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Surrounded by Sharks by Michael Northrop

Surrounded by Sharks by Michael Northrop

The old sign said, "NO SW MM NG," but Davey just wanted to dip his feet in. He had no idea that he would soon be Surrounded by Sharks!

If you like The Four-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris

 The Four-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris
This readalike is in response to a customer's book-match request. If you would like personalized reading recommendations, fill out the book-match form and a librarian will email suggested titles to you. Available for adults, teens, and kids.  You can browse the book matches here.
 
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferris "offers techniques and strategies for increasing income while cutting work time in half, and includes advice for leading a more fulfilling life." 
 
Here are similar books for those interested in either retiring younger or for those interested in working less, but making more:
 
The 9-to-5 Cure: Work on your Own Terms and Reinvent your Life by Kristin Cardinale
"...groundbreaking new guide outlining an immediate and practical strategy for being abundantly employed in any economy. Learn how to insulate yourself from sudden and total job loss by following the practical advice detailed in each chapter. Earn a good living in any economic environment by learning how to create an exceptional number of career opportunities and then select the offers that are most attractive to you. Create your own schedule and choose when and where you work. Discover a new way to review your skills and the best ways to market them to employers."--catalog summary
 
 
"Join the millions who are starting side-gig businesses, and taking back their financial futures! Do-it-yourselfers and solopreneurs are everywhere, launching eBay stores, artisanal eats, e-books, life coaching services, apps, tutoring businesses - you name it - on top of their regular jobs. They're adding to their incomes, building safety nets, learning new skills, and finding a sense of fulfillment they never dreamed possible. Get in on the action, this book both documents the exploding side-gig phenomenon and supplies how-to information for creating a lucrative venture of your own." - catalog summary
 

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett and Illustrated by Kevin Cornell

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett and Illustrated by Kevin Cornell

Count the Monkeys teases you with a seemingly easy challenge but quickly devolves into a slightly stranger counting book. We turn the first page to find that a dastardly king cobra has scared all our monkeys away. They keep one step ahead of the reader throughout the book, leading us on a wild chase!

The Homeschool Phenomenon

Not every child today learns in a big building with lots of other students all studying the same things at the same time. In the past twenty years, the homeschool phenomenon has caught fire across America.

Preserving by the Pint: Quick Seasonal Canning for Small Spaces by Marisa McClellan

Preserving by the Pint: Quick Seasonal Canning for Small Spaces by Marisa McClel

Glorious fruit and vegetables are a hallmark of harvests, but what do you do when you want to preserve the tastes for other times? Traditionally, the answer was to “put up” or preserve these wonderful things for later, sometimes combining them creatively and adding spices. A day of canning meant piles of produce, dozens of jars, and steam filling the kitchen for hours—usually on a hot summer day. Marisa McClellan’s Preserving by the Pint presents a different way to do this wonderful, traditional cooking without such a huge commitment of time and storage space.

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

In The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander, Josh and his brother JB are the stars of their school basketball team. The sons of professional baller Charlie "Da Man" Bell are a force to be reckoned with. That is fine when Josh and JB work together, but trash talk, a family crisis, and a new girl is about to come between these two, making teamwork nearly impossible.

Learn About Interlibrary Loans!

Customers checking out an interlibrary loan

The Interlibrary Loan or ILL library staff are some of our unsung heroes. While library visitors get to meet and interact with the friendly people at Customer Service and Research, there are also people working behind the scenes to get you your materials from other libraries outside our system, as well as lending CRRL materials to libraries all over the country. Through the years, the Interlibrary Loan department has gone above and beyond simply getting customers hard-to-find materials. They have also helped students ready their dissertations and writers research topics for their books.

If you like Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

This readalike is in response to a customer's book-match request. If you would like personalized reading recommendations, fill out the book-match form and a librarian will email suggested titles to you. Available for adults, teens, and kids.  You can browse the book matches here.

Ender's Game:
Andrew "Ender" Wiggins is the result of a desperate breeding experiment, combined with years of harsh & unforgiving training. Ender thinks he is only playing computer simulated wargames--in fact, he is commanding the last great fleet of Earth.

If you liked Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, you may enjoy these other titles:

Archangel by Sharon Shinn
Archangel
 by Sharon Shinn
A dash of science fiction, a handful of fantasy, and a sprinkling of suspense enliven the story of the Archangel Gabriel and his reluctant wife Rachel.

 



The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The City of Ember
 (and series) by Jeanne DuPrau
In a post-apocalypse city on the verge of collapse, 12-year-olds Lina and Doon join forces to flee to an unknown world above ground.

 

 

Author of the Month: Betsy Byars

No teacher ever told Newbery-winning author Betsy Byars she should be a writer when she was growing up. Young Betsy Cromer, nicknamed “Cro,” was a wide-awake kid and into most everything, but not writing. Part of the time her family lived in the country, which was heaven for Betsy as she was surrounded by nature. When she got older, she was interested in nature of a different kind—boys!

The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

The Return of Zita the Spacegirl is Ben Hatke's bittersweet conclusion to his fantastic trilogy of outer space adventure. We find Zita imprisoned on the Dungeon World, sentenced there by a cruel villain with an ulterior motive. Zita has saved thousands of aliens and planets galore, but now Zita will need her friends help in saving her.
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