Mr. John Billingslea

The Last Crossing Continued

The small troupe is led through the whiskey-coloured light by Jerry Potts, a half-breed with one foot firmly in each world. The heart of the plot involves the love that Charles, a painter, feels for Lucy Stoveall, a simple but lovely country woman who accompanies them, secretly intent on avenging her sister's murder. However, the most intriguing character in this marvelous collection of all-too-human personalities is Custis Straw, a Bible-reading, heavy-drinking Civil War veteran who hides his tremendous dignity behind a bumbling facade, and who also loves Lucy.

Mrs. Danielle Schwessinger, English Teacher

Rococo by Adriana Trigiani

"I haven't had much time to read lately and when I can grab a moment, I reach for anything by Adriana Trigiani. She's one of my favorite authors."

Rococo is about Bartolomeo di Crespi, a bachelor decorator in the New Jersey town of Our Lady of Fatima. In order to accomplish the renovation of the local church, he must negotiate a host of eccentric characters and outlandish intrigues from New Jersey to Europe.