The Bone Collection: Four Novellas/ Kathy Reichs/ 388 pages

The Bone Collection is a group of four short works by Kathy Reichs.  Each deals with a different story of Temperance Brennan's work as a forensic anthropologist.  Bones in Her Pocket is tale of a water logged body and raptor rescue.  Swamp Bones takes the reader to the Florida Everglades and introduces the world of Python roundup.  Bones on Ice explores the conquest of Everest and what can go wrong.  First Bones tells the reader how Tempe moved from academia to police work.  Each is an interesting read in the hands on style of Reichs previous books.  These books will appeal to the reader who likes the puzzle solving aspect of a murder mystery.

No Summit Out Of Sight/ Jordan Romero and Linda LeBlanc/ 355 pages

No Summit Out of Sight is the true story of Jordan Romero, the youngest person to climb the "Seven Summits", which are actually eight.  Jordan gives credit to his co-writer, Linda LeBlanc and together they do a great job of mixing facts and adventure to convey the journey of Jordan and his family in realizing his goal.  Jordan has a great message for young adults and kids in his quest.  This is a great book for the boy or girl who are looking for an adventure of the real kind.  Jordan does encounter death on Everest, but it's handled in a respectful way that should not be too disturbing to the younger reader.