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Memoirs
All over but the shoutin' by Rick Bragg
Foreign correspondence by Geraldine Brooks
The road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
True north : a memoir by Jill Ker Conway
Books About World War II
Baa baa Black Sheep by Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
Band of brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne : from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
Bataan : a survivor's story by Gene Boyt with David L. Burch ; foreword by Gregory J.W. Urwin
Colditz : the full story by P.R. Reid
The Expectant Parent: A Journey
You having a baby : the owner's manual to a happy and healthy pregnancy by Michael F. Roizen, and Mehmet C. Oz
The modern girl's guide to motherhood by Jane Buckingham with Jen Furmaniak
Autism Resources
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Parenting Guides
The OASIS guide to asperger syndrome : advice, support, insight, and inspiration by Patricia Romanowski Bashe and Barbara L. Kirby ; forewords by Simon Baron-Cohen and Tony Attwood
Siblings of children with autism : a guide for families by Sandra L. Harris and Beth A. Glasberg
The stolen child : aspects of autism and Asperger syndrome by Ann Hewetson ; foreword by Susan J. Moreno
Shamus Award Winners
Empty ever after : a Moe Prager mystery by Reed Farrel Coleman
Soul patch : a Moe Prager mystery by Reed Farrel Coleman
The dramatist by Ken Bruen
The Lincoln lawyer : a novel by Michael Connelly
Pulitzer Prize Winners — Fiction
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The road by Cormac McCarthy
March by Geraldine Brooks
Nebula Science Fiction Award Winners
The windup girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Yiddish policemen's union : a novel by Michael Chabon
Award-Winning Mysteries
Dance at the slaughterhouse (Men in scarlet aprons) : a Matthew Scudder crime novel by Lawrence Block
The delicate storm by Giles Blunt
Cimarron rose by a novel by James Lee Burke
Bones : an Irene Kelly mystery by Jan Burke
Mitten Award
Are you looking for an award-winning book so you can complete your Summer Reading log? Don't forget about books that have won the Mitten Award. This award is given yearly to an outstanding children's book that has captured the attention of youth librarians across the state of Michigan.For a listing of books that have won the Mitten Award, click here.