Central Skagit Library District

A lonely little boy peeks into the window of a Skid Row dive. Mesmerized by the soaring magic played by a small jazz combo, he longs to create the same sounds. So with the guidance of a brilliant bluesman, the boy develops into a superb artist.

Phileas Fogg bet his fellow club members that he could circle the globe in eighty days. That may not be impressive today, but in 1872, it was nearly impossible.

The boy Kim knows how to scrounge up a hot meal in India's bustling cities, how to scamper catlike across rooftops, and disguise himself as a local and conceal his Anglo heritage. To Kim, these are just ways to be free. To colonial British intelligence, they're skills it knows will be useful when it makes Kim a spy.

A suave, self-centered thief learns to give instead of steal. A fear-fraught shut-in finds the courage to brave fate. A cold-blooded killer finds something worth dying for. An all-powerful prison warden discovers how small and weak he is. These four souls are condemned to be forever transformed within the crucible of Devil's Island.

It's a Cinderella's fabled footwear for this dance-and-fantasy-infused retelling of the fairy tale. She moves from sooty drudge to radiant belle of the ball with pluck, resourcefulness and the aid of a loopy fairy godmother.

An on-the-skids Broadway director takes a job at West Point staging a musical written by one of the young cadets.

Connie Dickason has inherited a sheep ranch from her ex-husband and is determined to run the ranch with the help of her new Ramrod and his crew of anti-Ivey locals despite the opposition of Ivey and her father. The resulting bloody range war is much to the dismay of Dave, who wants to resolve Connie's problems with Ivey legally.

The soldiers at Fort Apache may disagree with the tactics of their glory-seeking new commander. But to a man, they're duty bound to obey - even when it means almost certain disaster.

After her divorce, attorney Marsha Meredith Webb is nominated for a federal judgeship. The divorce was based on a misunderstanding of impropriety between her husband Pete and a female witness in a case involving the mob. Marsha's divorce is causing problems as some senators believe it makes her unfit for the position. Things get complicated because her husband Pete still loves her and will do anything to get her back, and her father will do anything...

Folks in Walsburg may want to pay heed to the brace of pistols holstered onto Josiah Gray's hips. In time, they may want to pay even more heed to the Bible in his hand. Gray is the newly arrived parson in the woodsy post-Civil War Tennessee town. And the true test of his strength will come when, during his greatest and most dangerous challenge, he sets aside his six-shooters and relies on his faith.