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Best Books of the Year

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Warm Up with a Good Book

During this chilly time of year, here are some great winter-themed books to help warm you up!

The Winter Pony by Iain Lawrence
Call Number: MSFIC LAW -- Animals
ISBN: 9780385733779
Publication Date: 2011-11-08
The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey; Jim Craig (Foreword by)
Call Number: 796.962 COF Non-Fiction Shelves
ISBN: 9781400047666
Publication Date: 2005-10-25
The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrated called the greatest sports moment in sports history.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis; Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
Call Number: MSFIC LEW -- MS FANTASY
ISBN: 0060234814
Publication Date: 2007-08-14
Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
Call Number: MSFIC BAS -- MS Fantasy
ISBN: 9781250077738
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
Greenglass House by Kate Milford; Jaime Zollars (Illustrator)
Call Number: MSFIC MIL -- MS MYSTERY
ISBN: 9780544540286
Publication Date: 2016-11-01
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Call Number: FIC DOE
ISBN: 9781476746586
Publication Date: 2014-05-06
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins; Laini Taylor (Contribution by); Kiersten White (Contribution by); Mathew de la Pena (Contribution by); Holly Black (Contribution by); Ally Carter (Contribution by); Gayle Forman (Contribution by); Jenny Han (Contribution by); David Levithan (Contribution by); Kelly Link (Contribution by); Myra McEntire (Contribution by); Rainbow Rowell (Contribution by)
Call Number: 813 MY
ISBN: 9781250059307
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love withMy True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers (Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de La Peña, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Stephanie Perkins, Laini Tayler and Kiersten White), edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or Kwanzaa, there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love.

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