This book even holds a mystery: Is Phileas Fogg the notorious Gentleman Bank Robber who stole 50,000 pounds at a London bank? Is his “bet” actually a ploy for escaping capture by the Police? Join Police Inspector Fix as he follows Fogg around the world, trying to arrest him for the crime time and again and discover the truth! The story is told from the perspective of his brand new French valet, Passepartout, a man who really only wants the quiet life of an English manservant, but gets much more than he bargained for. His sense of humor is genuinely of the laugh-out-loud variety and I was on the edge of my seat over and over, listening to this madcap voyage around the world that begins with a gentleman’s club bet on the part of the main character, Phileas Fogg. Verne already has such an incredibly fresh and fun voice as an author, despite having written his books more than 100 years ago. I also just finished listening to the inimitable voice of Jim Dale reading Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne. I am listening to this as an audiobook and the reader is particularly good. It is often very funny at the same time you really feel for Ellie and her grandfather, who are both struggling with issues of change. She wore rainbow tye -dyed dresses and was always bringing in cookies that were made with granola and flax and had no taste.” The book is quirky and fun, but touches on a lot of hard subjects, from living with a family fractured by divorce, loss and middle-school friendship issues. The first line reads: “When I was in preschool, I had a teacher named Starlily. When her beloved pet goldfish dies, her best friend seems to be abandoning her, and then her scientist grandfather suddenly shows up at her house, miraculously de-aged to 14 years old, she is confronted with a lot of it all at once. Holm, a chapter book about 11-year-old Ellie, who doesn’t like change.

I’m reading The Fourteenth Goldfish, by Jennifer L. “I’m a jellyfish glowing in the dark sea, bright and brilliant, just waiting to be discovered. We hope you are likewise finding plenty to keep you occupied! Here are our staff picks. At the end of February, library workers are deep into the winter routine, hauling home the stacks of movies and books that see us through the days of sun and days of snow.

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