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|  | If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock and after that they know they fit together -- even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. Reviewers have called Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson's work exceptional (Publishers Weekly) and wrenchingly honest (School Library Journal), and have said it offers a perspective on racism and elitism rarely found in fiction for this age group (Publishers Weekly). In If You Come Softly, she delivers a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering why and if only.... AUTHOR: Jacqueline Woodson
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Lost in the Blinded Blizzard by Gerald L. Holmes, John R. Erickson
Description not available.While battling a blizzard, Hank charms Miss Beulah, saves Slim and Drover from freezing, sings a love song about fleas, and outwits Pete the Barncat AUTHOR: Gerald L. Holmes, John R. Erickson
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Humpty Dumpty by Daniel Kirk
This book, with color illustrations, retells the story of that famous egg-shaped character, Humpty-Dumpty. AUTHOR: Daniel Kirk
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Netherlands by Michael S. Dahl
Description not available.An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of the Netherlands. AUTHOR: Michael S. Dahl
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | A Rare Benedictine by Ellis Peters, Stephen Thorne
Brother Cadfael is a cult figure of crime fiction. Yet the story of his entry into the monastery at Shrewsbury has been known hitherto only a few; now listeners can discover the chain of events that led him into the Benedictine Order AUTHOR: Ellis Peters, Stephen Thorne
PUBLISHER: Audio Partners Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | Jesus, CEO by Laurie Beth Jones
Leadership, management, and motivational gurus prosper by finding new lessons in old places, and old lessons in new places. Like two sides of the same coin, both approaches define a long-established and highly popular publishing niche. The Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, a runaway business bestseller in 1991, was an early example of the former. And Laura Beth Jones's Jesus, CEO is an example of the latter. The concept is hardly original. In 1925, a prominent advertising exectutive named Bruce Barton published a biography of Jesus entitled The Man Nobody Knows . In the book, Jesus was presented as the founder of modern business and the apostles as the greatest sales force in history, while the words of Jesus ( I must be about my Father's business. ) served as the basis for the book's central thesis. Still, Jones's more recent entry brought the genre solidly into the modern era, calling forth a legion of imitators preaching leadership and management and using Jesus Christ as a model. AUTHOR: Laurie Beth Jones
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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