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• The Queen of the Cicadas

  La Reina De Las Chicharras

  Castro, V.,

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  Not about actual cicadas, The Queen of Cicadas is actually an urban legend involving the Aztec goddess of death, Mictecacíhuatl. In 1950s south Texas a farmworker, Milagros from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is murdered. Her death is ignored…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves

  Connor, Quinn,

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  Years ago, yellow fever gripped the small lakeside town of Prosper, Arkansas. At the height of that summer swelter, the dam failed and the valley flooded-drowning the town and everyone trapped inside. Now, decades later, when a mysterious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dearly

  New Poems

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  A collection of poetry that addresses themes such as love, loss, the passage of time, nature--including cicadas.

• The Jealousy Man and Other Stories

  Nesbø, Jo, 1960-

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  A collection of short stories by popular Scandanavian crime author Nesbo, including one titled The Cicadas.

• The Hatching

  a Novel

  Boone, Ezekiel,

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  Who knew that an ancient arachnid species, dormant for over a millennium, was ready to move out and take over the world? A U.S. government entomologist in Washington, DC, and an FBI agent in Minnesota are about to find out.

• Storm of Locusts

  Roanhorse, Rebecca,

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  Kai and Caleb Goodacre have been kidnapped just as rumors of a cult sweeping across the reservation leads Maggie and Hastiin to investigate an outpost, and what they find there will challenge everything they’ve come to know in this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Call Your Daughter Home

  Spera, Deb,

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  Struggling to recover after a natural pest invasion devastates the economy of 1924 South Carolina, three fierce Southern women unite against terrible injustices that have overshadowed their small-town community.

• The Salt Line

  Goddard Jones, Holly

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  In a future world where the United States' borders have receded behind a ring of scorched earth to protect citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks, a group of extreme adventurers find themselves at the center of a murderous plot.

• The Kissing Bug

  a True Story of a Family, An Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease

  Hernández, Daisy,

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  Nonfiction. Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernandez believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. But as Hernandez dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas--or the kissing bug disease--is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

  Egan, Dan,

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  Nonfiction. Traces the scientific, historical, and ecological factors endangering the Great Lakes, discussing late-nineteenth century efforts to connect the lakes to the Atlantic, which unexpectedly introduced invasive species from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wicked Bugs

  Stewart, Amy

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  Nonfiction. Chronicles the insects, worms, and spiders that have tormented humankind for centuries.

• Super Fly

  the Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects

  Balcombe, Jonathan, 1959-

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  Nonfiction. A biologist puts a spotlight on lowly, annoying flies and describes the vital roles they actually play in every ecosystem as pollinators, waste-disposers and food source, highlighting unique types including the Petroleum Fly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Buzz, Sting, Bite

  Why We Need Insects

  Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne,

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  Nonfiction. An informative introduction to the world of insects explains why we—and the planet we inhabit—could not survive without them.

• A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear

  the Utopian Plot to Liberate An American Town (and Some Bears)

  Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew,

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  Nonfiction. An investigative journalist, in this story complete with gunplay, adventure and backstabbing politicians, reveals how the tiny town of Grafton, New Hampshire, became a radical experiment in small government, resulting in bear…Read moreRead more of this annotation