What to Read While Waiting for...

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Small Great Things By Picoult, Jodi 2016-10 - Ballantine Books 9780345544957 Check Our Catalog With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult. Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her …More

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A Mercy By Morrison, Toni 2008-11 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307264237 Check Our Catalog Awards: ALA Notable Books (2010) A Mercy is a powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and is almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. HPL patron: This is the first Toni Morrison book I have read. While I listened to this through the audio book program of Overdrive, I enjoyed the …More

Glowing Embers By Reece, Colleen L. 2009-03 - Thorndike Press 9781410411761 Check Our Catalog …More

The Secret Life of Bees By Kidd, Sue Monk 2002-10 - Viking Books 9780670032372 Check Our Catalog A stunning debut, "The Secret Life of Bees" follows a young girl who is taken in by three black, bee-keeping sisters. As she enters their mesmerizing secret world of bees and honey, she discovers a place where she can find the single thing her heart longs for most. …More

Upcoming events at HPL

LEGOs FAMILY FUN 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 Let's play with LEGOs and build something great! Compete for candy prizes and ahow off your LEGO-building skills.

FALL STORYTIME FOR AGES 3-7 6:45 MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 Stories! Toys! Crafts! Songs! Learning is so much fun at Hackley Public Library.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 26 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

PUMPKIN CARVING DAY 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Adult accompaniment is recommended. Bring your own pumpkins to this family event. Create a pumpkin masterpiece using your own ideas, or our Super Stencil Spooky Faces. Safe carving tools are provided.

WRITE FOR FRIGHT CONTEST--LAST DAY 5.00 MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 This is the last day to turn in stories for the Write for Fright scary story contest! Be sure we have yours before 5 PM!

MINECRAFT FOR KIDS

2:00 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5

Mine for resources, build with blocks and defend your territory. This is Minecraft. Play along with 19 other participants in a world of your own making.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

BEGINNING OCTOBER 17, CALL 231-722-8014 TO REGISTER.

Upcoming Events at HPL

MINECRAFT FOR KIDS 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CALL 231-722-7276, EXTENTION 230. Don't miss your opportunity to get in on the experience of surviving and building your own virtual world with a group of Minecraft players with different levels of expertise. You might learn something, teach something, or just have a great time!

FALL STORYTIME FOR AGES 3-7 6:45 MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 Playing creatively with stories, songs, and fingerplays is a great way to get ready to read. Come see Ms. Cassandra for storytime fun.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 19 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

LEGOs FAMILY FUN 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 Let's play with LEGOs and build something great! Compete for candy prizes and ahow off your LEGO-building skills.

FALL STORYTIME FOR AGES 3-7 6:45 MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 Stories! Toys! Crafts! Songs! Learning is so much fun at Hackley Public Library.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 26 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

PUMPKIN CARVING DAY 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Adult accompaniment is recommended. Bring your own pumpkins to this family event. Create a pumpkin masterpiece using your own ideas, or our Super Stencil Spooky Faces. Safe carving tools are provided.

What to read while waiting for...

Woman of God By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2016-09 - Little Brown and Company 9780316274029 Check Our Catalog St. Peter's Square, Rome. White smoke signals that a new Pope has been chosen. Is it possible that the new Pope...is a woman? The world is watching as massive crowds gather in Rome, waiting for news of a new pope, one who promises to be unlike any other in history. It's a turning point that may change the Church forever. Some followers …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions.

The Third Secret By Berry, Steve 2005-05 - Ballantine Books 9780345476135 Check Our Catalog Explosive in both its pace and its revelations, The Third Secret is a remarkable international thriller. Bestselling author Steve Berry tackles some of the most controversial ideas of our time in a breakneck journey through the history of the Church and the future of religion. Fatima, Portugal, 1917: The Virgin Mary appears to three peasant children, sharing with them three secrets, …More

White Smoke: A Novel of Papal Election By Greeley, Andrew M. 2013-05 - St. Martins Press-3pl 9780765375506 Check Our Catalog he cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have gathered in Rome for the papal election following the death of the incumbent pope. Torn by internal conflict and with many of its members alienated, the Church faces one of the most serious crises in its history. A coalition of cardinals favors a more moderate and pluralistic style of papal governance, but must contend with shadowy Vatican forces …More

Angels & Demons By Brown, Dan 2006-05 - Washington Square Press 9780743493468 Check Our Catalog From the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Da Vinci Code" comes the explosive thriller that started it all. …More

Upcoming events at HPL

INSTRUMENT PETTING DAY 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Is there a musical instrument your child has dreamed of playing, or just can't make up their mind about? We have the perfect program for you. Come to HPL for West Michigan Symphony's "Instrument Petting Day." Drop in to check out an instrument--you child can hold it, play it, and find which musical instrument they like best!

FALL STORYTIME FOR AGES 3-7 6:45 MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 Celebrate fall with stories, songs and creative play with Ms. Cassandra.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 12 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

MINECRAFT FOR KIDS 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CALL 231-722-7276, EXTENTION 230. Don't miss your opportunity to get in on the experience of surviving and building your own virtual world with a group of Minecraft players with different levels of expertise. You might learn something, teach something, or just have a great time!

FALL STORYTIME FOR AGES 3-7 6:45 MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 Playing creatively with stories, songs, and fingerplays is a great way to get ready to read. Come see Ms. Cassandra for storytime fun.

Tablet Tips and Tricks 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 19 Want to do more with your tablet? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

LEGOs FAMILY FUN

2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

Let's play with LEGOs and build something great! Compete for candy prizes and ahow off your LEGO-building skills.

What to read while waiting for...

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Home By Coben, Harlan 2016-09 - Dutton Books 9780525955108 Check Our Catalog Ten years after the high-profile kidnapping of two young boys, only one returns home in Harlan Coben's gripping thriller. A decade ago, kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. For ten years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions.

10th Anniversary By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2011-05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316036269 Check Our Catalog Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals--but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. …More

The Lake House By Morton, Kate 2015-10 - Atria Books 9781451649321 Check Our Catalog One of People magazine's Best Books of Fall Morton's moody, suspenseful latest is the perfect page-turner for a chilly night. From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Secret Keeper and The Distant Hours, an intricately plotted, spellbinding new novel of heartstopping suspense and uncovered secrets. Living on …More

The Last Child By Hart, John 2009-05 - Minotaur Books 9780312359324 Check Our Catalog Awards: Anthony Awards (2010), Edgar Allan Poe Awards (2010), Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (2010), SIBA Book Award (2010) Fresh off the success of his Edgar Award-winning, "New York Times" bestseller "Down River," Hart returns with the story of a young boy's hunt for his missing sister, and the dark truths he uncovers in his North Carolina hometown. …More