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The Good Stuff From the Staff of Driftwood Public Library March 2026 |
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Lost places: stories by Sarah PinskerA half-remembered children's TV show. A hotel that shouldn't exist. A mysterious ballad. Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker's second collection brings together a seemingly eclectic group of stories that unite behind certain themes: her touchstones of music and memory are joined by stories about secret subversions and hidden messages in art. Her stories span and transcend genre labels, looking for the truth in strange situations from possible futures to impossible pasts.
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Bindle punk brujaby Desideria MesaLuna -- or depending on who's asking, Rose -- is the white-passing daughter of an immigrant mother who's seen what happens to people from her culture. This world is prejudicial, and she must hide her identity in pursuit of owning an illegal jazz club. Using her cunning powers, Rose negotiates with dangerous criminals as she climbs up Kansas City's bootlegging ladder. Luna, however, runs the risk of losing everything if the crooked city councilmen and ruthless mobsters discover her ties to an immigrant boxcar community that secretly houses witches. Last thing she wants is to put her entire family in danger. |
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Here there be gods and monsters -- forged from flesh and stone and vengeance -- emerging from the icy abyss of deep space, ascending from dark oceans, and prowling strange cities to enter worlds of chaos and wonder, where scientific rigor and human endeavour is tested to the limits. These are cosmic realms and watery domains where old offerings no longer appease the ancient Gods or the new and hungry idols. Deities and beasts. Life and death. Love and hate. Science and magic. And smiling monsters in human skin.
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by Sofia Samatar
Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his father dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria, Jevick's life is as close to perfect as he can imagine. But just as he revels in Olondria's Rabelaisian Feast of Birds, he is pulled drastically off course and becomes haunted by the ghost of an illiterate young girl. Jevick must face his ghost and learn her story before he has any chance of becoming free by setting her free. |
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Brown girl in the ring by Nalo HopkinsonThe rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways -- farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, and the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother. She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends.
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by Judith Heumann
"Heumann shares her story as a lifelong disability rights advocate, from her mother's fight for her daughter's right to get an education to Heumann's time in the White House as the first Special Advisor for International Disability Rights. In this memoir, she shares her frustrations at a world that was not built with everyone in mind, a world that frequently sought to exclude her and others like her from active participation in society. Instead of stewing in frustration, Heumann embarked on a lifelong journey to dismantle the ableist society and create a more accessible world. Heumann's personality shines throughout. Her voice is witty, persistent, and at times irreverent as she immerses readers in her story and highlights how similar we all are. Her tale is one of perseverance against discrimination, and the right of all people to pursue a full and fulfilling life." -- Library Journal |
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Fair play: a novelby Louise HegartyA group of friends gather at an Airbnb on New Year's Eve. It is Benjamin's birthday, and his sister Abigail is throwing him a jazz-age murder mystery themed party. As the night plays out, champagne is drunk, hors d'oeuvres consumed, and relationships forged, consolidated, or frayed. Someone kisses the wrong person; someone else's heart is broken. In the morning, all of them wake up -- except Benjamin. |
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The last of Sheila (1973)Written by Stephen Sondheim & Anthony Perkins ; directed by Herbert Ross.
A year after Sheila is killed by a hit-and-run driver, her wealthy husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
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Magpie murdersby Anthony HorowitzEditor Susan Ryeland has worked with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years, so she has no reason to think his latest novel will be much different from his others. Readers love his detective, Atticus Pünd, a celebrated solver of crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder. |
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The Twyford code by Janice HallettForty years ago, Steven "Smithy" Smith found a copy of a famous children's book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. When he showed it to his remedial English teacher Miss Iles, she believed that it was part of a secret code and when she later disappeared on a class field trip, Smithy becomes convinced that she had been right. Now, out of prison after a long stretch, Smithy decides to investigate the mystery that has haunted him for decades. But it soon becomes clear that the Twyford Code holds a great secret, and Smithy may just have the key.
