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|  | City of the Beasts by Blair Brown, Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden
Description not available.While his mother struggles with cancer, fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold goes on an expedition to the Amazon with his reporter grandmother where he comes to learn a great deal about his own strengths while also developing a special bond with Nadia, the daughter of their local guide. AUTHOR: Blair Brown, Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Go to Sleep, Daisy by Jane Simmons
Night noises such as fluttering moths and hooting owls keep Daisy wide awake ... until Moon comes out. Color illustrations throughout. AUTHOR: Jane Simmons
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
This novel, inspired by several fairy tales, spins the story of a beautiful orphan who lovingly tends to a flock of geese. Taken captive by a warring king and prince (who both want to marry her because her hair sheds gold dust and her tears turn into diamonds), the girl is rescued by her loyal flock of geese. However, once freed from her captors, the girl finds that her adventures are just beginning. AUTHOR: Patrice Kindl
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | All Souls by John Brady
Description not available.Convinced by a brilliant but radical IRA lawyer to reopen the case of Jamesy Bourke, a convicted arsonist and murderer recently released from prison, Inspector Matt Minogue becomes alarmed when the investigation uncovers dark secrets that threaten his own life. Reissue. AUTHOR: John Brady
PUBLISHER: Steerforth Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
Written in tandem with the screenplay for the Stanley Kubrick-directed film, both introduce HAL, a computer that takes off on a mission of its own, propelling the spaceship it controls past the original destination to an exploration of humankind's past, present, and future potential. Once ground-breaking, now a classic, 2001 is a truly unique work. AUTHOR: Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Shortcut by Donald Crews
A group of African-American children decide to walk along the railroad tracks as a shortcut home. Suddenly they hear the sound of an approaching train... Will they be able to escape in time? Watercolor and gouache illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Donald Crews
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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