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Summer is all about action and adventure, at least that's how it looks when you notice  the summer blockbuster movies that abound. Action can be just as exciting in book form. Alexandre Dumas, a French novelist who was born on July 24, 1802, wrote several great adventure novels. Here are his works that are available through the Crawford County Library System.

The Count of Monte Cristo  - Based on a true story that deals with the themes of justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness.

Van Buren Public Library - Fiction DUMAS, YA DUMAS

Alma Public Library  - J YAMAMOTO (this is an adapated version)  and on video cassette - Juvenile Video COUNT

Mountainburg and Mulberry Public Libraries - Video Cassette  COUNT

The Man in the Iron Mask -  Deals with the transformation of Louis XIV from a weak boy king dominated by his ministers and mother to the Sun King in absolute control of the French state.

Alma and Van Buren Public Libraries - Fiction DUMAS

On Videocassette starring Leonardo DiCaprio - Van Buren Public Library - MAN

The Three Musketeers - Recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - inseparable men who chant the motto "One for all, and all for one".

Alma and Van Buren Public Libraries- YA DUMAS

Van Buren, Cedarville, and Mulberry Public Libraries - Fiction DUMAS

Mountainburg Public Library - Audio Cassette DUMAS, ALEXANDRE

Switchers by Kate Thompson.When freakish weather grips the Arctic regions and moves southward, an Irish girl and her strange companion save the world from disaster through their ability to switch into animal forms.

Alma and Van Buren Public Libraries - YA THOMPSON

The Boggart by Susan Cooper. After visiting the castle in Scotland which her family has inherited and returning home to Canada, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes.

Van Buren Public Library - J COOPER

Summerland by Michael Chabon. Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy.

Alma and Cedarville Public Libraries - J CHABON

The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs. A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.

Alma, Mountainburg and Van Buren Public Libraries - J BELLAIRS

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

Cedarville, Mulberry, and Van Buren Public Libraries - J LEVINE

The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley. Orphaned Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea.

Van Buren Public Library - YA BILLINGSLEY

The libraries in the Crawford County Library System will be closed on Wednesday,  July 4th  in observance of Independence Day.