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Rana Tahir Author of Choose Your Adventure Spies: Noor Inayat Khan |
Fahra Daredia
Beale Memorial Library |
Jasmin LoBasso
Kern County Library |
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Library of Small Catastrophes by Alison C. RollinsLibrary of Small Catastrophes, Alison Rollins’ ambitious debut collection, interrogates the body and nation as storehouses of countless tragedies. Drawing from Jorge Luis Borges’ fascination with the library, Rollins uses the concept of the archive to offer a lyric history of the ways in which we process loss. |
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Strange the Dreamer by Laini TaylorWar orphan and junior librarian Lazlo Strange is obsessed with the lost city of Weep, and when a stunning opportunity is offered, Lazlo seizes his chance to learn the city's mysteries and enters a mythical world of monsters, treachery, and wonder. |
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Gargoyles
A group of gargoyles protect the streets of New York City after the sun goes down
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If I Tell You the Truth by Jasmin Kaur Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Rupi Kaur, this heartrending story told in prose, poetry, and illustration weaves together the stories of a mother and daughter's lives. In this stunning sophomore novel, acclaimed writer Jasmin Kaur explores trauma, fear, courage, community, and the healing power of love in its many forms.
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Noor Inayat Khan by Rana TahirYOU are the world's first Spy Princess, Noor Inayat Khan. Although you grew up in luxury with all of the best that your American mother and Sufi father could offer, you had dreams of becoming a children's author and helping people all over the world who you met in your global travels. World War II changed your life, but also showed the world you were one of the bravest women who ever lived. You left your easy life behind to spy for the Resistance as a British secret agent, and became the first female radio operator who entered Nazi-occupied France. Did the lessons of your life prepare you for the realities of war? |
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Man With A PlanGolden Globe winner Matt LeBlanc in a comedy about an old-school guy confronting the modern challenges of parenting, marriage, and family. Adams (LeBlanc) self-assured wife, Andi, has gone back to work, forcing him to deal with the startling discovery that his three school-age little angels are maniacs, all the while trying to run a contracting business with his troublemaker brother, Don. In the midst of all this, Adam also has to deal with his strong-willed and opinionated father, Joe, who enjoys giving him terrible advice about how to run his life. With Andi's encouragement, and help from an unlikely friend Lowell, Adam takes charge of his brood, lays down the law, and discovers he's going to nail this job.
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The Hidden Witch by Molly OstertagWhen Aster's non-magical friend Charlie finds herself the target of a curse, Aster and his unconventional talent for witchery must find the source of the curse before more people get hurt. |
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The Memory Police by Yko OgawaAn Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance finds a young novelist hiding her editor from mysterious authorities who would erase all memories of people who once existed. By the award-winning author of The Housekeeper and The Professor. |
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Father of the BrideA befuddled father has a hard time letting go of his young daughter as she plans her wedding; just when a father is getting used to his daughter being married, he finds out that he will become a grandfather for the first time as well as a father again. |
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Strip
by Jessica Abughattas
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