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Flora: the secret language of plants in artby Hope WernessBeautifully designed and visually captivating, Flora is arranged thematically by the trees, flowers, fruit, vegetables, spices, grasses, grains, and vines which have served as a root for artistic inquiry across time. Brief profiles of each plant are woven together with key works of art, mythology, and other ancient and contemporary sources. Botanists will deepen their understanding of plants through the lens of artistic expression, and artists will find much to learn about their natural subjects. |
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Native America: the story of the First Peoples by Kenneth L. FederRichly illustrated, Native America introduces close to a hundred different peoples, each with their own language, economic and social system, and religious beliefs. We learn about hunters of enormous Ice Age beasts, people who raised stone toolmaking to the level of art, an indigenous empire ruled by a king and queen with a huge city at its center and colonies hundreds of miles away, and artists who produced petroglyphs and pictographs that reflect their deep thinking about history, the sacred, the land, and the sky.
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Down south + east: a Chinese American cookbookby Ron HsuWith mouthwatering ingredient combinations, you'll look at everyday ingredients in new ways and discover a fresh take on Southern food. The delicious results include recipes like cornbread made with deeply flavored Chinese sausage standing in for pork cracklins and char siu style pork lacquered with a sorghum syrup-bourbon glaze. Laced with ginger, the potlikker of gently braised watercress can throw down with that of any collard greens, and a soy sauce and shiitake mushroom gravy enhances traditional meatloaf. |
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Rewinding the '80s: cinema under the influence of music videos, action stars, and a cold war by John MalahyA through the highs and lows of '80s cinema -- with profiles of hundreds of films -- and how Hollywood studios reflected a period of cultural change. The decade saw works that uniquely captured an era of cultural and technological change, from the highs and lows of animation, an emergent LGBTQ+ cinema, the last days of the Cold War, and the explosive impact of MTV. Rewinding the '80s is a lively, intelligent, and immersive look at a moment in modern history.
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Based on a true story, group of high schoolers in Chicago work to overturn the system-wide ban of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. Told from multiple perspectives, based on extensive interviews with the real-life students and teachers who were affected, and written by the librarian who exposed key information about the Chicago Public Schools censorship decision. An inspiring, clear-eyed tribute to intellectual freedom and the impact of youth-led resistance.
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Just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's gone! Travel back to an extraordinary period of revolutionary change: turn-of-the-century Paris. Meet the infamous thieves -- and detectives -- of the era. And then slip back further in time to discover the secret at the heart of the Mona Lisa -- the most famous painting in the world should never have existed at all.
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Ages 10 and up.
An illustrated notebook of definitions, diagrams, key concepts, and mnemonic devices geared to help middle school students learn about reading, writing, and the English language. |
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Discover why axolotls never grow up, how they come in such cool colors, and how they can regrow missing limbs! You’ll also discover what it takes to become an axolotl scientist. Filled with simple science and plenty of animal facts, this book also looks at the conservation challenges these animals face.
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With love from Harlem: a novelby Reshonda TateHarlem, 1943. At just twenty-three, Hazel Scott is a woman on fire. A jazz prodigy, a glamorous film star, and a fierce advocate for civil rights, she's breaking barriers and refusing to play by the rules. Then Adam Clayton Powell Jr. walks into her life. Harlem's most electrifying preacher-turned-politician, Adam is as bold and unyielding as Hazel -- charismatic, powerful...and married. |
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The calico cat at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta TakahashiWhen Nagi's mother was dying, she advised her that when she is missing her she should go to the Chibineko Kitchen. Now terminally ill herself, Nagi finds the place, which has a sign saying, "We serve remembrance meals. This restaurant has a cat." She enters and is served her mother's favorite dish. Her mother appears, and they have a reassuring talk until the meal gets cold and her mother must leave. If you could speak one last time to someone you've lost, what would you tell them?
