Holiday Adopt-A-Books 2016
p[tLooking for a unique gift?
Want to give to the Library?
Adopt a book at the Library and meet both goals!
Here’s how it works:
- Find a book on the list below that you’d like to adopt. All the books are on display at the library.
- Tell the Librarian.
- You pay for the book.
- The Librarian puts a label in the book (if you want).
- You or your adoptee gets to check the book out first.
- Your adoptee is happy, you are happy, the Library is happy.
- It’s a WIN, WIN, WIN!
Last updated January 2, 2017
Here is the list of the books available this year.
| Author | Title | Genre | Price | Adopted? |
| Archer, Jeffrey | This Was a Man | Fiction | 16.64 | ADOPTED |
| Arlen, Alice | The Huntress | Biography | 16.62 | ADOPTED |
| Atwood, Margaret Eleanor | Hag-Seed | Fiction | 14.47 | |
| Austin, Mike | Fire Engine No. 9 | Board | 7.12 | ADOPTED |
| Baird, Julia | Victoria | Biography | 19.92 | ADOPTED |
| Baldacci, David | No Man’s Land | Fiction | 16.65 | ADOPTED |
| Barnett, Mac | How This Book Was Made | Picture Book | 10.64 | |
| Bascomb, Neal | The Winter Fortress | Non-fiction | 16.10 | ADOPTED |
| Beasley, Kate | Gertie’s Leap to Greatness | Juvenile Fiction | 10.10 | |
| Beatty, Paul | The Sellout | Fiction | 15.01 | ADOPTED |
| Beaty, Andrea | Ada Twist, Scientist | Picture Book | 10.77 | ADOPTED |
| Benjamin, Melanie | The Swans of Fifth Avenue | Fiction | 16.10 | ADOPTED |
| Carlsen, William | Jungle of Stone | Non-fiction | 16.64 | ADOPTED |
| Chee, Traci | The Reader | YA Fiction | 11.73 | |
| Cox, Michelle | A Girl Like You | Fiction | 11.18 | |
| Cuevas, Michelle | The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles | Picture Book | 11.35 | |
| Donoghue, Emma | The Wonder | Fiction | 16.65 | |
| Eastman, Charles | Indian Boyhood | Juvenile Non-Fiction | 10.62 | |
| Eaton, Jason Carter | How to Track a Truck | Picture Book | 13.75 | |
| Evanovich, Janet | Turbo Twenty-Three | Fiction | 16.10 | ADOPTED |
| Foer, Joshua | Atlas Obscura | Non-fiction | 19.92 | ADOPTED |
| Francis, Felix | Triple Crown | Fiction | 16.10 | ADOPTED |
| French, Tana | The Trespasser | Fiction | 15.56 | ADOPTED |
| GrandPre, Mary | Cleonardo, the Little Inventor | Picture Book | 15.27 | |
| Grisham, John | The Whistler | Fiction | 17.37 | ADOPTED |
| Gyasi, Yaa | Homegoing | Fiction | 15.53 | |
| Hart, Hart | Jade Dragon Mountain | Fiction | 9.98 | |
| Heinrich, Bernd | One Wild Bird at a Time | Non-fiction | 16.10 | |
| Higgins, Ryan T. | Hotel Bruce | Picture Book | 10.64 | |
| Hunt, Andrew | Desolation Flats | Fiction | 15.55 | |
| Isadora, Rachel | I Hear a Pickle | Picture Book | 13.75 | |
| Ivey, Eowyn | To the Bright Edge of the World | Fiction | 15.01 | |
| Jaques, Susan | The Empress of Art | Biography | 19.92 | |
| John, Jory | Penguin Problems | Picture Book | 10.64 | |
| Kilmeade, Brian | Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates | Non-fiction | 16.07 | ADOPTED |
| Kinney, Jeff | Double Down | Juvenile Fiction | 7.75 | ADOPTED |
| Klassen, Jon | We Found a Hat | Picture Book | 14.51 | ADOPTED |
| Leonard, Keith | Ramshackle Ode | Poetry | 11.79 | |
| Levine, David D. | Arabella of Mars | Fiction | 15.00 | |
| Liu, Cixin | The Three-Body Problem | Non-fiction | 15.00 | ADOPTED |
| Lonely Planet Publications | Lonely Planet’s Where to Go When | Non-fiction | 13.77 | ADOPTED |
| Lvov, Lev, Prince | The Haunting of Falcon House | Juvenile Fiction | 8.86 | |
| Millard, Candice | Hero of the Empire | Non-fiction | 17.19 | |
| Miller, Louise | The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living | Fiction | 15.01 | ADOPTED |
| O’Connor, Barbara | Wish | Juvenile Fiction | 10.10 | |
| O’Reilly | Give Please A Chance | Picture Book | 11.26 | ADOPTED |
| Park, Linda Sue | Forest of Wonders | Juvenile Fiction | 10.10 | |
| Patrick, Phaedra | The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper | Fiction | 15.27 | ADOPTED |
| Paul, Alison | The Plan | Picture Book | 14.51 | |
| Pell, Susan K. | A Botanist’s Vocabulary | Non-fiction | 13.60 | |
| Perry, Anne | A Christmas Message | Fiction | 11.74 | ADOPTED |
| Potter, Beatrix | The Tale of Benjamin Bunny | Juvenile Fiction | 4.65 | ADOPTED |
| Rebanks, James | The Shepherd’s View | Non-fiction | 14.46 | ADOPTED |
| Reef, Catherine | Florence Nightengale | Juvenile Biography | 11.19 | |
| Rowling, J. K. | Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them | Juvenile Fiction | 14.46 | |
| Sayre, April Pulley | Best in Snow | Juvenile Fiction | 14.51 | ADOPTED |
| Simpson, John | The Word Detective | Biography | 16.09 | ADOPTED |
| Smith, Zadie | Swing Time | Fiction | 15.56 | ADOPTED |
| Sobel, Dava | The Glass Universe | Non-fiction | 17.19 | ADOPTED |
| Stiles, T. J. | Custer’s Trials | Biography | 17.19 | ADOPTED |
| Storey, Stephanie | Oil and Marble | Fiction | 14.46 | |
| Streever, Bill | And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind | Non-fiction | 15.01 | |
| Sweet, Melissa | Some Writer! | Juvenile Biography | 11.19 | ADOPTED |
| Taylor, Patrick | An Irish Country Love Story | Fiction | 15.00 | |
| Towles, Amor | A Gentleman in Moscow | Fiction | 17.30 | |
| Wenzel, Brendan | They All Saw A Cat | Picture Book | 11.70 | |
| White, Ronald C. | American Ulysses | Non-fiction | 19.92 | |
| Zacks, Richard | Chasing the Last Laugh | Biography | 17.19 | ADOPTED |
