The ;;:;; to Paris. On August ;;, ;;;;, a
terrorist with an AK-;; boarded a train
in France. He didn’t expect three young
American men to be on board, ready to
risk their lives to thwart his attack and save
the lives of more than ;;; fellow passengers. The trio—Spencer Stone, Anthony
Sadler and former Costco employee Alek
Skarlatos—became instant heroes and
wrote a book about the ordeal. Director
Clint Eastwood turned it into a ;lm detailing not just their heroism but also their
friendship. He looked at actors to play the
three men, but chose the real-life heroes to
play themselves. ;;A. (May ;;)
Paddington ;. Paddington, now happily
living with the Brown family in Windsor
Gardens, takes a series of odd jobs to buy
a special book for his Aunt Lucy’s ;;;th
birthday. When the book is stolen, he and
the Browns are o; on a riotous adventure
to unmask the thief.
Ben Whishaw returns as the voice of
Paddington, and Hugh Bonneville and
Sally Hawkins again portray the Browns.
G. (April ;;)—Steve Fisher
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Maine. Then the shooters arrived. The
chaos and carnage last only eight minutes
before the killers are taken down. But for
the survivors, the e;ects last forever. One
person wasn’t satis;ed with the high death
toll at the mall. As the survivors slowly heal
and rebuild, they discover that another
conspirator is lying in wait—and this time,
there might be nowhere to hide. (May ;;)
JUVENILE
Positively Izzy, by Terri Libenson. Izzy is
a dreamer who loves acting and making up
funny stories while focus on her homework
su;ers. Bri is the brain who wants people
to see there’s more to her than just a report
card full of A’s. On the day of the school’s
talent show, the girls’ lives converge in
unexpected ways. (May ;)
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Clay Charms. (Available now)
—Stephanie E. Ponder
FICTION
Full Disclosure, by Beverly McLachlin.
McLachlin, the former chief justice of
Canada, has written a riveting thriller.
When the rich and mysterious Vincent
Trussardi is accused of the murder of his
wife, Laura, Jilly Truitt agrees to defend
him. Determined to prove everyone wrong,
Jilly investigates Laura’s death, hoping to
discover evidence that might give the jury
a reasonable doubt. Instead, she is confronted by incriminating evidence and
uncooperative witnesses. (May ;)
Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje. Just
after World War II, ;;-year-old Nathaniel
and his ;;-year-old sister, Rachel, remain
in London when their parents leave for
Singapore. The two are left in the care
of a mysterious man, whose friends protect and educate the siblings. The novel
is an unravelling of the truth as an older
Nathaniel looks back on that time. (May ;)
Shelter in Place, by Nora Roberts. It was a
typical evening at a mall outside Portland,
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THIS ISSUE’S book
pick is The Dutch Wife,
by Ellen Keith. It’s
1943 in Amsterdam,
and Marijke de Graaf
and her husband are
sent to different concentration camps.
Marijke must choose
between a sure death
in the labour camp or joining the camp’s
brothel. Her decision is compounded
when she meets SS officer Karl M¨ uller.
Not only is the story moving and
deftly told, but the author’s use of a
second storyline set in late 1970s
Argentina, during
the Argentine Dirty
War, serves to
highlight what people are willing to
do when they have
to fight to surivive.
Keith’s The
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