Provo City Library Staff Reviews

Above Suspicion By Betsy Brannon Green Covenant Communications, 2003. 266 pgs. Mystery Mary Grace O'Malley runs a bed & breakfas...

Welcome to the Jungle By Jim Butcher Ballantine Books, 2008. [160] p. Graphic Novel Jim Butcher's Dresden Files has been a popular ...

Cat Burglar Black By Richard Sala First Second, 2009. 128 pgs. Graphic Novel Cat Burglar may not be the "normal" occupation ...

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (and Other Useful Guides) By Matthew Inman Andrews McMeel Pub, 2011. Nonfiction The ...

Under the Mesquite By Guadalupe Garcia McCall Lee & Low Books, 2011. 224 pgs. Young Adult Lupita’s mother, Mami, is the heart of t...

You Are My Only By Beth Kephart Egmont USA, 2011. 240 pgs. Young Adult Haunting, heartbreaking, and lyrical, this book really should n...

The Silence of Murder By Dandi Daley Mackall Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 327 pgs. Young Adult Jeremy Long has always been odd. He collects em...

Hypothermia: An Icelandic Thriller by Arnaldur Indridason Minotaur Books, 2011. 314 pgs. Mystery Maria's friend Karen is glad for a ...

The Buddha in the Attic By Julie Otsuka Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 129 pgs. Fiction This short novel is the combined stories of a boatload o...

SpyCatcher By Matthew Dunn William Morrow, 2011. 418 pgs. Fiction Will Cochrane, codename Spartan, is a super-secret MI6 agent. He has be...

Tankborn By Karen Sandler Tu Books, 2011. 373 pgs. Young Adult Kayla is a GEN, a genetically-engineered non-human, which puts her in the...

Unforgettable By Loretta Ellsworth Walker Books for Young Reader, 2011. 256 pgs. Young Adult After suffering a head injury as a child, B...

Resistance. Book 1 By Carla Jablonski & Leland Purvis First Second, 2010, 121 pgs. Graphic Novel In Resistance, Book 1, two children...

Level Up By Gene Yang and Thien Pham First Second/Roaring Brook Press, 2011. 160 pgs. Graphic Novel All Dennis Ouyang wants to do with h...

The Christmas of '45 By Mills Crenshaw Bonneville Books, 2010. 167 pgs. Fiction On Christmas Eve in 1945, David, who will turn six t...

Finding Hope: Where to Look for God's Help By S. Michael Wilcox Deseret Book, 2011. 58 pgs. Nonfiction In this brief book, Wilcox po...

Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 By Sally M. Walker Henry Holt, 2011. 145 pgs. Young Adult Nonfiction December 6, 1917 s...

All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011. 354 pgs. Young Adult Anya’s just trying to hold her small ...

Into the Mist: The Story of the Empress of Ireland By Anne Renaud Dundurn Press, 2010. 106 pgs. Young Adult Nonfiction After the complet...

Virtuosity By Jessica Martinez Simon Pulse, 2011. 294 pgs. Young Adult Carmen Bianchi's whole life has been leading up to a prestigi...

The Call by Yannick Murphy Harper Perennial, 2011. 220 pgs. Fiction The daily rhythm of a veterinarian’s family in rural New England is ...

American Widow by Alissa Torres and Sungyoon Choi Villard, 2008. 209 pgs. Biography Torres's husband, Eddie, started work at Cantor ...

Justice by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross D.C Comics, 2011, 375 pages. Graphic Novel In this new one volume compilation, the Justice League o...

Legend By Marie Lu G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. 305 pgs. Young Adult Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest ...

The Beginning of After By Jennifer Castle HarperTeen, 2011. 425 pgs. Young Adult In a single moment, Laurel's entire life changes. H...

A History of the World in 100 Objects By Neil MacGregor Viking, 2011. 707 pgs. Nonfiction Neil MacGregor is the Director of the British M...

The Social Animal:The Hidden Source of Love, Character, and Achievement By David Brooks Random House, 2011. 424 pgs. Nonfiction The autho...

The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures by Philip Mould Viking, 2010. 261 pgs. Nonfiction Philip M...

Prized By Caragh O’Brien Roaring Book Press, 2011. 356 pgs. Young Adult Sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone is in the wasteland with not...

The Scorpio Races By Maggie Stiefvater Scholastic Press, 2011. 409 pgs. Young Adult The Scorpio Races occur every November on the Island...