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Hi everyone,
We're sticking with the geography theme in our brain teasers and riddles. Good luck!
> > > November BRAIN TEASER: There are two rivers that form a border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Can you name one of them? (scroll for answer)
> > > November RIDDLE: What state do pencils come from? (scroll for answer)
The Naked Mole-Rat Letters
If you shared an email account with your widowed dad, and noticed an email thanking him for dinner and a kiss, would you be able stop yourself from reading more? Frankie can’t! She starts writing to the mystery woman, pretending to be her father. She also skips school, gets to know the local “bad boy”, loses her younger brother and almost burns down the house, but that all comes later.
(266 pages) author: Mary Amato genre: realistic fiction
Peace, Locomotion
Read the notes that Lonnie Collins Motion, aka Locomotion, writes to his sister, who’s in a different New York foster home. Meet his friends, his teachers, and his foster family. Learn how Lonnie and Lili lost their parents, and how they stay together, even when they’re living apart. And, hold your breath as Lonnie’s foster brother, a soldier overseas in a war zone, goes missing.
(134 pages) author: Jacqueline Woodson genre: realistic fiction
WRITING CONTEST: Letters about Literature winners get $50 Target gift card prizes. Write a letter to an author describing how his or her work touched your life in a personal way. Authors can be of any genre or time period, and can come from any country. More info, including letters from 2009 winners.
DEADLINE: Dec. 12, 2009.
Are you a fan of the Alex Rider series? Don't miss the Alex Rider Green Screen Photo Adventure on Sunday, November 22, 1 - 3 p.m. at the Ridgedale Library. Have your photo taken, then use a secret code to access your photo online. Maybe you will win a free copy of the newest Alex Rider book Crocodile Tears. Note: Neither Alex Rider nor Anthony Horowitz will be there.
See you next month.
-Ann 
Ann Melrose, Web Services Librarian
book talks by Susan Woodwick, Librarian at the Northeast Library
Hennepin County Library KidLinks
> > > Brain Teaser ANSWER: The Mississippi River and the St. Croix River form a border with the state of Wisconsin.
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> > > Riddle ANSWER: Pencils come from Pencil-vania! (Pennsylvania)
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