Storm Front

Storm Front: Dresden Files #1

By Jim Butcher 

Roc, 2000. 322 pages. Fantasy 

As far as he knows, Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. With rent past due and a decent meal becoming an issue of importance, Harry needs to find work soon. A call from a distraught wife, and other from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago Police, makes Harry believe that things are looking up. In fact, they are about to get much worse. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. 

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Thin Air 

By Richard K. Morgan 

Del Rey, 2018. 528 pages. Science Fiction 

On a Mars where ruthless commercial interests violently collide with a homegrown independence movement, as Earth-based overlords battle for profits and power, Hakan Veil is an ex-corporate enforcer equipped with military-grade body tech that's made him a human killing machine. But he's had enough of the turbulent red planet, and all he wants is a ticket back home--which is just what he's offered by the Earth Oversight organization, in exchange for being the bodyguard for an EO investigator. It's a beyond-easy gig for a heavy hitter like Veil . . . until it isn't. When Veil's charge, Madison Madekwe, starts looking into the mysterious disappearance of a lottery winner, she stirs up a hornets' nest of intrigue and murder. And the deeper Veil is drawn into the dangerous game being played, the more long-buried secrets claw their way to the Martian surface. Now it's the expert assassin on the wrong end of a lethal weapon--as Veil stands targeted by powerful enemies hellbent on taking him down, by any means necessary 

Clean Sweep 

By Ilona Andrews 

CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2013. 227 pages. Science Fiction/Fantasy 

On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shi-tzu, and is a perfect neighbor. But Dina is different: her broom is a deadly weapon and her Inn is magic and thinks for itself. Meant to be a lodging for otherworldly visitors, the only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can't leave the grounds because she's responsible for the deaths of millions and someone might shoot her on sight. Under the circumstances, 'normal' is a bit of a stretch for Dina. And now, something with wicked claws and teeth has begun to hunt at night. Feeling responsible for her neighbors, Dina decides to get involved. Before long, she has to juggle dealing with the annoyingly attractive, ex-military, new neighbor, Sean Evans, an alpha-strain werewolf, and the equally arresting cosmic vampire soldier, Arland, while trying to keep her inn and its guests safe. But the enemy she's facing is unlike anything she's ever encountered before. It's smart, vicious, and lethal; and putting herself between this creature and her neighbors might just cost her everything.

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Don't Hate the Player

Don’t Hate the Player

By Alexis Nedd 

Bloomsbury, 2021. 378 pages. Young Adult Fiction 

Emilia Romero is living a double life. By day, she's a field hockey star with a flawless report card. But by night, she's kicking virtual butt as the only female member of a highly competitive eSports team. Emilia has mastered the art of keeping her two worlds thriving, which hinges on them staying completely separate. When a major eSports tournament comes to her city, Emilia is determined to prove herself to her team and the male-dominated gaming community. But her perfectly balanced life is thrown for a loop when a member of a rival team recognizes her. 

Jake Hooper has had a crush on Emilia since he was ten years old. When his underdog eSports team makes it into the tournament, he's floored to discover she's been leading a double life. The fates bring Jake and Emilia together as they work to keep her secret, even as the pressures of the tournament and their non-gaming world threaten to pull everything apart. 

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Fangirl 

By Rainbow Rowell 

St. Martin’s Griffin, 2013. 438 pages. Young Adult Fiction 

Feeling cast off when her best friend, and sister, outgrows their shared love for a favorite celebrity, Cath, a dedicated fan-fiction writer, struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father. 

Don’t Read the Comments 

By Eric Smith 

Inkyard Press, 2020. 357 pages. Young Adult Fiction 

At home, Divya and Aaron grapple with their problems alone, but in the game, they have each other to face infinite new worlds ... and the growing legion of trolls populating them. Soon the virtual harassment seeps into reality when a group called the Vox Populi begin launching real-world doxxing campaigns, threatening Aaron's dreams and Divya's actual life. The online trolls think they can drive her out of the game, but everything and everyone Divya cares about is on the line ... And she isn't going anywhere without a fight. 