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I give you my silenceby Mario Vargas LlosaToño Azpilcueta, a scholar of Peruvian criollo music, loses his professorship when the Peruvian studies department is eliminated. Nonetheless, he continues to write articles about the music of his homeland while his seamstress wife, Matilde, supports their household. One night, he attends a private performance by criollo guitarist Lalo Molfino and resolves to write a book about the guitarist's life and what he naively views as the unifying potential of criollo music in Peru. Azpilcueta doggedly pursues the project and publishes a successful book, but his obsession with perfecting the story with subsequent editions turns out to be his downfall. |
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The cormorant hunt by Michael IdovDisheartened CIA officer Ari Falk, now hiding in the Republic of Georgia, is hailed as a hero by some and branded a traitor by others after blowing the lid off a massive conspiracy. But his quiet exile is shattered when a mission arises--one perfectly suited for someone as jaded and unpredictable as him. Blending suspense, wit, and authentic storytelling, it's a must-read for fans of political intrigue, espionage, and thrillers that don't play by the rules.
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My Grandfather, the master detectiveby Masateru KonishiSchoolteacher Kaede encounters everyday mysteries more often than your typical twenty-seven-year-old. To solve them she turns to her beloved grandfather, who retains a keen sharpness of mind despite his dementia. From impossible locked room murders to confounding missing persons cases, the grandfather-granddaughter duo weave stories to get to the bottom of every mystery. But all the while, an insidious shadow from Kaede's past slowly closes in on her . . . . |
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The ghost women by Jennifer MurphyOn a hot August morning in 1972, the body of Abel Montague, a student at St. Luke's Institute of the Arts, is found hanging from a tree in the forest. An ancient Hanged Man tarot card is found in the back pocket of his pants and his body has been positioned into the exact pose illustrated on the card.When more students are found dead, each body arranged like a tarot card, Detective Lola Germany realizes she is trapped in a web of power and ambition that spans centuries. Soon the lines between past and present, spiritual and tangible, begin to blur, and the only way to survive is to seek answers from places she never imagined.
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Finlay Donovan crosses the lineby Elle CosimanoWhen Finlay Donovan's best friend and live-in nanny, Vero, is arrested for stealing thousands of dollars from her sorority, there's nothing Finlay won't do to prove Vero's innocence. With Vero under house arrest and anonymous death threats coming in, figuring out who really stole the money won't be easy. Finlay and her ragtag group of friends soon find themselves infiltrating frat parties, stealing cop cars, and evading Vero's parole officer in an attempt to prove that Vero isn't the thief everyone believes she is. A new installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. |
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Stakeouts and strollers: a mystery by Rob PhillipsAmateur private investigator and new dad Charlie Shaw is low on sleep. And cash. Otherwise, life is going pretty well for the ex-crime reporter. But when Charlie meets Friday Finley, a frightened sixteen-year-old runaway on a stakeout-gone-wrong, his world gets a little more complicated. Friday is looking for her estranged father Shawn. The more Charlie investigates, the more unsettling -- and dangerous -- Shawn's disappearance becomes. A perfect page-turning blend of humor, high stakes, and a heartwarming story of fatherhood.
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It's 1902, and 21-year-old Ava Stanley is on the verge of launching her long-dreamed-of journey to becoming a doctor. As the daughter of two famous Arcane Taxonomist, Ava has inherited the ability to draw power from the natural world -- but only from microscopic organisms. She boards a ship heading for the Bahamian island of Nassau, to continue her research. Ava and her fellow passengers soon find themselves at the mercy of pirates. As the ship veers far off course, it seems that Ava's connection to the microscopic world might be able to save her and the other passengers -- or it could be the thing that sends them on a course from which they cannot return.
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On board a steam train are the cast, orchestra and crew of a traveling ballet company, performing The Apple and the Pearl. As he stumbles toward the restaurant car the lighting director, Zach, asks the new recruit, Lara, Have you ever worked in ballet before? Have you had any contact with the supernatural? Everyone from the principal ballerina to the first violinist, from the wardrobe mistress to the newest members of the corps de ballet, have committed their lives to the perfection of the show. But every night they must also confront the malevolent glamour of their audience of Fae creatures only too eager to snatch them away into the Otherworld.
