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Emmy had read too many books that all said the same thing: a princess in distress, a knight in shining armor, then happily ever after -or- this war was fought, this side won -and- “the histories of everything historical!” How dull, she thought as she grabbed her book bag from the floor of her room. She needed something more, amazing and adventurous! To the library, she decided - to Mr. Linden’s library.

Mr. Linden was a small and quiet old man. He kept to himself in their small town of Ashwick: Coffee to go at the corner cafe in the morning, stocking old books well past the afternoon, then fresh berries and a parcel of tea leaves from the Moon and Thistle apothecary next door on his walk back home. How dull, she thought as she walked downtown in the breeze. She wouldn’t be dull like those old books or Mr. Linden - she had to find something exciting.

Mr. Linden was in his usual spot as she entered, tea steaming on the desk, legs crossed and perched atop the surface, a newspaper barely revealing his spectacled face from behind. After exchanging their usual nod, she took a left. Tall shelves on all sides thick with all the classics, the wars and the history, each one she had read cover to cover.

A teal spine decorated with gold ivy jumped out at her from a shelf almost too tall to reach. She had never seen it before. Tiptoes and all, she grabbed it from its place and lowered herself back down carefully to examine it, opening the book to the first page. The title, Whisperwood: The Last Laugh, and the author, Edmund L. Hollowmere. On the next page, a foreword: “For Myra: You are not alone.” She was intrigued. Not daring to go any further in fear of spoiling any surprises, she made her way back to Mr. Linden and his perched feet.

She placed the book in front of him on his desk. He peered over his paper at her selection, then met her eyes almost sternly, and said, “I must warn you. This book…it will take you on a journey.”

“A journey is just what the doctor ordered!” Emmy bantered back to him. After he stamped the card and placed it back in the book, she shoved it in her bag and skipped out the door, feeling all the energy and anticipation one does when they’re about to discover something new.

The wind had picked up when she arrived home, and grown cold, too, which excited her even more. Nothing says “new book” like bad weather outside and cozy sheets and a bedside table lamp inside. It was meant to be! Emmy jumped into her nightgown, under her warm sheets and quilt, and turned on the soft lighted lamp next to her bed. She reached into her book bag and grabbed her new book.

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"The Recruit"

Name: The Recruit
Author: Aesha Walker

Aesha Walker

Young Emmy is on the hunt for a book like no other, a story full of adventure. But her book of choice is followed up by a warning from the old quiet librarian. Will she find an amazing new story, or something else entirely?

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