Speak for Yourself 

By Lana Wood Johnson 

Scholastic Press, 2021. 341 pages. Young Adult Fiction 

Skylar Collins of Lovelace Academy intends to win at the Scholastic Exposition, (an extremely nerdy academic competition) using her latest app, which she considers a brilliant piece of coding; but first she has to assemble a team, and she will do anything to accomplish that, even if it means playing Cupid for teammates Joey and Zane--but her people skills are not as good as her coding, and when she starts to feel attracted to Zane things get even more complicated.

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All That Makes Life Bright: The Life and Love of Harriet Beecher Stowe

All That Makes Life Bright: The Life and Love of Harriet Beecher Stowe
By Josi Kilpack
Shadow Mountain, 2017. 336 pages. Historical Fiction

Resolving to pursue her literary life and retain her identity after marrying the supportive, deeply religious Calvin Stowe, Harriet Beecher is overwhelmed by a pregnancy while her husband travels in Europe, a situation that makes her question her place in her husband's heart.

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Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker
By Jennifer Chiaverini
Dutton, 2013. 356 pages. Historical Fiction

Chosen as the personal modiste for Mary Todd Lincoln, freedwoman Elizabeth Keckley is drawn into the intimate life of the Lincoln family as she supports Mary in the loss of her husband from the assassination that stunned the nation and the world.

 

 

The Invention of Wings
By Sue Monk Kidd
Viking Adult, 2014. 384 pages. Historical Fiction

Traces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and pursue a meaningful life; and the urban slave, Handful, who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage and a sense of self.

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Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

by Erika Engelhaupt

National Geographic Partners, 2020. 336 pages.

Erika Engelhaupt of National Geographic’s Gory Details blog has compiled some of the fascinating and provocative tales of the natural world. In this volume, you’ll find stories about gross anatomy, creepy crawlies, cultural taboos, and murderous mammals. 

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Cursed Objects: Strange But True Stories of the World’s Most Infamous Items

by J.W. Ocker Quirk Books, 2020. 271 pages.

Ocker profiles the infamous real-life items that have intersected with some of the most notable events and people in history-- leaving death and destruction in their wake.

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs

by Caitlin Doughty W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. 222 pages.

Funeral director Caitlin Doughty blends her scientific understanding of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers to thirty-five urgent questions posed by her youngest fans.

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal 

by Mary Roach W.W. Norton & Company, 2013. 348 pages.

Few of us realize what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal. In her trademark style, Mary Roach investigates the beginning, and end, of our food.

Furia

Furia

By Yamile Saied Mendez

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin, 2020. 357 pages. Young Adult

Seventeen-year-old Camila "la Furia" Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, despite her father's wishes. She keeps her passion for soccer a secret until her team qualifies for the South American tournament, which means she has to come clean to her parents. Camila must find the strength to pursue her goals despite living in a community that doesn't support her ambitions. 

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With the Fire on High

By Elizabeth Acevedo

HarperTeen, 2019. 389 pages. Young Adult

Navigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicate her dream of working in a professional kitchen. 

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

By Erika Sanchez

Alfred A Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2017. 344 pages. Young Adult

When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who lings to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed. 

Running With Lions

By Julian Winters

Duet, 2018. 305 pages. Young Adult

Sebastian Hughes, star goalie on the high school's soccer team, is looking forward to his senior year until his estranged childhood best friend, Emir Shah, shows up to summer training camp. 

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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

by Malcolm Gladwell

Little, Brown & Company, 2021, 240 pages. History

Using a variety of interviews and primary sources, Malcolm Gladwell discusses the impact the concept of precision bombing had during World War II, and its varied successes when tried against both Germany and the Japanese. This book especially focuses on the decisions leading up to the deadliest night of World War II—the bombing of Tokyo. Although this book is a great read, listen to this book if you can, since it was first created as an audiobook/podcast hybrid, then adapted into a written book. The listening experience is incredibly rich, with interviews and clips that highlight Gladwell’s points about how the use of precision bombing changed the way we fight.  

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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance during the Blitz

by Erik Larson

Crown, 2020, 585 pages. History

Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some released only recently—Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents' wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela's illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the cadre of close advisers who comprised Churchill's "Secret Circle," including his lovestruck private secretary, John Colville; newspaper baron Lord Beaverbrook; and the Rasputin-like Frederick Lindemann. 

