November: NonFiction Pick Author is daughter of Steve Jobs.  She was born out of wedlock and while her father was one of the richest men in the world, he was very hard on his daughter and her mother.  A story…

November: NonFiction Pick A 20 year old just takes off from his family home, leaves his car and tries to get lost in the Maine woods.  He survives for 27 years without talking to another human being and survives by…

November: Fiction Pick This is an amusing book, written in a style that pulls the reader along.  It is a bit bawdy in one part, so be warned. The character Mrs. Hancock, before she became Mrs. Hancock, was a lady…

November: Fiction Pick This highly readable work of fiction takes place 1830-1836, starting in Barbados on a sugar plantation.  It is written from the point of view of a young black slave, named George Washington Black, who is saved from…

November: YA/J NonFiction Pick Fun fact-filled, colorful introduction to the solar system; this is a book you can spend some time with. It will make you laugh too! Robin