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Anne of Green Gables

By L. M. Montgomery

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As soon as Anne Shirley arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew she wanted to stay forever. But would the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? The first book in a classic series for young readers that adults will enjoy, too.

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House of Sand and Fog

By Andre Dubus III

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An émigré Iranian colonel has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter's chances of a good marriage. Once she is married, he spends the remaining funds on a house at an auction, unwittingly putting himself and his family in the middle of a legal tussle with the house's former owner. What begins as a legal struggle turns into a personal confrontation, with tragic results. 

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End of the Spear: A True Story

By Steve Saint

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Steve Saint was five years old when his father, missionary pilot Nate Saint, was speared to death by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe. In adulthood, Steve, having left Ecuador for a successful business career in the United States, never imagined making the jungle his home again. But when that same tribe asks him to help them, Steve, his wife, and their teenage children move back to the jungle. There, Steve learns long-buried secrets about his father's murder, confronts difficult choices, and finds himself caught between two worlds.  Later made into a feature film.

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Reel Good Reads

It seems today that there are very few original screenplays.  Often when I go to a movie, I find out it was a book first.  So I started to do some research and that research turned into a list.  When it was all said and done, I created a list of books with teen appeal that have been made into movies.  

Be sure to catch the premiere of the Reel Good Reads booklist.  On it you will find some really great titles ...yes these were books before they were movies.  There are some old favorites and some new surprises.  You can find all of these titles at the library.  Place a hold on them through the catalog

Be the first to read them before everyone finds out!!!!

Team Jacob or Team Edward?

As if you didn't already know, New Moon hits theaters on Friday, November 20.

Check out this movie review in the Washington Post.

Join Edward, Bella, and Jacob in READing a good book! Check out all things Twilight, or maybe something from our Fang Fiction or Werewolves Among Us book list.

Wicked Lovely Movie in the Works

Universal Pictures is going to make a movie based on Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr. (See our library catalog for more books and short stories by Melissa Marr.)

Read Melissa's thoughts about the film deal in her blog.   

Visit the Harper Teen site for more about the series beginning with Wicked Lovely, including more book trailers and an interview with Melissa Marr. 

Check out the book trailer for Wicked Lovely below:

Fall = Fangs: "Cirque du Freak" and "New Moon"

 This fall has a lot to offer vampire lovers. "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" (see the trailer) hits theaters October 23, and "New Moon" will be out November 20.

For more great blood-sucking stories, check out our Fang Fiction book list!

 

The Princess Diaries

By Meg Cabot

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Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne. 

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

By Douglas Adams

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This 5-book "trilogy" will keep a grin on your face as you travel around the galaxy with the befuddled human Arthur Dent, alien Ford Prefect and two-headed egomaniac Zaphod Beeblebrox. 

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