Hampton Library Weekly Reads: Nov. 11

Here are three great picks selected by the staff at the Capt. Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library.

FOR KIDS

"First Peas to the Table," by Susan Grigsby

Maya and other students in Ms. Garcia's class study techniques used by Thomas Jefferson as they grow pea plants and compete to see who will produce a bowl full of peas first. Includes an afterword about Jefferson.

FOR TEENS

"UnWholly," by Neal Shusterman

The long-awaited sequel to the best-selling futuristic thriller Unwind finds Connor, Lev, Risa and Cam's fates inextricably bound as the morality of the practice of "unwinding" is finally called into question.

FOR ADULTS

Flight Behavior," Barbara Kingsolver

Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.