Looking for a good read? Check out these titles selected for the 2008 list of Kansas Notable Books. They are all available from JCCC’s Billington Library (we even have one in audiobook format!).
The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck.
In this adrenaline-filled critically acclaimed novel, Matthew Eck puts readers inside the mind of a young man caught in the fog of the unexpected battle of Mogadishu, the most intense combat Americans had engaged in since Vietnam.
The Rest of Her Life, by Laura Moriarty. (Available as an audiobook.)
Bestselling Lawrence author Laura Moriarty explores the complex moral dilemma of parents being sued for actions of a teenager, how all families involved cope with a terrible accident, and the tenuous mother/daughter relationship that remains.
Writing in an Age of Silence, by Sara Paretsky.
Best known for her bestselling mysteries, including the V.I. Warshawski novels, the native of Lawrence turns her attention in this nonfiction work to five different periods of her life: the traditions of her childhood in Kansas, the political climate of the 1960s, the awakening of her own feminism, the attack on civil liberties, and our obsession with terrorism and biological warfare.
Click here for the complete list of 2008 Kansas Notable Books.
Book cover images and descriptions courtesy of Kansas Center for the Book.
