Provo City Library Staff Reviews

Dragon Slippers By Jessica Day George Bloomsbury, 2007. 324 pgs. Young Adult Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon an...

Distant Waves: a novel of the Titanic By Suzanne Weyn Scholastic Press, 2009. 330 pgs. Young Adult Raised by a strong, spirited mother w...

The World is Flat: a Brief History of the Twenty-First Century By Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straw, and Giroux, 2006. 488 pgs. Nonfiction ...

Fakes & Forgeries: The True Crime Stories of History’s Greatest Deceptions By Brian Innes Reader’s Digest, 2005. 256 pgs. Nonfiction ...

The Summer I Turned Pretty By Jenny Han Simon & Schuster, 2009. 276 p. Young Adult Isabel, nicknamed Belly, truly lives for the su...

Googled: The End of the World as We Know It By Ken Auletta Penguin Press, 2009. 384 pgs. Nonfiction Google is one of the most powerful c...

Surrounded by Strangers By Josi S. Kilpack Bonneville Books, 2003. 242 pgs. Fiction Pamela Bennion isn't who she pretends to be. Wor...

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression By Amity Shlaes HarperCollins, 2007. 464 pgs. Nonfiction Shlaes takes a look ...

Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body By Neil Shubin Pantheon Books, 2008. 229 pgs. NonFiction ...

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto By Michael Pollan Penguin Press, 2008. 244 pgs. Nonfiction “Eat food. Not too much. Mostl...

The Boyfriend List By E. Lockhart Delacorte Press, 2005. 229 pgs. Young Adult Ruby Oliver's life has fallen apart. She's managed...

Appaloosa By Robert B. Parker G. P. Putman’s Sons, 2005. 276 pgs. Fiction Lawmen, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, are for hire to clean u...

A Wreath for Emmett Till By Marilyn Nelson Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 34 pgs. Young Adult Nonfiction Marilyn Nelson weaves an intricate memo...

Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends By William Guarnere Berkley Caliber, 2007. 296 pgs. Nonfiction William Guarnere and Edward (Babe) He...

Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia By Robert Lacey Viking, 2009. 404 pgs. Nonfiction Robe...

Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly Little, Brown, 2009. 374 pgs. Mystery When Harry Bosch draws a case in South L. A. apparently involving...

Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture By Ellen Ruppel Shell Penguin Press, 2009. 296 pages. Nonfiction When I picked up this book, I ...

Odyssey By Homer; Translated & Narrated by Stanley Lombardo Parmenides Audio, 2006. 10 CDs. Nonfiction One of the greatest heroes of...

As You Wish By Jackson Pearce HarperCollins, 2009. 298 pages Young Adult Fiction Viola, an artist, would rather sit back and watch her...

Front and Center By Catherine Gilbert Murdock Houghton Mifflin, 2009. 256 pgs. Young Adult D.J. just wants to blend back into the bac...

The Demon's Lexicon By Sarah Rees Brennan Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009. 322 pgs. Young adult fiction. Nick's world consists...

Mistakes were made (but not by me): Why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts. by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson H...

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies By Jared Diamond Norton, 2005. 518 pgs. Nonfiction Books On Tape 13 discs Althoug...

The Amaranth Enchantment By Julie Berry Bloomsbury, 2009. 308 pgs . Young Adult Lucinda Chapdelaine , orphaned when she was five years o...

The Sweetheart of Prosper County By Jill S. Alexander Feiwel and Friends, 2009. 212 pgs. Young Adult Austin wants to be noticed (and n...

Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places by Bill Streever Little, Brown, 2009. 292 pgs. Nonfiction. Streever begins his chillin...

Sleeping Murder By Agatha Christie Dodd Mead, 1976. 242 pgs. Mystery Newly married Gwenda, when searching for a house in England, knows ...

The Shakespeare Stealer By Gary L. Blackwood Dutton Children’s Book, 1998. 216 pgs. Young Adult Widge, an orphan sold into apprenticeshi...

The Icebound Land By Jonathan Flanagan Philomel Books, 2007. 266 pgs. Young Adult Jark Erak, not wanting to leave a losing battle empty-...

Splendor By Anna Godbersen Harper, 2010. 391 pgs. Young Adult Will everyone end up happy at the end of the Luxe series? These young w...