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Dorothy Gentleman, ship's detective of the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty's most luxurious interstellar passenger liner, is put to the test when an infant is mysteriously left on her nephew's doorstep. Who produced this child, and why did they then abandon him? And as her nephew and his partner get more and more attached, how can Dorothy prevent her colleague and rival detective, Leloup, a stickler for law and order, from classifying the baby as a stowaway or a piece of luggage? An ode to the cozy mystery with a fresh new sci-fi take.
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It's been 120 years since the fall of humanity and 100 years since the alien grays arrived to save what was left. John, like all surviving humans, is bonded to the gray who bought his contract. Martok treats him like a friend, but John is actually enslaved in a system where breaking any rule brings instant death. Martok's latest venture seems doomed to fail, but this time John's contract is on the line. Martok really does trust John, but John can't trust him or the system. It's unsafe to communicate across that divide, but if they don't, they are both going to end up dead.
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Heiress of nowhereby Stacey LeeIn 1918 on Orcas Island, eighteen-year-old orphan Lucy becomes heiress to her employers estate after his mysterious death and must clear her name by unmasking a killer linked to eerie seaside legends before she and her beloved orcas become the next victims. |
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Six must dieby Victoria WlosokA year ago, seven friends in Tennessee attempted an escape room, but only six survived; now mysterious invitations bring the estranged teens together to try again. Steffi and her friends must figure out if there's a traitor among them as they solve carefully crafted clues of the complex escape room's puzzles and sort out elements of misdirection as the clock ticks down. Someone wants their secrets to come out at any cost -- and Steffi's determined to get the answers she needs to solve the mystery of her friend's death.
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Two girls in their senior year of high school, who are opposites in personality, start to develop romantic feelings for each other as one teaches the other how to cook and trying their best to support their families.
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A young woman poses as fortune-teller at a magical traveling carnival, where the handsome boy who once broke her heart resurfaces and warns her that the carnival is more sinister than it appears |
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by Jen Bryant
Ages 4 and up.
From a young age, Eunice Foote's natural curiosity led her to learn more about how the world worked. Through experiments and tests, Eunice helped make an important breakthrough: the greenhouse effect. She was the first person to discover that trapped carbon dioxide warms the Earth's surface -- a process that causes climate change, which impacts the world to this day.
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It's bedtime in Soggy Hollow.But Bruce's family of mice and geese would rather watch late-night monster movies than go to sleep. There are so many more fun things to do like . . .build model airplanes and eat ice cream and keep up their correspondence. Will Bruce ever get them to sleep? What's a tired old bear to do?
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A weedy backyard garden becomes a vibrant ecosystem that is home to an impressive array of plants and animals for any child patient enough to observe it.
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Your favorite L.O.L. Surprise! characters celebrate Easter In a world where babies run everything, little Rockers rebel against nap time and Teacher's Pets become class presidents with Free Pizza Fridays! In the L.O.L. Surprise! world, all work is play and nothing is dull cuz it's all a lil' surprising and outrageous!
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The moving story of a cheetah who forms a friendship with a rescue dog-a bond that will change their lives forever.
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Amber's positive that one of their guests at her mother's bed-and-breakfast is up to no good. So it comes as no surprise to Amber when someone steals a priceless ruby belonging to the wealthy Willoughby family. But what she didn't expect was for her mother to be framed for it. Now, Amber must call on everything she knows about solving mysteries to find the stone and catch the real culprit before the family checks out-- and learn that sometimes, people are the greatest mystery of all.
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by Jenine Pastores
Ages 6 and up ; graphic novel
Welcome to Nuggetville, a quaint town on Planet Nüg that the adorable and ever-optimistic Tubby Nugget calls home. Life there is sweet, filled with playful friends, delicious snacks, and endless creativity. Join Tubby on a daring journey as he bravely defies tradition to stay true to himself.
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Harper Sharp is like most fifth graders -- he's juggling homework, friendships, video games, and...oh yeah, he's busy solving major mysteries When Starview Elementary announces their annual Young Inventor's Fair, everyone's minds start whirring. What will they make? Suddenly, ominous fliers appear all over school, warning kids and teachers to BEWARE THE FAIR Can Harper figure out who's behind this terrifying threat and foil their nefarious plans?
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