Showing posts from July, 2015

The Berlin Candy Bomber - Gail S. Halverson

Summary:   The Berlin Candy Bomber is a love story-how two sticks of gum and one man's kindness to the children of …

Have Gavel, Will Travel - Robert Braithwaite

Summary :  With a jurisdiction covering southern Utah’s national parks and wide-open wilderness areas, you might think …

Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan

Summary: 7 Things to know about Willow Chance: 1. She's different (as in strange).  And a genius. 2. Almost everyt…

The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton

Summary:  Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam-a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion-a masterful de…

Small Moments - Mary M. Barrow

Summary:   Jim Crow. Segregation. Separate but equal. At the dawn of the Civil Rights movement, these words mean little…

The Adventures of Loriel the Wood Fairy - CJ Walery

Summary: Loriel is worried by the lack of communication from her Grandfairy Cyce and makes a journey to her cottage in …

Textastrophe: A Collection of Hilariously Catastrophic Text Pranks - Matt Andrews

Summary:   Once upon a time, prank phone calls were the best way to procrastinate, but in 2015, they’re so passĆ©. Inste…

Nick and Tesla's Special Effects Spectacular - Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith

Summary:   Bright siblings—and amateur inventors—Nick and Tesla Holt are back for another thrill-a-minute adventure. Th…

Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel

Summary:  An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse,  Station Eleven  …

Serena - Ron Rash

Summary:   The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountai…

The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate

Summary:  Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to …

Rebel Queen - Michelle Moran

Summary :  When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the 1850s, it expects a quick and easy conquest. After a…