Del Norte Public Library

In this moving, witty novel, author Maureen Leurck explores the intricacies and joys of renovation and rediscovery--as one woman's improvement project promises to transform much more than a home.

Twelve-year-old Lily mourns her brother, and has not spoken since the accident she feels she could have prevented, but the summer Tinny comes to town she is the only one who realizes Lily's secret.

The cicadas are humming, and it's so warm even the frogs are sweating the summer Gibby McGraw catches her big break. Lord knows she's due. Brain damaged after a tragic car accident that took both her parents, Gibby is now NQR (Not Quite Right), a real challenge for a fledgling newspaper reporter - especially when she stumbles upon the dead body of the next governor of Kentucky, Buster Malloy. Armed with her trusty blue spiral notebook, Gibby figures...

Botchan is a hilarious tale about a young man's rebellion against "the system" in a country school. It is a classic in Japan and has occupied a position of great importance in the canon of Japanese literature, one vaguely analogous to Huckleberry Finn or The Catcher in the Rye in American culture. The setting is Japan's deep south, where the author himself spent four years teaching English in a middle school. Into this conservative world, with its...

Istvan's brand new soundtrack record. 16 tracks that include incredible new songs as well as the full narration and character voicing telling the story of a little girl and her extra special connection to nature. Meet all of Evie's best bug friends as they reunite after a long winter and plan their best summer ever. Join them as they make new friends and surprise discoveries, and watch as Evie and the others grow just like all things do during her...