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|  | Pride of Kings by Judith Tarr When a vision informs him that he must abandon the Crusades, Richard the Lionheart heads back to England--and to a meeting with a Turk who apparently received the same vision. AUTHOR: Judith Tarr PUBLISHER: N A L FORMAT: Paperback CATEGORY: General 
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 | Craze by Jessica Warner Description not available.Describes the social aspects of the gin craze in eighteenth-century London, including class divisions, effect on women, elite response, economic impact, and the religious and social conflict behind the laws. AUTHOR: Jessica Warner PUBLISHER: Four Walls Eight Windows FORMAT: Hardcover CATEGORY: General 
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 | The Sea of Tranquillity by Christian Birmingham, Mark Haddon An adult narrator reminisces about his childhood fascination with the moon and space exploration. As a boy he read all sorts of books about the moon and about astronauts. He dreamed about the day that astronauts would actually walk on the moon...and then, one night they, did. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Christian Birmingham, Mark Haddon PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books FORMAT: Hardcover CATEGORY: General 
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 | Genesis by Cedric Belfrage, Eduardo Galeano From pre-Columbian creation myths and the first European voyages of discovery and conquest to modern times, Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy offers an outstanding Latin-American eye view of the makings of the New World, presenting nothing less than a unified history of the Western Hemisphere . . . recounted in vivid prose ( The New Yorker ). AUTHOR: Cedric Belfrage, Eduardo Galeano PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated FORMAT: Paperback CATEGORY: General 
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 | The King of Capri by Jane Ray, Jeanette Winterson Description not available.The greedy and self-centered king of Capri has a reversal of fortune when the wind blows all of his precious things into the backyard of a kind and generous Naples washerwoman, Mrs. Jewel. AUTHOR: Jane Ray, Jeanette Winterson PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing FORMAT: Hardcover CATEGORY: General 
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 | A Beasty Story by Steven Kellogg Description not available.A group of mice venture into a dark, dark woods where they find a dark brown house with a dark red stair leading past other dark colors to a spooky surprise. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Steven Kellogg PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books FORMAT: Paperback CATEGORY: General 
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