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|  | Walk Across the Sea by Nenad Jakesevic, Susan Fletcher
In this story set in 1886, a young girl named Eliza Jane defies the conventional attitudes of her small California town when she befriends a Chinese immigrant--a boy named Wah Chung who saved her from drowning. Most of the other people in her town, including her father, consider Chinese people heathens and vow to force all the Chinese residents out of their town. Will Eliza Jane be brave enough to speak out against blind hatred and prejudice? AUTHOR: Nenad Jakesevic, Susan Fletcher
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | The Case of the Troublesome Turtle by Cynthia Rylant, G. Brian Karas
Mr. Paris ties balloons outside his toy store every morning. But on Fridays the balloons disappear. Who keeps taking them...and what is so special about Fridays?This sounds like a case for the High-Rise Private EyesCase #004, to be exact, the case of the Troublesome Turule.Because no mystery is too mysterious, no puzzle too puzzling, no crime too criminal, no trouble too troubling for ace detectives and very best friends Bunny Brown and Jack Jones. AUTHOR: Cynthia Rylant, G. Brian Karas
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | London Transports by Kate Binchy, Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy trades the rolling hills of Ireland for the winding roads of London in this collection of 22 stories. AUTHOR: Kate Binchy, Maeve Binchy
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Man Who Turned into Himself by David Ambrose
Overcome by a premonition, magazine publisher Rick Hamilton rushes out of the most important meeting of his life onto the expressway where he encounters the exact scene--his wife pinned under her car--he saw minutes before in his mind's eye. In a moment, Rick's life is literally turned in on itself and he finds himself imprisoned inside his alter ego with consequences he can only begin to imagine. AUTHOR: David Ambrose
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Red Sky in Mourning by Tami Oldham Ashcraft
Surviving a hurricane in the South Seas despite a broken mast, ruined navigational instruments and a very limited water and food supply, made it to safety in Hawaii. Offers an inspiring reminder that even in our darkest moments we are never truly alo... AUTHOR: Tami Oldham Ashcraft
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | Friendship by Silvia Fernandez
Description not available.A renowned author in the Spanish market with years in the ministry teaches readers about that perfect example of a true friend, and how those qualities could help establish lasting relationships. Original. AUTHOR: Silvia Fernandez
PUBLISHER: Vida Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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