Summer Reading kicks off with edge of adventure
Ottawa Library launches Summer Reading for children three and older from June 1 to July 15 with prizes at 5 10 20 50 and 100 books read. Third graders and up can earn Pages for Prizes at 300 600 and 1200 pages. Events include dinosaurs mummies inventions magic shows and treasure hunts through July 26. Chapter Club for fourth grade and older meets Wednesdays starting June 7, reading Verne L Engle and Zindel.
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Asian African roots drive writer to Kenya tale
Nairobi born author M G Vassanji, a nuclear physicist and novelist, returns from Toronto to research a mid-1950s Mau Mau era Kenya. He recalls childhood fears on Desai Road, the fear of darkness and the upheaval among Asians, Africans, and Europeans during the Emergency.
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Best Sellers list from Publishers Weekly fiction section
A condensed snapshot lists top fiction and nonfiction titles across mass market and trade paperback formats. Notable names include Mary Higgins Clark John Grisham Toni Morrison Danielle Steel Tawni O'Dell Greg Bear Elizabeth Peters and Nora Roberts with wider nonfiction picks from Spencer Johnson Gary Zukav Mitch Albom Frank McCourt and James Patterson.
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Mary Higgins Clark
Simon & Schuster
John Sandford
Toni Morrison
Danielle Steel
Delacorte
John Grisham
Tawni O'Dell
Viking
Greg Bear
del Rey
Sandra Brown
Warner
Morrie
Mitch Albom
Doubleday
Bill Phillips
Vichie D'Orso
HarperCollins
Sarah Ban Breathnach
James Bradley
Ron Powers
Bantam
Frank McCourt
Scribner
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Life
Nancy L. Snyderman
M.D
Peg Streep
Hyperion
Nora Roberts
Berkley
Iris Johansen
Pocket
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Robert C. Atkins
Avon
James Patterson
Clive Cussler
Paul Kempreces
Pockat
Jake News
Barbara Delinsky
Patricia Gaftney
Marper
John Saul
Jack Canfield
Mack Victor Hansen
Jennifer Read Hawthorne
Marci Shimoff
Robert T. Kiyosaki
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Melissa Bank
Penguin
Mark Victor Hansen
Kimberly Kirberger
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