Provo City Library Staff Reviews

The Last Queen  by C. W. Gortner Ballantine Books, 2009. 378 pgs. Fiction. Juana’s childhood abruptly comes to an end when her parents...

One Week in the Library by W. Maxwell Prince Image Comics Inc., 2016. 96 pgs. Graphic Novel In this experimental graphic novella, Alle...

The Siren By Kiera Cass HarperTeen, 2016 (originally published 2009). 327 pages. Young Adult Fantasy Kahlen is a teen girl whose 1930s...

Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women by Marianne Monson Shadow Mountain, 2016. 198 pgs. Biography Frontier...

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead By Brené Brown Gotham Books, 2012. 2...

The Lady of the Lakes: The True Love Story of Sir Walter Scott By Josi Kilpack Shadow Mountain, 2017. 338 pgs. Historical Fiction, Roman...

Dragonsong  by Anne McCaffery New York : Atheneum, 1976. 202 pgs YA Fiction  Menolly has a talent for music. A talent not appreciated o...

Vanished: True Tales of Mysterious Disappearances By Elizabeth MacLeod Annick Press, 2016. 184gs. Young Adult Nonfiction Do you rememb...

Avalanche By Melinda Braun Simon Pulse, 2016. 263 pgs,  Young Adult What starts out as a fun back-country ski trip during Spring Break...

1632 by Eric Flint BAEN Books, 2001, 597 pages, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction.  A small West Virginia town is mysteriously uproote...

Emperor of Thorns By Mark Lawrence Ace Books, 2013. 434 pages. Fantasy Jorg is back for a third and final volume, and the question...

Caraval by Stephanie Garber Flatiron Books, 2017.407. YA Fiction Scarlett and her younger sister live on a remote island with their abus...

Into the Storm by Taylor Anderson Roc, 2009, 416 pages, Historical Fiction, Sci-fi.  On the run from the vicious and inexorable Japanese...

You Bet Your Garden Guide to Growing Great Tomatoes by Mike McGrath Fox Chapel Publishing, 2012. 111 pgs. Nonfiction From seed to harve...

Kingdom of Ash and Briars by Hannah West Holiday House, 2016, 350 pages, Young Adult Fiction Bristal, a sixteen-year-old kitchen maid,...

Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley Dial Books, 2016, 249 pages, Young Adult Fiction Sixteen-year-old Solomon is agoraphobi...

The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes Knopf, 2016. 384 pgs. Nonfiction In the name of heart health, federal guidelines have urged Amer...

11/22/63 By Stephen King Scribner, 2011. 846 pages. Sci-Fi Meet Jake Epping, ordinary high school English teacher. Meet Al Templet...

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Crown Books for Young Readers, 2016. 372 pages. Young Adult When you live in a small town set in the ...

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake Harperteen, 2016. 398 pages. Young Adult On the magical island of Fennbirn, a set of girl triplets ...

Where Am I Now? True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson Penguin Books, 2016. 272 pgs. Biography You might not know...

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. 290 pgs. Biography Hope Jahren is an acclaimed botanist.  From her early childhood she ...

Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge: The Dirty Secrets Behind Early American Medicine By J. Marin Younker Zest Books, 2016. 110 pgs. Young A...

The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger Simon & Schuster, 2016. 341 pages. Fiction. Charlie is a consistent tennis star until she su...

Bless Me, Ultima By Rudolfo A. Anaya Warner Books, (1973) 1994. 250 pages. Fiction. This widely acclaimed and award winning novel for ...

Victoria By Daisy Goodwin St. Martin's Press, 2016. 404 pages. Historical Fiction This novel is based on Queen Victoria's firs...

Dark Matter By Blake Crouch Crown Publishers, 2016. 342 pgs. Sci-fi Jason Dessen is happy with his life. He has a secure job teaching ...

Diary of a Tokyo Teen By Christine Mari Inzer Tuttle Publishing, 2016. 127 pgs. Graphic Novel When just fifteen, Christine travels to ...

The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jeffries Crown, 2016. 432 pgs. Fiction. Gwendolyn Hooper, a naïve, young Englishwoman, follows her...

The Bookshop on the Corner By Jenny Colgan Harper Collins, 2016. 368 pgs. Fiction Nina Redmond loves finding the perfect book for a re...