Provo City Library Staff Reviews

This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein By Kenneth Oppel Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2011. 298 pgs...

Daniel X: Alien Hunter By James Patterson and Leopoldo Gout Little, Brown & Co, 2008. 127 pgs. Graphic Novel Daniel, an alien with ...

Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives By Albert Marrin Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. 181 pgs. Young Adult Nonfiction Albert Marrin's t...

Rapunzel's Revenge By Shannon & Dean Hale, Illustrated by Nathan Hale Bloomsbury Pub., 2008. 144 pgs. Graphic Novel This graphic...

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell By Susanna Clarke Bloomsbury, 2004. 782 pgs. Fantasy Practicing English magicians have all but disappea...

The Tiger’s Wife By Tea Obreht Random House, 2011. 337 pgs. Fiction Set in the war torn Balkans, ‘The Tigers Wife’ tells of a young doct...

The Wise Man Returns by Kenny Kemp Cedar Fort, 2011. 357 pgs. Fiction Melchior of Alexandria has just been promoted to a powerful positi...

The Information: a History, a Theory, a Flood By James Gleick Pantheon Books. 2011. 526 Pages. Nonfiction James Gleick begins his story ...

Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London By Andrea Warren Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011. 156 pg. Young Adult Nonficti...

Friends & Foes By Sarah M. Eden Covenant Communications, 2012. 269 pgs. Romance Philip Jonquil, Earl of Lampton, has sent five years...

Letters in the Jade Dragon Box by Gale Sears Deseret Book, 2011. 296 pgs. Historical Fiction Wen-Shan has been living with her great unc...

Touch of Power By Maria V. Snyder Mira Books, 2011. 390 pgs. Fantasy How could a person with the ability to magically heal someone ever ...

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength By Roy F. Baumeister Penguin Press, 2011. 291 pgs. Nonfiction What is willpower? Ca...

The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media by Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld W.W. Norton, 2011. 170 pgs. Nonfiction. Br...

The Cat’s Table By Michael Ondaatje Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 269 pgs. Historical Fiction The Cat’s Table takes place in a mere three week...

Falling Together By Marisa de los Santos William Morrow, 2011. 360 pgs. Fiction Meeting on the first day of college, Cat, Will, and Pen ...

We3: the deluxe edition By Grant Morrison Vertigo Publishing, 2011, 144 pgs, Graphic Novel In an updated and graphic version of previous...

The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz Muholland, 2011. 294 pgs. Mystery. When Holmes and Watson begin investiga...

Not My Type By Melanie Jacobson Covenant Communications, 2011. 255 pgs. Romance Pepper Spicer's life is less than ideal. Since her f...

The Sense of an Ending By Julian Barnes Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 163 pgs. Fiction Tony Webster’s life is mostly behind him. It’s been a...

Love Life and See Good Days By Emily Freeman Deseret Book, 2011. 138 pgs. Nonfiction A very common term in our language is to "Have...

Wonderland By Tommy Kovac Disney Press, 2008. 159 pgs. Graphic Novel Although Alice is gone, there's still plenty of action in Wonde...

Attack the Lusitania! by Jerry Borrowman Covenant Communications, 2011. 221 pgs. Historical Fiction In April 1915 the sinking of the Lus...

Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur By Tony Lee & illustrated by Sam Hart Candlewick Press, 2011. Young Adult Arthur holds a long-s...

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...