July 7, 2015 • Page 8 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com New At The Library Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: Adult Books • Country by Danielle Steel; Fiction • Ever After by Jude Deveraux; Fiction • Invasion of Privacy by Christopher Reich; Fiction • Love May Fail by Matthew Quick; Fiction • The Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark; Fiction • My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman; Fiction • Paradise Sky by Joe R. 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Author Neil Smith’s title character is annoyingly smart and fully cognizant of his social ineptness, neither of which he can control. He’s guileless, but that innocence is tarnished by a threatening pulse that runs softly through this story itself. That grows as the plot progresses, and it’s cleverly underscored by numerous mini-shocks that surprise readers again and again, and an ending you may sense but won’t totally see coming. As with so many young adult novels these days, this book is definitely not just for teens. I say buy it for your 13- to 17-year-old, but borrow it back and read it yourself … because “Boo” is very good. Visit our Web site at www.missourivalleyshopper.com