The Vietnam War: An Intimate History

by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

Alfred A. Knopf, 2017, 640 pages. History

Those who enjoy the high production quality of Gladwell’s Bomber Mafia will enjoy this book based on the Ken Burns documentary series. Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war—US and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more. Rather than taking sides, the book seeks to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy.

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by David Grann

Doubleday, 2016, 338 pages. Nonfiction

The Bomber Mafia talks about the development of the US Air Force; Killers of the Flower Moon talks about an interesting true crime story that helped guide the formation of the FBI. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, they began to be killed off. As the death toll climbed, the FBI took up the case and slowly unveiled on the of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age 

by Annalee Newitz

W.W. Norton & Co, 2021. 297 pages.

Science journalise Annalee Newitz explores the history of urban life through four ancient cities from across the globe. If you are interested in archaeology and the ancient past, you may be familiar with Catalhoyuk, Pompeii, Angkor, and Cahokia. Newitz presents the latest research on these four cities and dives into the rise and fall of these metropolises from the four corners of the globe. 

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House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest

by Craig Shields 

Little, Brown and Co, 2007. 496 pages.

The greatest unsolved mystery of the American Southwest is the fate of the Anasazi, the native peoples who in the eleventh century converged on Chaco Canyon (in today's northwestern New Mexico) and built a flourishing cultural center that attracted pilgrims from far and wide, a vital crossroads of the prehistoric world.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval N. Harari 

Harper, 2015. 443 pages.

A narrative history of humanity's creation and evolution explores how biology and history have defined understandings of what it means to be human, detailing the role of modern cognition in shaping the ecosystem, civilizations and more.

Imagined Life: A speculative Journey Among the Exoplanets in Search of Intelligent Aliens, Ice Creatures, and Supergravity Animals

Imagined Life: A speculative Journey Among the Exoplanets in Search of Intelligent Aliens, Ice Creatures, and Supergravity Animals 

by James Trefil and Michael Summers 

Smithsonian Books, 2019, 232 pages. Nonfiction. 

Curious about what sort of life is out there when you gaze up at the night sky? Professors James Trefil and Michael Summers answer our burning hypothetical questions of just what kind of aliens one might encounter on distant (and not-so-distant planets). The planets described are all hypothetical, but they feel very familiar to what we have in our solar system—planets with crushing forces of gravity (Jupiter), planets with ice caps (Mars), and planets with liquid oceans trapped under ice (Europa). This fun, imaginative exploration of alien life is a great read for anyone interested in space, space tourism, or real-life science fiction. 

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Out there: A Scientific guide to alien life, antimatter, and human space travel (for the cosmically curious) 

by Michael Wall Grand Central Publishing, 2018. 245 pages.

This is a layman's guide to the cosmos, discussing astronomy, physics, the possibility of extraterrestrial life, the practical realities of life for humans in outer space, and insights into space exploration.

Packing for Mars

by Mary Roach W.W. Norton, 2010. 333 pages.

Popular nonfiction writer Mary Roach takes on space and describes the weirdness of space travel, answers questions about the long-term effects of living in zero gravity on the human body, and explains how space simulations on Earth can provide a preview to life in space.

Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better At It

Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better At It
By Kim and Penn Holderness

W. Publishing, an Imprint of Thomas Nelson, 2021. 230 pgs. Self-Help

Kim and Penn Holderness are best know for their viral internet video where they are dancing around in their Christmas jammies. There is a more serious side to the couple though. For the past several years they have been working hard on their relationship with their pastor and marriage coach, Dr. Christopher Edmonston. This book shares the things they learned during this time, but in a fun and lighthearted way. They share actual fights they have had and then analyze how they went wrong and what they can improve for next time. The book also includes scripts for how to start, continue, and wrap up hard conversations. The book is geared for couples, but the principles they teach can apply to any relationship. I highly recommend the audiobook on Libby. It is narrated by the authors and there are spontaneous songs and comments sprinkled throughout. 

