YA novel Mosquitoland is a very likeable character. Arnold's description of her "illness" makes Mim the most "normal" character with mental illness that I have met. I loved Beck and would use him for a male role model, a man with honor and self-worth. Four stars for this read. …More

The First Wave: A Billy Boyle World War II Mystery By Benn, James R. 2007-09 - Soho Press 9781569474716 Check Our Catalog In this meaty, old-fashioned and thoroughly enjoyable tale of WWII-era murder and espionage" ("The Seattle Times"), Lieutenant Billy Boyle must solve a series of murders while trying to rescue the girl he loves, a captured British spy. …More

Prisoner of the Daleks By Baxendale, Trevor 2009-04 - Random House UK 9781846076411 Check Our Catalog The Daleks are advancing, their empire constantly expanding into Earth's space, and now the future of the galaxy hangs in the balance. The Doctor finds himself stranded on board a starship near the frontline with a group of ruthless bounty hunters. …More

The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation By Berg, Elizabeth 2008-04 - Random House (NY) 9781400065097 Check Our Catalog The bestselling author of "We Are All Welcome Here, The Year of Pleasures," and "Open House" returns with exhilarating stories of women breaking free from conventions. HPL patron: Short stories by Elizabeth Berg each one is entertaining and has a ring of truth for some of us. …More

A History of Loneliness By Boyne, John 2015-02 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374171339 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: My favorite book of the year. John Boyne writes of the life of a Roman Catholic priest in Dublin during the sexual abuse scandal. His protagonist is a faithful priest who Boyne paints as one of the victims of the backlash. …More

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie By Bradley, Alan 2009-09 - Thorndike Press 9781410419170 Check Our Catalog It is the summer of 1950-and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For …More

The Highlander's Stolen Touch. Terri Brisbin By Brisbin, Terri 2012-09 - Mills & Boon 9780263892680 Check Our Catalog HER FORBIDDEN HIGHLANDER...Ciara Robertson has loved formidable Highlander Tavis MacLerie all her life. She watched, broken-hearted, while he married and lost another. Now, finally of marriageable age, Ciara throws her heart at his feet...Tavis knows that innocent Ciara thinks she's in love with him - but she deserves better. Painful experience has proved that he's a far better warrior than …More

Anya's Ghost By Brosgol, Vera 2011-06 - First Second 9781596437135 Check Our Catalog Awards: Bram Stoker Awards (2011), Cybils (2011), Virginia Readers Choice Award (2014), Volunteer State Book Awards (2015), Will Eisner Comic Industry Award (2012), Young Hoosier Book Award (2014) Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, has given up on fitting in at school but falling down a well and making friends with the ghost there just may be worse. HPL patron: Anya's ghost friend is nice at first until she begins to get stronger. Anya didn't have any problems until she went to the library one day and …More

Avalon High: Coronation #1: The Merlin Prophecy By Cabot, Meg 2007-07 - TokyoPop 9780061177088 Check Our Catalog Being a new student at Avalon High has been exciting for Ellie, to say the least. And shes dating the super-hot class president, Will, who also happens to be the alleged reincarnation of King Arthur. This very first manga by the bestselling author of "The Princess Diaries" is indeed a tale for the ages. Young adult. HPL patron: Ellie and Will - a couple of …More

Of Midnight Born By Cach, Lisa 2010-03 - Love Spell 9780505523990 Check Our Catalog A 500-year-old ghost sees stars when a handsome young astronomer buys the castle where she had been killed. Reissue. …More

His and Hers By Calvert, Dawn 2008-01 - Zebra 9780821780602 Check Our Catalog After a brokenhearted woman makes a wish on a magical stone, she finds herself thrown back in time to Victorian England, where she falls madly in love with a man whos too fabulous to be real--and too sexy to give up. Original. …More

