Adventure Begins at the Library with NC Authors

Summer Reading 2024. Enjoy these North Carolina authors and their works based in locations across the state. Adventure begins within a book!

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Book cover for "Garden spells"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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A successful caterer in Bascomb, North Carolina, Claire has always remained tied to the legacy of the Waverly family, until her peaceful life is transformed by Tyler Hughes, an art teacher and new next-door neighbor, and by the return of her prodigal sister, Sydney.
Book cover for "A good neighborhood"
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Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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"A gripping contemporary novel that examines the American dream through the lens of two families living side by side in an idyllic neighborhood, and the one summer that changes their lives irrevocably."--
Book cover for "The last ballad"
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3.6 stars
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"The eagerly awaited next novel from the author of the New York Times bestselling A Land More Kind Than Home about a young mother desperately trying to hold her family together in the years before the Great Depression, a haunting and moving story of cowardice, courage and sacrifice"--
Book cover for "The queen of hearts"
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Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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"A debut novel that pulses with humor and empathy and explores the heart's capacity for forgiveness... Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensity of medical school. Now they're happily married wives and mothers with successful careers--Zadie as a pediatric cardiologist and Emma as a trauma surgeon. Their lives in Charlotte, North...
Book cover for "Saints at the river"
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Book cover for "Serena"
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountains where they plan to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains--but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any man, overseeing crews, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness. Together this lord and lady...
Book cover for "The summer of songbirds"
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Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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"Four women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves in the process"--