Editors' Picks: Favorite Books from 2012

Your team of local editors weighs in on their favorite books from the past year.

Editor's Note: The following is part of a special "end-of-the-year" series in which local editors from your nearby Patch towns highlight their favorites in various topics.   Jeff Sullivan - Editor, Mansfield Patch "Death of Kings" by Bernard Cornwell. If you want historical fiction, Cornwell is one of the greatest writers of all time. You thought Stephen King wrote a lot? Cornwell has written 53 books since 1981. King has written 55 since he started writing professionally since the 1970s. Anyway, the book is about the death of King Alfred the Great during the Danish invasion of England circa 899 AD. You might ask why care about Alfred, well, any town with the name "-borough" after it owes its monicker to him. He started building "Burhs," …

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5 Things Aug. 21: 'The Hunger Games,' AT&T Job Fair and More

Your Patch Facts for the day.

Five Things You Need to Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more, and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section. 1. High near 81, low 57 Patchy fog is expected before 8 a.m. Otherwise, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 81. West wind will be 3 to 7 mph. Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. 2. “The Hunger Games” movie showing Norton Public Library will show “The Hunger Games” at 3 p.m. in the community room. Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the 12 districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match. …

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Norton Kids Volunteer to be 'Hunger Games' Tributes [VIDEO]

Caroline Golota of District 12 wins tickets to see the movie.

Fifteen tributes signed up for the Hunger Games Quarter Quells at Norton Public Library Tuesday, and just as in the book “The Hunger Games,” the winner came from District 12. Participants ages 10 to 18 drew their names and districts from a bag and competed in various events, such as cupcake decorating, knot tying, Hunger Games Jeopardy, token and pin making, readalikes and costume creation. Roche Bros. donated the cupcakes. Caroline Golota, whose Hunger name was Rooba, received the most points and won movie tickets donated by Patriot Place Cinemas. She was the only "tribute" from District 12, which is where the main character of the book, Katniss Everdeen, is from. The movie, which comes out midnight on Friday, is set in a future where the…

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