Celebrate Banned Books Week 2016: September 25 through October 1 Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all […]
Gear up for some scares and suspense with these new Mysteries & Thrillers: And the Trees Crept In by Dawn KurtagichSisters Silla, seventeen, and Nori, four, are trapped in their aunt’s cursed manor and can only escape with the help of a mysterious boy. Scary Out There by Jonathan MaberryMultiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry compiles more than twenty stories […]
Legacy of kings by Eleanor Herman is a powerful book set back in the time of Alexander the Great when he was prince of Macedonia. The story follows six young characters each on individual quests of their own, and looking for a way to change their fates or paths. This book is riveting: it contains twists, turns, betrayals and more. And […]
Check out what’s new in Speculative Fiction: Naked ‘76 by Kevin BrooksIn the summer of 1976, when punk rock is taking over England, Lili finds herself playing bass for a wild new band called Naked, and struggling to sort out complicated relationships with self-destructive band mates. Infinite Risk by Ann AguirreBeyond the pull of life and death lies the Immortal […]
Check out what’s new with this selection of new materials: Mystery and Thrillers:Running Girl by Simon MasonGarvie Smith is a sixteen-year-old with a genius level IQ, who can not be bothered with school, smokes cannabis, and hangs out with the bad boys–but when fifteen-year-old Chloe Dow is murdered he comes up against the ambitious Detective Inspector Singh, and both of […]
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen is a gripping story about a young girl struggling with her life. The book follows Ruby, a teenage girl whose mother has left her to fend for herself. The situation doesn’t work out well and she ends up living with her sister and her husband. This is Ruby’s story about finding where her home […]
