Provo City Library Staff Reviews

Hunted by Meagan Spooner Harper Teen, 2017. 374 pgs. Young Adult Fiction Yeva’s family lives in town when disaster strikes and her family...

The Art of Baking with Natural Yeast: Breads, Pancakes, Waffles, Cinnamon Rolls, and Muffins by Caleb Warnock and Melissa Richardson Fro...

George Washington's Secret Six: the Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution By Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager Sentinel, 2013. 235...

Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford Ballangine Books, 2017, 307 pgs.  Historical Fiction Jamie Ford finds little known fac...

Before We Were Yours By Lisa Wingate Ballantine Books, 2017. 342 pgs. Historical Fiction Rill Foss’s parents leave her in charge of he...

The Dam Keeper By Robert Kondo First Second, 2017. 153 Pages. Life in Sunrise Valley is tranquil, but beyond its borders lies certain de...

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal  By Mary Roach  W.W. Norton & Company, 2013. 348 pages.  The human digestive system is prob...

Hit the Ground Running By Alison Hughes Orca Book Publishers, 2017. 205 pgs,  Young Adult Dee is freaking out! Her dad, an antiques ...

Age of Myth By Michael Sullivan Del Rey, 2016. 409 pages. Fantasy Since time immemorial, humans have worshipped the gods they call Fhrey...

Always and Forever, Lara Jean By Jenny Han Simon & Schuster, 2017. 325 pages. Young Adult Jenny Han surprised fans when she reveal...

Feral Youth By Shaun David Hutchinson Simon Pulse, 2017. 310 pgs. Young Adult Ten teens have been sent to a tough summer camp meant to...

Far from the Tree By Robin Benway Harper Teen, 2017, 374 pages, Young Adult When Grace, an only child who was adopted at birth, ends u...

Sourdough: a Novel By Robin Sloan MCD, 2017. 272 pgs. Fiction Robin Sloan's new novel, Sourdough, is a delightful blend of magical...

Midnight at the Electric By Jodi Lynn Anderson Harper Teen, 2017, 257 pages, Young Adult Kansas, 2065. Adri has secured a slot as a C...

The Door to January By Gillian French Islandport Press, 2017. 193 pgs. Young Adult Fiction Ever since she moved away from her hometown...

American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West By Nate Blakeslee Crown Publishers, 2017. 300 pgs. Nonfiction Wolve...

Lincoln in the Bardo By George Saunders Random House, 2017. 341 pgs. Fiction The bardo refers to the state of existence between life a...

Alex and Eliza : a love story by Melissa De La Cruz G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2017. 358 pages. Young Adult Fiction. Alexander Hamilton ...

Holes by Louis Sachar New York, Straus and Giroux, 2008. 265pgs. Young Adult Fiction Due to the curse that his no good dirty rotten pig ...

Stripling Warrior  by Kathi Oram Peterson CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. 257 pgs. Young Adult Fiction Sydney Morgan ...

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad By M.T. Anderson Candlewick Press, 2017. 456 pgs. Youn...

Origin  (Robert Langdon #5) By Dan Brown Doubleday, 2017. 461 pgs. Fiction Harvard professor and symbologist Robert Langdon receives a...

A Surgeon in the Village: an American Doctor Teaches Brain Surgery in Africa Tony Bartelme Beacon Press, 2017. 274 pgs. Biography Brill...

Uncomfortably Happily By Yeon-sik Hong Drawn & Quarterly, 2017. 572 pgs. Graphic Novel The hustle and bustle of Seoul, as well as ...

Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff By Chip Gaines W Publishing Group, 2017. 191 pgs. Nonfiction I read Magn...

Klaus By Grant Morrison and Dan Mora Boom! Studios, 2016. 208 pgs. Graphic Novel In this interpretation of Santa Claus's origin, Kla...

It By Stephen King Viking, 1986. 1,138 pgs. Horror In 1958 Derry, Maine, an evil creature is tormenting and killing children, unseen b...

One Dark Throne By Kendare Blake Harper Teen, 2017. 448 pages. Young Adult Fiction In this sequel to Three Dark Crowns , the Ascension...

The Princess Diarist  By Carrie Fisher Blue Rider Press, 2016. 257 pages. Carrie Fisher’s last addition to her already prolific writing ...

Artemis By Andy Weir Crown Publishing Group, 2017. 384 pages.  Sci-Fi Jazz Bashara lives in Artemis, the first city on the moon, which...