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Submitted by JennyH on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 10:26am.
Book Finalists Chosen for Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads 2009
The theme of the 2009 Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads program is The Universe: Yours to Discover. Three books have been chosen as finalists for the community read and are available at AADL. Request the books online or visit the display in the lobby of the Downtown Library.
The three book finalists are available in alternative formats for those who are unable to read or use printed materials due to a physical disability (blindness, macular degeneration, paralysis, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, dyslexia, etc.). Please contact the Washtenaw County Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled (LBPD) at 1-888-460-0680 for more information.
The finalists are:
Timothy Ferris, Seeing In The Dark: How Amateur Astonomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe. New York: Simon & Schuster, c2002.
Homer Hickam, Rocket Boys: A Memoir. New York: Delacorte Pres, 1998.
Dava Sobel, The Planets. New York: Viking, 2005.



