Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan

April 2011

So as not to seem self-indulgent, Conor Grennan started his trip around the world by volunteering at an orphanage in Nepal. There, he met the mother of two of the wards and learned the terrible truth: that many had been taken from their homes by child traffickers. What happened next changed his life --- and those of countless others --- forever.

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A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia De Luce Novel by Alan Bradley

April 2011

When Flavia de Luce had her fortune told, she didn’t think she’d find the poor soul bludgeoned in her own caravan. Was this an act of revenge by those convinced that the soothsayer abducted a local child? Flavia understands revenge, but not the connection to the missing baby. And as the red herrings pile up, she untangles dark deeds and dangerous secrets.

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Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

April 2011

When Rose McKenna volunteers for lunch duty at her daughter's school, she finds herself with an impossible choice during a sudden emergency. Her actions ultimately endanger every relationship in her treasured family. The suspense ratchets up in a rapid-paced plot centered on love and consequences. 

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April 2011

With THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES, Jean M. Auel brings her epic Earth’s Children series about family life in prehistoric times to a rich conclusion. Amid the ripening colors of a serene late-Pleistocene summer, Ayla, her leading character, completes a long journey of self-discovery that promises a new future for her people.

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April 2011

April offers the promise of both sunshine and showers, but our Books into Movies feature spotlights five films that will excite you no matter how the weather behaves. And in case rain does prevail, you can always surf your way through.

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Strings Attached by Judy Blundell

April 2011

When Kit Corrigan arrives in New York City, she doesn't have much. She's fled from her family in Providence, Rhode Island, and she's broken off her tempestuous relationship with a boy named Billy, who's enlisted in the army. The city doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. She gets a bit part as a chorus girl in a Broadway show, but she knows that's not going to last very long. She needs help --- and then it comes, from an unexpected source.

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Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani

April 2011

Viola doesn't want to go to boarding school, but somehow she ends up at an all-girls school in South Bend, Indiana far away from her home in Brooklyn, New York. There's no way she's going to survive the year. Boarding school, though, and her roommates and even the Midwest are nothing like she thought they would be.

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Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy

April 2011

A quiet, severely disfigured Afghan girl experiences a promising vision of her nation's future when American troops occupy her desert village and arrange surgery for her cleft lip. Based on an enlightening true story, WORDS IN THE DUST tells of a shy 13-year-old and how much her life changes because of the simple kindness of a few concerned American soldiers. Reviewed by Melanie Smith and excerpted.

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