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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

By John M. Gottman and Nan Silver

Harmony Books, 2015. 295 pgs. Self-Help

Gottman offers strategies and resources to help couples collaborate more effectively to resolve any problem, whether dealing with issues related to sex, money, religion, work, family, or anything else. 

His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage

By Willard F. Harley, Jr.

Revell, 2011. 234 pgs. Self-Help

Identifies the ten most vital needs of men and women and shows husbands and wives how to satisfy those needs in their spouses. This edition highlights the special significance of intimate emotional needs in marriage. 

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

By Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

Zondervan, 2017. 346 pgs. Self-Help

If you've ever wondered: Can I set limits and still be a loving person? How do I answer someone who wants my time, energy, or money? Why do I feel guilty when I consider setting boundaries? Unpacking the 10 laws of boundaries, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend give you biblically based answers to these and other tough questions, and show you how to set healthy boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, coworkers, and even with yourself. 

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You Have A Match

You Have a Match

by Emma Lord

Wednesday Books, 2021. 305 pages. Young Adult

When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it's mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge. After all, she knows who she is already: Avid photographer. Injury-prone tree climber. Best friend to Leo and Connie...although ever since the B.E.I. (Big Embarrassing Incident) with Leo, things have been awkward on that front. But she didn't know she's a younger sister. When the DNA service reveals Abby has a secret sister, shimmery-haired Instagram star Savannah Tully, it’s hard to believe they’re from the same planet, never mind the same parents. The logical course of action? Meet up at summer camp (obviously) and figure out why Abby’s parents gave Savvy up for adoption. But there are complications: Savvy is a rigid rule-follower and total narc. Leo is the camp’s co-chef, putting Abby's growing feelings for him on blast. And her parents have a secret that threatens to unravel everything.

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The Rest of the Story

by Sarah Dessen

HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. 440 pages. Young Adult

Unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her late mother's estranged relatives at scenic North Lake, a teen finds herself torn between her mother's working-class relatives and her father's wealthier associates.

Say Yes to Summer

by Lindsey Roth Culli

Delacorte Press, 2020. 256 pages. Young Adult

Graduating at the top of her class after years of following the rules, Rachel makes plans for a summer of saying yes to new experiences before big mistakes, rekindled friendships and romance take her in unexpected directions.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

by Jenny Han

Simon and Shuster, 2014. 355 pages. Young Adult

Lara Jean writes love letters to all the boys she has loved and then hides them in a hatbox until one day those letters are accidentally sent.

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El Príncipe del Sol

El Príncipe del Sol (El Príncipe del Sol, #1)
Por Claudia Ramírez Lomelí
Planeta, 2018. 341 páginas. Ficción Juvenil

La nación del sol y el reino de la luna han logrado mantener la paz durante un milenio, pero hoy todo parece estar perdido: la reina Virian ha desaparecido y los vientos de guerra amenazan ambos territorios. Emil es el príncipe heredero a la corona del sol y en ausencia de su madre deberá asumir el trono a pesar de su juventud. Elyon, su mejor amiga, lo convence de emprender un arriesgado viaje por Fenrai para dar con el paradero de la reina. Pero la travesía se torna cada vez más peligrosa y desconcertante cuando descubren la verdad detrás de algunos secretos que era mejor no revelar.

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La Ladrona de la Luna (El Príncipe del Sol, #2)
Por Claudia Ramírez Lomelí
Planeta, 2019. 387 páginas. Ficción Juvenil

Ha pasado un año desde que Emil fue coronado como el rey de la nación del sol. A pesar de que no ha logrado olvidar los terribles sucesos ocurridos en la Isla de las Sombras, ha intentado ser el soberano que Alariel necesita en tiempos oscuros. Emil y el resto de la corte están preocupados por el extraño comportamiento del sol, que no ha salido a la hora habitual y con frecuencia aparece más tarde, señal de un peligro inminente. Es muy probable que los antiguos rencores del reno de la luna tengas algo que ver con el desconcierto y el temor que se han propagado en Alariel. Una vez más, Emil tendrá que recurrir a sus amigos para encontrar una respuesta que no solo ayudara a la nación del sol, sino que también les permitirá sanar viejas heridas. Gianna hará todo lo posible por estar a la altura de su nuevo cargo. Ezra y Bastian viajaran a Ilardya para desenmascarar una misteriosa secta que adora a Avalon. Mientras, Mila y Gavril tendrá que preocuparse por proteger al rey contras los atentados que han estado ocurriendo y que van en aumento. Sin embargo, hay algo que todos están pasando por alto y tal vez ahí este la respuesta que cada uno desea encontrar.

