Prices: Cicada Books

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  Song of the Cicada

  What if you were given a second chance at life—and all it took was a little nudge to see the world anew? Natty Hogue came to the desert seeking change but finds the harsh landscape as immutable as the past she hopes to escape. As director of nurses, she oversees the daily routine at “the San,” a remote, Southern California tuberculosis sanitarium in the 1960s. Her no-nonsense, by-the-book style brings her into conflict with a combative young nurse-in-training who is bent on undermining her authority at every turn. At the same time, Natty reluctantly finds herself drawn to the sanitarium’s handyman, an inventive Mexican national who is determined to make his mark in the “gringo” north. It is the arrival of new patient Adam Cheatwood, a strong-willed, seven-year-old boy, that begins a year-long process of transforming not only Natty’s life but the lives of those around her. From his position at the center of the escalating adult drama, Adam draws a parallel between human existence and that of the cicada, an insect that lives for years underground until one day it emerges to finally and irrevocably sing its song.

  $16.95

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  Cicadas!: Strange and Wonderful

  Every year, annual cicadas emerge and pierce the air with their buzzing calls. Also every year, at least one brood of thirteen-year or seventeen-year cicadas emerges in some part of the eastern or central United States. In the spring of 2011, a giant brood will hatch in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Just in time, renowned author Laurence Pringle and accomplished nature illustrator Meryl Henderson have created the most complete, comprehensive book for kids about these noisy but harmless insects. This is the story of an insect that deserves to be protected. That story is ready to be told, now that cicadas are going to be all the buzz.

  $13.22

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  Secrets of the Cicada Summer

  Now in paperback! Lily has read every Nancy Drew book in the library. She’s great at spying clues and keeping secrets. She has to be. She has secrets of her own that no one can ever find out.When summer brings lying, stealing Tinny Bridges to town, Lily must depend on her own wits to keep ahead of this sly newcomer. Tinny takes candy from the general store and blames Lily. She tries to steal Lily’s friends and even her father’s affection. Worst of all, she seems to know Lily’s secret. When Tinny goes missing, only Lily has an idea what happened to her. But for Lily, finding Tinny means confronting her hidden past.With its taut-pacing and lyrical writing, Andrea Beaty’s critically acclaimed mystery has been hailed as “the kind of satisfying read that summer is all about” (School Library Journal). Praise for Cicada Summer “One part memory, one part mystery, and a generous dose of atmosphere make this the kind of satisfying read that Summer Reading is all about.” —School Library Journal “Beaty weaves elements from Lily’s favorite Nancy Drew stories together with a moving picture of a child . . .” —Kirkus “Written with clarity and fine attention to craft, this accessible novel reveals the secret in Lily’s past just as she reaches out to solve the mystery.” —Booklist

  $2.81