Provo City Library Staff Reviews

Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith By Deborah Heiligman Henry Holt and Co., 2009. 268 pgs. Biography Charles Darwin didn...

The Shepherd’s Song: a Christmas Story By Larry Barkdull Deseret Book, 2009. 124 pgs. Fiction Joshua ben Levi is a shepherd tending the ...

Prophecy of the Sisters By Michelle Zink Little, Brown, 2009. 343 pgs. Young Adult Soon after her father’s mysterious death, Lia disco...

The Gift By Cecelia Ahern Harper, 2009. 302 pgs. Fiction Lou Steffen is a business executive obsessed with his job. He never has time fo...

Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side By Beth Fantaskey Harcourt, 2009. 354 pages. Young Adult Fiction Jessica Packwood was adopted...

Sarah’s Quilt: the Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906 By Nancy Turner Thomas Dunne Books, 2005. 402 pgs. Fiction...

The Fountainhead By Ayn Rand Plume, 1994. 736 pgs. Fiction Simply put, this is the story of a man who knew no other way to live than in ...

NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman Twelve, 2009. 336 pgs. Nonfiction. After all these years w...

There's No Place Like Here By Cecelia Ahern Hyperion, 2007. 340 pgs. Fiction Sandy Shortt has been obsessed with finding missing thi...

Deep in the Heart of Trouble By Deanne Gist Bethany House, 2008. 395 pages. Romance Tony Morgan expects to inherit his family’s oil bus...

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, Bk 1) By Richelle Mead Razorbill, 2007. 332 pages. Young Adult Rose and Lissa are best friends and hav...

The Wild Things By Dave Eggers McSweeney's Books, 2009. 288 pgs. Science Fiction Eight-year-old Max is frustrated by his older siste...

If We Kiss By Rachel Vail Harper Trophy, 2006. 259 pgs. Young Adult Fourteen-year-old Charlie has a big problem. Kevin Lazarus kisses he...

The Great Cow Race By Jeff Smith Cartoon Books, 1996. 144 pgs. Young Adult The second book in the Bone series focuses on the Spring Fair...

The Treasure Map of Boys By E. Lockhart Delacorte Press, 2009. 244 pgs. Young Adult In the third installment of the Ruby Oliver series, ...

Reading Together By Diane W. Frankenstein Perigee, 2009. 279 pgs. Nonfiction Curling up on the couch with a book and a child is one of l...

Girl in a Blue Dress By Gaynor Arnold Crown Publishers, 2008. 414 pgs. Historical Fiction Before Dorothea “Dodo” Gibson even saw him, ...

Evermore By Alyson Noël St. Martin's Griffin, 2009. 306 pgs. Young Adult After being in a car crash that was fatal for all her famil...

The Persian Pickle Club By Sandra Dallas St. Martin's Griffin, 1996. 196 pgs. Fiction The Persian Pickle club is a group of tight-kn...

Trail of Fate By Michael P. Spradlin Putnam’s Sons, 2009. 230 pgs.Young Adult Shipwrecked and washed ashore in France, Tristan is a memb...

The Battle for Skandia By John Flanagan Philomel Books, 2008. 294 pgs. Young Adult Will and Evanlyn have escaped from Skandia and are on...

The Devil’s Breath By David Gilman Delacourte Press, 2008. 511 pgs. Young Adult While out on a run one night at his English boarding sch...

Literary Hoaxes: An Eye-Opening History of Famous Frauds By Melissa Katsoulis Skyhorse Pub., 2009. 328 pgs. Nonfiction You’re most likel...

PS, I Love You By Cecelia Ahern Hyperion, 2004. 375 pgs. Fiction A widow at twenty-nine, Holly Kennedy doesn't know what to do. Her ...

Cracked Wheat for Christmas By Ted Hindmarsh Cedar Fort, 2005. 80 pgs. Fiction For Dr. Alexander Pennington III, Christmas is nothing si...

The Boy Book By E. Lockhart Delacorte Press, 2006. 193 pgs. Young Adult In the second installment of the Ruby Oliver series, Ruby is sta...

The Carousel Painter By Judith Miller Bethany House, 2006. 335 pgs. Romance Carrington Brouwer, an American, lives in Paris with her fat...

Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon By Joe Gores Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Fiction. 337 pgs. When ...

Prada & Prejudice By Mandy Hubbard Penguin Group, 2009. 238 pages. Young Adult Fifteen year old Callie’s best friend has moved away ...

The Body in the Sleigh By Katherine Hall Page William Morrow, 2009. 256 pgs. Mystery It's Christmas time on Sanpere Island, just off...