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Everyone Loves a Hero: True Stories of Real Heroes
Bonhoeffer: pastor, martyr, prophet, spy: a righteous gentile vs. the Third Reich by Eric Metaxas
Forgotten heroes: inspiring American portraits from our leading historians by edited by Susan Ware ; with a foreword by David McCullough
The cruelest miles: the heroic story of dogs and men in a race against an epidemic by Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury
Willie Mays: the life, the legend by James S. Hirsch, authorized by Willie Mays
Wildlife heroes: 40 leading conservationists and the animals they are committed to saving by Julie Scardina and Jeff Flocken ; with photo editor Sterling Zumbrunn
Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the heroic campaign to end slavery by Eric Metaxas
Chow Down Chapter Books
My chocolate year by Charlotte Herman ; [illustrations by LeUyen Pham]
Katie and the cupcake cure by Coco Simon
The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
Lucky for good by Susan Patron ; with illustrations by Erin McGuire
The perfect hamburger and other delicious stories by Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrations by Laura Rankin
Melonhead and the vegalicious disaster by Katy Kelly ; illustrated by Gillian Johnson
CYS Green Thumb
The beautiful edible garden: design a stylish outdoor space using vegetables, fruits, and herbs by Leslie Bennett and Stefani Bittner ; photography by David Fenton and Jill Rizzo
Dead snails leave no trails: natural pest control for home and garden by Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
High-impact, low-carbon gardening: 1001 ways to garden sustainably by Alice Bowe
Homegrown harvest: a season-by-season guide to a sustainable kitchen garden by Rita Pelczar, editor in chief
I garden: urban style by Reggie Solomon and Michael Nolan
Public gardens of Michigan by Miriam Easton Rutz
Curtains Up Adult Fiction Books
Lucky break: a novel by Esther Freud
The star attraction: a novel by Alison Seeney
The starlet: a novel by Mary McNamara
Picture perfect by Jodi Picoult
Someday, someday, maybe: a novel by Lauren Graham
The stand-in by Kate Clemens
An accidental affair by Eric Jerome Dickey
The ballroom on Magnolia Street by Sharon Owens
Teen Green Thumb Book Suggestions
Hey Teens! It's Connect Your Summer 2013 and here are some awesome suggestions to help you earn your Green Thumb Badge. Enjoy! 
Grow your own pizza!: gardening plans and recipes for kids by Constance Hardesty ; illustrations by Jeff McClung
Plants vs. zombies [electronic resource (video game)]
The green teen: the eco-friendly teen's guide to saving the planet by Jenn Savedge
Generation green: the ultimate teen guide to living an eco-friendly life by written by Linda Sivertsen and Tosh Sivertsen
47 things you can do for the environment by Lexi Petronis with environmental consultant Jill Buck
"I Want to Believe...": Supernatural Mysteries on TV
Need something to fill that X-Files-shaped hole in your TV viewing? These TV series feature investigations into the spooky and strange. (Warning: May contain aliens.)
Fringe. The complete first season. Discs 1 & 2 [videodisc]
Torchwood. The complete first season, Disc 1 [videodisc] by British Broadcasting Corporation
Supernatural. Season 1. Disc 1 & 2 [videodisc] by Kripke Enterprises, Inc. ; Wonderland Sound and Vision ; Warner Bros. Television
Eureka. Season 1. Disc 1 [videodisc] by Universal Studios ; Sci Fi Channel
Warehouse 13. Season one. Disc 1 [videodisc] by Universal Media Studios
Kids Green Thumb Book Suggestions
Hi Kids! Are you looking for some fun summer reads to help you earn your Green Thumb Badge during Connect Your Summer 2013? Here is a list of some great books for you to enjoy:
Potatoes on rooftops: farming in the city by Hadley Dyer
Vegetables!: life on a produce farm by Ruth Owen
Life on a cattle farm by Judy Wolfman ; photographs by David Lorenz Winston
Food and farming by Jen Green
Our farm: four seasons with five kids on one family's farm by written and photographed by Michael J. Rosen
Clockworks and Steam Power: Steampunk for Adults
The world of steampunk literature imagines a different historical path-a world run on iron and steam, where the preferred method of travel is the dirigible and everything that moves is run on clockworks.
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Dead iron by Devon Monk
The windup girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
The diamond age ; or, Young lady's illustrated primer by Neal Stephenson
Mainspring by Jay Lake
Soulless by Gail Carriger
The half-made world by Felix Gilman
Picture Books to Love
There are so many fantastic picture books out there to enjoy. Here's a few great reads that kids of all ages will love!
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Chicka chicka boom boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault ; illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Curious George by H. A.
Books for Teens Who Love Adventure Stories
Variant by Robison Wells
The knife of never letting go [sound recording] by Patrick Ness
The maze runner by James Dashner
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz ; adapted by Antony Johnston ; illustrated by Kanako Damerum & Yuzuru Takasaki
The night she disappeared by April Henry
Safekeeping by Karen Hesse
Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes