Hampton Library Weekly Reads: Dec. 22

Need a good read?

The folks at the Capt. Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library have some ideas. Check out one of these books today.

KIDS

"How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas," by Jame Yolen and Mark Teague

Children will laugh out loud as dinosaurs secretly lick candy canes, take sneaky peeks at gifts, and disrupt the traditional family feast.

TEENS

"The Edge of Nowhere," by Elizabeth George

When her mother abandons her on Whidbey Island, Washington, a fourteen-year-old girl with psychic abilities meets a Ugandan orphan with a secret. The first young adult book by a #1 New York Times bestselling author

ADULTS

"O Little Town," by Don Reid

Christmas, 1958: Elvis is on the radio, Ike is in the White House, the Lord is in his holy temple . but there is no peace in Mt. Jefferson.  In a small town where everybody seems to know everybody, there are still a few secrets. Three families find they are connected in ways they never suspected: an angry teen, a dying man, a lonely wife, a daughter in trouble . just ordinary people, muddling their way through ordinary challenges. Illness. Marriage. Bad decisions. Friendship. Faith. Forgiveness.