Dama de Humo (Princesa de Cenizas, #2)
Por Laura Sebastian
Penguin Random House, 2019. 446 páginas. Ficción Juvenil

Princesa. Prisionera. Huérfana. Rebelde. Un trono arrebatado. Ella deberá luchar para devolvérselo a su pueblo. Llega la segunda parte de «Princesa de cenizas». Theo ya no lleva la corona de cenizas, ha recuperado su título y con él, un rehén: Prinz Soren. El pueblo sigue bajo la terrible dictadura del Kaiser, y ella está a miles de kilómetros de distancia de su trono. Theo sabe que la libertad tiene un precio, pero está decidida a encontrar un camino para salvar al pueblo sin perderse a sí misma.

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Etiquetas: Español, Ficción Juvenil, Fantasía, Jóven Adulto

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
By V. E. Schwab
Tor Books, 2020. 442 pages. Fiction

As a young woman, Addie  makes a deal with the devil to save herself from the tedium of  an arranged marriage, asking to not belong to anyone. The devil grants her immortality but curses her to a life of horrible isolation because no one she meets is able to remember her.  After 300 years of moving through the world like a shadow, Addie hears the words she thought she never would: "I remember you."

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How to Stop Time
By Matt Haig
Penguin Group, 2019. 352 pgs. Sci-Fi

Tom Hazard looks like an ordinary 41-year-old man, but due to a rare genetic condition, he's actually over 400 years old.  He has recently moved back to London to begin teaching history, but London hides memories around every corner, some centuries old.  Tom keeps his condition a secret, which isolates him from everyone except the Albatross Society, a small and secretive group of people who, like Tom, age slowly over centuries.  The Society has one rule: never fall in love, as forming attachments leads to trouble.  But for the first time in centuries, Tom is captivated by a woman, the school's French teacher.  The only way to keep her safe is to stay away from her, but Tom is finding that more and more difficult.

 

The Hollow Kingdom
By Clare B. Dunkle
Henry Holt & Company, 2006. 230 pages. Young Adult Fiction

In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to become his bride and queen...

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The Cost of Knowing

The Cost of Knowing 
By Brittney Morris
Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2021. 327 pages. Young Adult Fiction 

After a tragic accident that killed their parents, 16-year-old Alex Rufus lives with his younger brother, Isaiah, in a quiet neighborhood in Chicago with their aunt. The accident triggered a power in Alex, allowing him to experience visions of the future whenever he touches objects or the people around him. When he picks up a family photo, he has a vision that his younger brother, Isaiah, is going to die - he can't tell how, but he knows it will be soon. All Alex wants is to protect Isaiah, but how can he protect him in the present, when he knows the dangers of the future? A compelling story that speaks to hard truths about race, prejudice, and the inherent injustice that permeates the world we live in. 

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One of the Good Ones
By Maika Moulite
Inkyard Press, 2021. 335 pages. Young Adult Fiction 

When Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered. Happi and her sister Genny embark on a journey to honor Kezi in their own way, using an heirloom copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book as their guide. But there's a twist to Kezi's story that no one could've ever expected, one that will change everything all over again. 

They Both Die at the End
By Adam Silvera
HarperTeen, 2017. 373 pages. Young Adult Sci-Fi 

In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day. 

 

 

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A Proper Scandal

A Proper Scandal 

by Esther Hatch 

Covenant Communications, Inc. 2019. 222 pages. Romance. 

