Hampton Library Weekly Reads: Oct. 29

Here are three great picks from the Capt. Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library.

Kids

"Meet Cecile" by Denise Lewis Patrick

There’s a new American Girl!  Meet Cecile in 1853 Louisiana. As the Mardi Gras season approaches in New Orleans, Cecile Rey anticipates the Children's Ball, the return home of her brother, Armand, from France and great adventures with her new friend, Marie-Grace Gardner.

Teens

"Theodore Boone: The Abduction" by John Grisham

Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever. When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone-who knows April better than anyone-has answers.  As fear ripples through his small hometown and the police hit dead ends, it's up to Theo to use his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April. 

Filled with the page-turning suspense that made John Grisham a #1 international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone's trials and triumphs will keep readers guessing until the very end.

Adults

"The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Reves, and it is only open at night. Behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing.  Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love.  True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. 

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.