The Plain Janes By Castellucci, Cecil Author Rugg, Jim 2007-05 - Minx 9781401211158 Check Our Catalog Awards: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (2008), Cybils (2007), Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (2009), Green Mountain Book Award (2009), Tayshas Reading (2009), Young Reader's Choice Award (2010) When transfer student Jane is forced to move from the confines of Metro City to Suburbia, she thinks her life is over. But there she finds her tribe: three other girls named Jane. The four girls form a secret art gang, but can art really save the hell that is high school? Young adult. HPL patron: This girl's parents want her to start off in a new place with …More

The Body in the Library By Christie, Agatha 2011-04 - Harper Paperbacks 9780062073617 Check Our Catalog It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve …More

Crooked House By Christie, Agatha 2011-02 - Harper Paperbacks 9780062073532 Check Our Catalog The Leonides are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiancE of the late millionaire's …More

Hickory Dickory Death By Christie, Agatha 1987-09 - Putnam Publishing Group 9780396091608 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: This novel gives an introduction to the cast of all of the characters before the first chapter which gives you a feel for the "lay of the land" so to speak. As usual, you may think you have the mystery all figured out, and then Agatha Christie comes up with a plot twist at the end of the book that you never see coming!! …More

The Pale Horse By Christie, Agatha 2012-10 - Center Point 9781611735130 Check Our Catalog Heiress-turned-bohemian-beat-girl Thomasina Tucker meets an unfortunate end in a brawl with another woman. But her death would have passed unnoticed if not for Father Gorman dying at the hands of a stranger days later. The connection? A list of names hidden in the priest's shoe--Thomasina's among them--which leads to an inn called The Pale Horse and three unusual ladies who each has a secret of …More

A Pocket Full of Rye By Christie, Agatha 2011-04 - Harper Paperbacks 9780062073655 Check Our Catalog Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his "counting house" when he suffered an agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlor which confirmed Miss Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme. . . . HPL …More

Diez Negritos = Ten Little Indians By Christie, Agatha 1997-04 - Planeta 9789507428128 Check Our Catalog SPA Trapped on an isolated island, 10 houseguests become the prey of a diabolicalkiller. HPL patron: The murderous crimes that occur in this novel happen to characters which have already committed murder themselves and believe that they have all gotten away with it. The use of the nursery rhyme "Ten Little Indians" as a pattern for the deaths was truly …More

The Tattoo Artist By Ciment, Jill 2006-10 - Vintage Books USA 9781400078448 Check Our Catalog In 1970, Sara Ehrenreich boards a small plane and returns to New York City with much fanfare; she will be featured in "Life "magazine. She has not left Ta'un'uu-the South Seas island upon which she and her husband, Philip, were marooned during a storm-in more than thirty years. Sara doesn't know that man has landed on the moon. She has never seen a ballpoint pen. Her body is covered, head to toe, …More

Goodbye, Rebel Blue By Coriell, Shelley 2013-10 - Harry N. Abrams 9781419709302 Check Our Catalog Awards: Sequoyah Book Awards (2016) Rebecca "Rebel" Blue, a loner and budding artist, reluctantly completes the bucket list of Kennedy Green, an overcommitted do-gooder classmate who dies in a car accident following a stint in detention where both girls were forced to consider their morality and write bucket lists. HPL patron: When she can't live on at least her bucket list can. Kennedy Green …More

Spider-Man: The Other: Evolve or Die By David, Peter Author Hudlin, Reginald Author Straczynski, J. Michael 2006-05 - Marvel Comics 9780785121886 Check Our Catalog The official novelization of Columbia Pictures' summer film release. Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes Spider-Man. As he deals with this great power and the responsibility that goes with it, he must face the homicidal evil of the Green Goblin. The film stars Tobey McGuire, Kirsten Dunst, and Willem DeFoe, and is directed by Sam Raimi ("The Evil Dead, A Simple Plan"). …More

The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook By Davis, Martha Author Eshelman, Elizabeth R. Author McKay, Matthew 2008-05 - New Harbinger Publications 9781572245495 Check Our Catalog Originally published in 1980, "The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook" has become an indispensable resource for effective and up-to-date techniques for relaxing the body and calming the mind. This revision significantly updates and simplifies this timeless classic. HPL patron: Smorgasbord of self-help exercises to accompany goal setting, improvement …More