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There will be no library board meeting this month.

The Book Challenge for April is to read a biography. When you complete the challenge contact the library so your name may be entered to win a gift card from a local business. The Book Challenge for May is to read a book with two or more people on the cover.

Susan Mallery has written “The Sister Effect.” Finley McGowan is determined her sister’s daughter she is raising will always feel wanted and loved. Not like Finley and Sloane whose mother left to find her dream of stardom. Then they were left with their grandfather who abandoned them when they needed her most. Now Sloane has returned and says she’s changed and ready to take on motherhood. Can Finley learn to surrender and forgive Sloane?

“It’s One of Us” is a thriller by J.T. Ellison. Olivia Bender’s deepest desire is to become a mother. But none of the fertility treatments are working. When she is at her lowest point the police deliver devastating news. DNA shows Olivia’s husband Park’s son is accused of murder. Park admits he donated sperm. Olivia must face the possibility that the man she married has fathered a killer.

A new nonfiction selection is “Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her” by Erika Bolstad.

Steve Berry’s latest Cotton Malone adventure is “The Last Kingdom.” A lost historical document could challenge the global might of the United States.

Two new mysteries are “Devil’s Delight,” an Agatha Raisin mystery by M.C. Beaton and “His and Tell,” a Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown.

Storytime for little ones ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivers is held on Tuesdays at 10 A.M. Elementary students are invited to After School Squad on Wednesdays at 3:30. Lego Club for all ages meets on Thursdays at 3:30. Preschool children must be accompanied by an adult.

“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.”

~Louis L’Amour