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|  | Backyard Bedtime by Barry Root, Hill
Description not available.Even the animals of the backyard--including robins, toads, and butterflies--have to go to bed at night, in a gentle bedtime tale with full-color illustrations. AUTHOR: Barry Root, Hill
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Bo & Mzzz Mad by Jonathan Hunt, Sid Fleischman
Left an orphan, 12-year-old Bo has no choice but to go and live with his estranged relatives in Queen of Sheba, California. Unwelcomed by most of these relatives, especially his cranky cousin Madeline who goes by the name Mzzz Mad, Bo finds comfort only in his relationship with his kindly Aunt Juna. Then Bo gets caught up in an adventure involving a missing treasure map, a tattooed head, and a legendary gold mine--an adventure that forever changes his relationship with Mzzz Mad. AUTHOR: Jonathan Hunt, Sid Fleischman
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | My Name Is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling
Her name was Seepeetza when she was at home with her family. But now that she`s living at the Indian residential school her name is Martha Stone, and everything else about her life has changed as well. Told in the honest voice of a sixth grader, this is the story of a young Native girl forced to live in a world governed by strict nuns, arbitrary rules, and a policy against talking in her own dialect, even with her family. Seepeetza finds bright spots, but most of all she looks forward to summers and holidays at home. Based on her own experiences, Shirley Sterling`s powerful first novel reveals the impact of a racist school policy on the life of one indomitable young spirit and her family. AUTHOR: Shirley Sterling
PUBLISHER: Groundwood Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by Diane Dillon, Katherine Paterson, Leo Dillon
A picture book retelling of a Japanese folktale. A Mandarin duck is separated from his mate when he is captured and caged by a wealthy lord. When a servant girl takes mercy on the languishing duck and sets him free, she and another kitchen servant are sentenced to death. Will they be saved by the two mysterious strangers who arrive at the palace? Watercolor and pastel illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Diane Dillon, Katherine Paterson, Leo Dillon
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Witness by Ginna Gray
Description not available.When concert pianist Lauren Brownly witnesses a brutal murder, which leads to a startingly discovery, she is plunged into a world of terror and fear, forced to testify against a powerful crime lord, and she must join forces with gorgeous FBI agent Sam Grey Wolf Rawlins, and as danger follows them at every turn, passion rages between them. Original. AUTHOR: Ginna Gray
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Devil's Army
Description not available.When a brilliant North Korean madman, who has garnered the killing power of Iraqi terrorists to create a Doomsday Army, decides to overtake the military rule of the U.S., Mack Bolan unleashes a brutal campaign against the enemy to protect America from destruction, in the first volume of The Doomsday Trilogy miniseries. Original.
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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