NEW, NEW NEW

So hot-off-the-press that our fingers are burning, here’s a peek at emerging titles worth exploring.

The Widow of the South, Robert Hicks (Warner Books)
Civil War love story

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Scotto Sunday Suppers and Other Fabulous Feasts, The Scotto Family (Regan Books)
Italian comfort food plus inside-the-family stories.

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Missing Mom, Joyce Carol Oates (HarperCollins)
An adult daughter grows with the loss of her mother.

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FOR THE KIDS

Holes, Louis Sachar
Newberry-winning adventure

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Rootabaga Stories, Carl Sandburg
Whimsy and folk tales

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
Classic

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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook, Shel Silverstein
Enchanted Worlds: Letter-flipping cleverness

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JUST A BIT OLDER

How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen
Adventurous autobiographical--fun at age 13.

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The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman, Louise Plummer
Teen Romance

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
The read to go with last summer’s movie.

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Eragon, Christopher Paolini
Fantasy

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TITLES FOR ADULTS

Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal, Rachel Naomi Remen
A physician looks at life.

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The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. King
A young girl learns from Sherlock Holmes.

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Death Comes for the Archbishop, Willa Cather
Priests in the Southwestern desert.

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Northern Lights, Nora Roberts
Mystery in Alaskan wilderness.

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This article is from our 2005 Weekend Living special issue, on newsstands the week of September 12!