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|  | The Everlasting Story of Nory by Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker's fifth novel is about a 9-year-old American girl, Eleanor Nory Winslow, living in London with her family. The novel is told entirely from her point of view, and consists of the stories she tells herself. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. AUTHOR: Nicholson Baker
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers
Powers's almost dauntingly intellectual detective story is about a Midwestern molecular biologist who, in 1957, falls in love with a colleague and disappears. Twenty-five years later, a young couple tries to find him. The novel's title refers not only to Bach's Goldberg Variations but to Poe's story The Gold Bug, both of which are elements of the plot. AUTHOR: Richard Powers
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Burn Factor by Kyle Mills
Bright, young and ambitious, Quinn Barry desperately wants to be an FBI agent. At the moment, however, she's just a low-level employee toiling in the basement at Quantico. But Quinn's career & her life are about to change wildly. Testing her new database program, Quinn's computer savvy turns up a mysterious DNA link among five gruesome murders... a link that the old FBI system had been carefully programmed to miss. The discovery lands her a demotion to the hinterlands, followed by a series of unfortunate accidents that nearly end her life AUTHOR: Kyle Mills
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | Enchanted Night by Stefan Rudnicki, Steven Millhauser
A novella about a group of characters in a small Connecticut town, including a restless teenage girl, a middle-aged novelist who lives with his mother, an alcoholic dreamer, and a lonely old lady. In the course of one night, their scattered desires and regrets find their focus. AUTHOR: Stefan Rudnicki, Steven Millhauser
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Skull of Truth by Bruce Coville, Gary A. Lippincott, Words Take Wing Repertory Company, The
A young boy named Charlie can't seem to stop telling lies. It's gotten so bad that he has to run away to avoid being punished for telling a lie about a classmate's father. Hiding out while waiting for the situation at home to cool down, Charlie travels to the town of Tucker's Swamp, where he stumbles into a magic shop run by Mr. Elives. Charlie becomes fascinated by a skull that is for sale there. Although he has never stolen anything before, Charlie can't help himself and steals the skull. But it puts a spell on Charlie, which forces him to tell the truth and only the truth. The problem is, Charlie has such a bad reputation that no one believes a word he says. AUTHOR: Bruce Coville, Gary A. Lippincott, Words Take Wing Repertory Company, The
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Extremely Good Clean Jokes for Kids by Bob Phillips
Description not available.Offers a variety of knock-knocks, riddles, and jokes about school, medicine, dating, food, and other topics. AUTHOR: Bob Phillips
PUBLISHER: Harvest House Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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