Grace Sinclair has been callously cast out of her home after six years living with the vicar and his family. Thankfully, Grace's estranged Aunt Bell from London has agreed to care for her. But, it takes only a moment's acquaintance for Grace to ascertain that her aunt has married a detestable rake who may not be able to resister her beauty. Recognizing the danger of having her lovely niece too near her husband, Aunt Bell gives Grace an ultimatum: the young woman has two weeks to find a man to marry, after which she will be turned out. With time not on her side her only choice is to entrap a man so society forces them to marry. But Grace is a proper lady and lying and deceiving go against her nature. She quickly realizes that a worthy suitor might not be so easy to ensnare. 

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The Kiss of a Stranger 

by Sarah M. Eden 

Covenant Communications, Inc. 2011. 252 pages. Romance. 

When Crispin, Lord Cavratt, thoroughly and scandalously kisses a serving woman in the garden of a country inn, he assumes the encounter will be of no consequence. But he couldn't be more mistaken--the maid is not only a lady of birth, she's the niece of a very large, exceptionally angry gentlemen, who claims Crispin has compromised his niece beyond redemption. The dismayed young lord has no choice but to marry Miss Catherine Thorndale, who lacks both money and refinement and assumes all men are as vicious as her guardian uncle. 

The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern 

by Robert Morrison 

W.W. Norton & Company. 2019. 366 Pages. Nonfiction.

A surprising history of the era that brought our modern world decisively into view. Though the Victorians are often credited with ushering in our modern era, the seeds were planted in the years before. The Regency (1811- 1820) began when the profligate Prince of Wales replaced his insane father, George III, as Britain's ruler; around the regent surged a society of evangelicalism and hedonism, elegance and brutality, exuberance and despair. The arts showcased extraordinary writers and painters such as Austen, Byron, the Shelleys, Constable, and Turner. Science gave us the steam locomotive and the blueprint for the modern computer. Yet the dark side of the modern era was visible in the poverty, slavery, pornography, opium, and gothic imaginings that birthed Frankenstein. And all the while, the British Empire fought in foreign lands: the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the War of 1812 in the United States. Exploring these crosscurrents, Robert Morrison illuminates the profound ways this period shaped and indelibly marked the modern world.

 

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Camping Basics: Everything You Need to Know from S’mores to Sleeping Bags

 Sleeping Bags to S'mores: Camping Basics

by Heather Rochfort

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020. 224 Pages. Nonfiction

Ever wanted to go camping, but had no idea where to start? Need to unplug, but not sure what to do? Do you have childhood memories of camping bliss, but no idea how to do it on your own? Sleeping Bags to S'mores has you covered!

From two expert writers on camping and backpacking, this book covers everything you need to know about how to go camping. From picking a destination and what to pack to how to deal with wildlife (including kids), sporty guides Heather and Will Rochfort will show you the way. Sleeping Bags to S'mores is everything you need to know to have the relaxing, fun-filled camping experience you're looking for, and it includes 100 entertaining full-color illustrations.

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See You at the Campground: A Guide to Discovering Community, Connection, and a Happier Family in the Great Outdoors

by Stephanie Puglisi

Sourcebooks 2020. 301 Pages. Nonfiction

Stephanie and Jeremy Puglisi were stressed out, sleep-deprived, and near the end of their rope with infant twins. They had no clear idea of how they could continue to travel with a growing family and full-time jobs. Then they bought a pop-up camper, and their lives changed forever.In See You at the Campground , Stephanie and Jeremy show readers how the open road could be the ticket to a happier, healthier family. From cabin camping to RVs to tents, and from national parks to private campgrounds, Stephanie and Jeremy explore the ins and outs of road trips, camping, and enjoying adventurous, exciting family trips that don't break the budget but leave you with memories that will last a lifetime.Perfect for families who have never camped before, those thinking of exploring a new type of camping experience, and seasoned campers seeking high-level hacks and tips, See You at the Campground is the ultimate guide to fostering a sense of adventure and exploration in your family each time you hit the road.

The Down and Dirty Guide to Camping with Kids: How to Plan Memorable Family Adventures and Connect Kids to Nature

by Helen Olsson

Roost Books 2012. 254 pages. Nonfiction

Outlines economical options for family camping vacations, sharing irreverent, anecdotal, and practical guidelines for families with young children while explaining how to select gear and address needs with a minimum of stress.

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