“Out of Nowhere”
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Fiction: “Out of Nowhere” by Sandra Brown
Brought together by a mass shooting at a Texas county fair, children’s book author and single mother Elle Portman and high-rolling corporate consultant Calder Hudson, both fueled by revenge, search for a killer while wondering if the attraction growing between them is too painful and complicated to sustain.
“The Underworld”
Nonfiction: “The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean” by Susan Casey
For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What’s down there? Unable to answer this for centuries, people believed the deep was a sinister realm of fiendish creatures and deadly peril. But now, cutting-edge technologies allow scientists and explorers to dive miles beneath the surface, and we are beginning to understand this strange and exotic underworld: A place of soaring mountains, smoldering volcanoes, and valleys 7,000 feet deeper than Everest is high, where tectonic plates collide and separate, and extraordinary life forms operate under different rules.
“Tiger Trouble”
Youth: “Tig and Lily: Tiger Trouble” by Dan Thompson
The competition is on as Lily, a tiger at the local zoo, and Tig, her new house cat roommate who thinks he is a tiger, figure out what it means to be a tiger and a friend.
