Library Greetings: Closed for the 4th

The library will be closed on Tuesday July 4 for the holiday and will reopen on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. We willbeopenournormalhours on Monday, July 3. We would like to wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July.

Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, and so much to be afraid of. All that matters is freedom.

That’s what Remy Blake has been taught by his survivalist father. Raised off the grid in the middle of nowhere, his own survival skills not yet honed, Remy is days shy of his eighth birthday when his father unexpectedly dies.

As seasons pass, supplies run out, and fending for himself grows more desperate, Remy sets out on foot, unprepared for the great unknown of civilization.

He is found—near feral, silent, and terrified—in the small rural town of Blaire. To Anne, a nurturing mother of two adopted teenagers who’s still dealing with her own childhood rejections, Remy is not a lost cause.

Just a challenging one. As Remy cautiously adapts to his new foster home, his family wants nothing more than to reassure him that he can trust the world. But to do so, they must first reexamine how much they trust the world themselves, and how much they should.

As Remy’s journey into the real world begins, figuring out how to navigate it becomesapaththeywillhave to learn to walk together.

Just a Regular Boy i s a novel about an orphaned boy raised by a survivalist in the real world by author Catherine Ryan Hyde.

A decade ago, two vans filled with high school seniors on a school service trip crashed into a Tennessee ravine, a tragedy that claimed the lives of multiple classmates and teachers. The nine students who managed to escape the river that night were irrevocably changed.

A year later, after one of the survivors dies by suicide on the anniversary of the crash, the rest of them make a pact: to come together each year to commemorate that terrible night. To keep one another safe. To hold one anotheraccountable.Orboth.

Their annual meeting place, a house on the Outer Banks, has long been a refuge. But by the tenth anniversary, Cassidy Bent has worked to distance herself from the tragedy, and from the other survivors.

She’s changed her mobile number. She’s blocked the others’ email addresses.

This year, she is determined to finally break ties once and for all. But on the day of the reunion, she receives a text with an obituary attached: another survivor is gone.Nowtheyaresevenand Cassidy finds herself hurling back toward the group, wild with grief and suspicion.

Almost immediately, something feels off this year. Cassidy is the first to notice when Amaya, annual organizer, slips away, overwhelmed.

This wouldn’t raise alarm except for the impending storm. Suddenly, they’re facing the threat of closed roads and surging waters, again.

Then Amaya stops responding to her phone. After all they’ve been through, she wouldn’t willfully make them worry. Would she?

The Only Survivors by author Megan Miranda is a thrilling mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the tenth anniversary of a tragic accident--only to have one of the survivors disappear, casting fear and suspicion on the original tragedy.

Spencer Brooke always knew she was destined to be CEO of her grandfather's business-the most respected and luxurious department store in New York City. Brooke's has been at the center of every happy memory she has, but it hasn't been an easy journey.

Seven years after her father's death, her life is very different from the days when she walked through the store with her grandfather as a young girl. She may be the owner of Brooke's, but she's also now a divorced single mother of twin boys.

Andwiththeeverevolving landscape of the fashion industry comes new challenges for Spencer and the legacy she's inherited. Mike Weston is known for making enormous profits by transforming small businesses into bigger, more successful ones.

With his marriage at a breaking point and his children grown up, investing is where he thrives, where he can build something greater. And Brooke's feels like the perfect opportunity.

Yet the firm's beautiful and savvy CEO turns down the offer before they even meet. Spencer has no interest in outside investors meddling in her family business; her grandfather never saw the need for them, and neither does she.

She refuses to be tempted by Mike's offer, despite her big dreams of expanding the store. But when bad luck strikes, suddenly she is backed into a corner.

Worthy Opponents by Danielle Steel is a thrilling storyaboutawomanrunning her family’s luxury department store and the wealthy investor who threatens to take it over.