The Spinning Man

Follows the story of family man Evan Birch, whose accused involvement in the disappearance of a high-school cheerleader appears to be a case of mistaken identity until elusive clues and inconclusive behaviors suggest a darker side to his personality. 12,500 first printing.

Literature & Fiction

Harrar, George

Literary

Blue Hen

Follows the story of family man Evan Birch, whose accused involvement in the disappearance of a high-school cheerleader appears to be a case of mistaken identity until elusive clues and inconclusive behaviors suggest a darker side to his personality. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Genre Fiction

Blue Hen Trade

What do you do when a bottle of liquid hand-sanitizer lasts you only a week? Or how about when you realize that you’re unable to eat in the school cafeteria? (Too dirty.) Or sit on an office couch? (Ditto.) And is it a crime to have all of your shirts neatly lined up, color coded, and buttoned from top to bottom? What about alphabetized books? When does neatness become an obsession?Preoccupied with orderliness, cleanliness, and warding off impending disaster through rituals, Devon Brown is concerned with all of the above and then some. Which is just fine by him, but his parents and therapist see his “tendencies” in a more negative light—especially when such compulsions land him in the middle of big trouble at his new high school.In this compelling story of mistakes and recovery, with sensitivity and humor George Harrar examines the tensions and events that trigger Devon’s actions and ultimately set him on a journey to understand exactly what he’s so afraid of.

Not as Crazy as I Seem

Children's Books

HMH Books for Young Readers

Devon Brown won’t eat in the school caf (a germ swamp). He covers his hands before opening doors, eats things in groups of four (his lucky number), and hangs up his shirts (with all their buttons buttoned) by color. Some kids say Devon’s crazy, but he knows better—these are the tricks that keep bad things from happening, and he can’t imagine giving them up. Devon calls it “controlling things.” His doctor calls it obsessive-compulsive disorder. When Devon starts at a new school, his compulsions start to get him in trouble, and before long he realizes that his only choice is to confront his behaviors and the events that trigger them. In a compelling story of growing up different, George Harrar introduces us to a boy who just might change the way we think about “crazy.”

Not As Crazy As I Seem

Clarion Books

It’s 1954, a year when polio, known as the great crippler of children, terrified parents. Jesse’s mom won’t let him go to the playground or hang out with friends for fear that he will catch the disease—so Jesse stays home, making up his own games with his grandfather and dog, Gort. No matter what Jesse does, he can’t seem to please his father, who wanted a basketball-baseball-football kind of son. Instead, Jesse spends his days drawing pictures, watching cowboy movies, and playing war with his army of metal soldiers. Then polio strikes, paralyzing Jesse’s legs. With the help of an unlikely girlfriend, Jesse turns his imagination to creating comic strips, reinterpreting his life as The Wonder Kid, with the power to make things happen by thinking them. In this strange summer of UFOs and fallout shelters and deadly hurricanes, Jesse discovers just how much he has in common with his father and what it really means to be a hero.

The Wonder Kid

Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency

Describes experiments in which apes and dolphins have been taught aspects of human language and discusses the contributions of these experiments to our understanding of animal intelligence.

Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales: Adventures in Human-Animal Communication

Harrar, Linda

Aladdin Paperbacks

Signs of the apes, songs of the whales: Adventures in human-animal communication (A Novabook)

Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

Examines the migration patterns of the monarch butterfly, describes the study and discoveries that yielded knowledge of these movements, and speculates on the origin of the insect and why it travels such long distances.

Radical Robots: Can You Be Replaced? (Novabook)

Teen & Young Adult

Little Simon

Examines the design, construction, and applications of robots, discussing what they can and cannot do and the extent to which they can develop their own intelligence

Radical Robots: Can You Be Replaced (Nova Book Series)

Aladdin

Nothing much happens in the small town of Red Paint, the Friendliest Town in Maine. It's the kind of place where everyone knows your name, a romantic night out might include meatloaf, and carnivals still hold a kind of magical wonder. Simon Howe, once a promising reporter in Portland, Maine, is the last person anyone would have expected to move back to his childhood home to raise a family. He's owner and editor of the local paper, husband to a hard wife who can't help but play therapist to the family's problems, and father to a son who seems to be growing up far too quickly. Yet, Simon's quiet existence dramatically changes when he starts receiving threatening messages from an anonymous sender. As Simon tries to identify his stalker, he must also struggle to keep his life and family together as secrets from his past threaten to destroy everything he has built.

Reunion at Red Paint Bay Lib/E

Blackstone Publishing

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The Spinning Man

The Spinning Man

Not as Crazy as I Seem

Not As Crazy As I Seem

The Wonder Kid

Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales: Adventures in Human-Animal Communication

Signs of the apes, songs of the whales: Adventures in human-animal communication (A Novabook)

Radical Robots: Can You Be Replaced? (Novabook)

Radical Robots: Can You Be Replaced (Nova Book Series)

Reunion at Red Paint Bay Lib/E