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|  | El Hombre del Bar by Jordi Suris Jorda, Rosa Maria Rialp
While having coffee at her usual cafe, Laura is approached by a strange man softly singing her a haunting song that lead her from surprise to surprise, and from danger to danger. AUTHOR: Jordi Suris Jorda, Rosa Maria Rialp
PUBLISHER: Santillana USA Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Zenzele by J. N. Maraire
An epistolary novel, from the middle-aged Shiri in Zimbabwe to her daughter Zenzele at Harvard. Shiri grew up in the countryside, where life was hard work, traditional, and where amenities were few. She became a nurse, married a lawyer, and now lives in a large house with servants, travels to other countries, and sends her children to private schools. Nevertheless, Shiri does not want Zenzele to forget where she comes from, or feel scornful of African traditions. AUTHOR: J. N. Maraire
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Sea of Glory by David Poling
In 1943, four chaplains--one Catholic, one Jewish, one Methodist, and one Reform Protestant--put religious differences aside during a perilous, and ultimately tragic, sea voyage through U-boat-infested waters. AUTHOR: David Poling
PUBLISHER: Broadman & Holman Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui by Margaret Jull Costa, Rafael Sanchez Ferlosio
This fantasy novel, originally published in Spanish in 1952, follows the increasingly bizarre adventures of a young boy who lives with a taxidermist with some very odd theories about the application of his craft. AUTHOR: Margaret Jull Costa, Rafael Sanchez Ferlosio
PUBLISHER: Dedalus, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Abraham Lincoln by Andrea Davis Pinkney
A series of letters comprise this fictionalized story about Abraham Lincoln's friendship with a 12-year-old girl--a slave living on a South Carolina plantation. Factual information about life as a slave and the events leading up to the Civil War are included. AUTHOR: Andrea Davis Pinkney
PUBLISHER: Winslow Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Wicked by Gregory Maguire, John McDonough
Told from the witch`s point of view Maguire`s story is a wonderfully imaginative reworking of The Wizard of Oz. Elphaba is born with green skin, a sharp mind & a talent for magic. When she discovers that Oz is not the Utopia it seems, she sets out to protect its unwanted creatures, becoming known as the Wicked Witch along the way AUTHOR: Gregory Maguire, John McDonough
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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