This week's NEW Books
The best life book club
Roberts, Sheila, 1951- author.
2024
Leaving Seattle and her cheating husband behind, single mother Karissa moves to Puget Sound where she meets her new neighbors, who are also dealing with their own crises, and together they start a book club as a distraction until it becomes a way to build a better life together.
Brave girl, quiet girl
Hyde, Catherine Ryan, author.
2021
Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her mother and holding tight to the one thing that matters most - her two-year-old daughter, Etta. Then, in a matter of seconds, Brooke's life is shattered when she's carjacked. Helpless and terrified, all Brooke can do is watch as Etta, still strapped in her seat, disappears into the Los Angeles night. Miles away, Etta is found by Molly, a homeless teen who is all too used to darkness. Thrown away by her parents and with a future as stable as the wooden crate she calls home, Molly survives day to day by her wits. As unpredictable as her life is, she's stunned to find Etta, abandoned and alone. Shielding the little girl from more than the elements, Molly must put herself in harm's way to protect a child as lost as she is. Out of one terrible moment, Brooke's and Molly's desperate paths converge and an unlikely friendship across generations and circumstances is formed. With it, Brooke and Molly will come to discover that what's lost - and what's found - can change in a heartbeat.
Cobble hill : a novel
Von Ziegesar, Cecily, author
2021
Navigating private spats and embarrassing secrets in their upscale Brooklyn neighborhood, four families seek purpose and meaningful relationships until a raucous party combusts in a maelstrom of ego clashes, taboo desires, and hidden cameras.
Complete starter guide to needle felting : enchanted forest : fairies, gnomes, unicorns, and other woodland friends
Lenart, Claudia, 1958-, author
2024
"Needle felting is a process that uses barbed needles to mash wool fibers together forming a denser material into an endless range of shapes and forms, a great way to make adorable fully dimensional soft sculptures. The Complete Starter Guide to Needle Felting: Enchanted Forest by artist and author Claudia Lenart features 20 step-by-step beginner needle crafting projects including birds, fairies, unicorns, and many other woodland friends. Learn what needles to use, how to dye custom colors, how to blend colors and shapes, and the materials needed to begin the fulfilling art of needle felting. Claudia's felted artwork has been featured in two children's books and in national commercials"-- Provided by publisher.
A darker mischief
Milman, Derek, author.
2024
At the elite Essex Academy Cal Ware, a poor, queer kid from Mississippi, is an outsider, but when he learns about a secret society on campus, he thinks that he may have found a way to reinvent himself--but as the initiation rituals grow riskier he must decide who to trust and how far he is willing to go to belong.
Dry road to nowhere
Johnstone, William W., author
2024
"The hard-driving owners of the Frontier Overland Company, former Texas Ranger Butch Keeler and his buddy Tucker Cobb find their next stagecoach trip fraught with deadly threats, including their worst enemy-a power-hungry business rival-who lays a trap to destroy their operation"-- Provided by publisher.
Foraging : the complete guide for kids and families
Mulandiee, Stella De Luca, author
2024
With handy tips and colourful illustrations, this book is a comprehensive guide to nature and foraging, which will allow children to explore the great outdoors with friends and families.
The girl who fought back : Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Greene, Joshua, 1950-, author
2024
Warsaw, Poland, 1940s: Teenage Vladka and her family are among the thousands of Jews forced to relocate behind the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto, a cramped, oppressive space full of starvation, suffering, and death. When Vladka's family is deported to concentration camps, Vladka joins up with other young people in the ghetto who are part of the Jewish underground: a group determined to fight back against the Nazis, no matter the cost. Vladka's role in the underground? To pass as a non-Jew, sneaking out of the ghetto to blend into Polish society while smuggling secret messages and weapons back over the ghetto wall.
Half-blood
Armentrout, Jennifer L., author.
2024
After her mother's murder, seventeen-year-old Alex returns to the Covenant, a school for pure and half-mortal descendants of gods, and begins intense training to combat daimons, but her training becomes complicated by a forbidden attraction to her pure-blood trainer Aiden and a revelation about her past.
The heiress's daughter
Gracie, Anne, author.
2024
"Heiress Clarissa Studley yearns to be loved for more than her fortune. Warmhearted, but plain and shy, she wishes to marry, but has two firm rules: no rakes and no fortune-hunters--her father was both, and she'll never forget the misery he caused. So, when Race, Lord Randall, starts to pay Clarissa attention, she knows she must keep him at a distance. Attractive and charming he might be, Race's reputation precedes him and she's observed first hand his flirtatious ways with London society beauties. But Race sees a beauty in Clarissa that others cannot, and for the first time in his life, he is truly in love. And when a rival for Clarissa's affections appears--a handsome, wounded war hero, heir to his great-aunt's fortune--Race becomes desperate as Clarissa seems tempted to make a safer, tamer choice"-- Provided by publisher.
How I survived : four nights on the ice
Ittusardjuat, Serapio, 1945- author
2020
After his snowmobile breaks down halfway across the sea ice on a trip back from a fishing camp, Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he leaned on to stay alive. This harrowing first-person account of four nights spent on the open sea ice—with few supplies and no water—shows young readers the determination and strength necessary to survive in the harsh Arctic climate, even when the worst occurs.
How to die famous
Dean, Benjamin (Children's author), author.
2024
"A journalist goes undercover as Hollywood's latest teen star to learn the truth about his brother's death"-- Provided by publisher.
The library of borrowed hearts : a novel
Gilmore, Lucy (Romance fiction writer), author.
2024
Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s at the local flea market. Deciding it's a sign of her luck turning, she takes it home with her-only to be shocked when her cranky hermit of a neighbor swoops in and offers to buy it for an exorbitant price. Intrigued, Chloe takes a closer look at the book only to find notes scribbled in the margins between two young lovers back when the book was new...one of whom is almost definitely Jasper Holmes, the curmudgeon next door.
Lizzie's heart
Simpson, Susan Lantz, author.
2021
Fall in Southern Maryland's Amish country is a time of fiery falling leaves, a bountiful harvest, and bracing, frost-touched days. It's the perfect season for one irrepressible maedel to try an unexpected match ... Good-hearted and impulsive, twenty-year-old Lizzie Fisher has many chores--and secrets. She's caring for kittens abandoned by their mother and practicing her drawing talent away from disapproving eyes. So the last thing she needs is someone like handsome Stephen Zimmerman constantly helping her out of trouble. But when she discovers they both have lovelorn siblings, she has an idea: why can't she and Stephen bring his older brother and her older sister together? After all, how hard could matchmaking be? Even though he's the youngest son of an Old Order Mennonite family, Stephen is used to looking out for everyone else. Yet somehow the romantic schemes he and Lizzie cook up keep going awry--in ways that hint they may suit each other. But their deepening bond is both delightful and complicated. For bridging their differences will take bravery, compromise--and faith in their hopes and dreams ...
Loose threads
Isol, author, illustrator.
2024
Leilah is constantly losing things, and when her mother demands an explanation, Leilah decides that her lost possessions must be falling down into the Other Side, a place in her dreams filled with mysterious inhabitants, so she decides to fix things by mending the holes between her world and the Other Side.
A magic steeped in poison
Lin, Judy I., author
2022
Ning enters a cutthroat magical competition to find the kingdom's greatest master of the art of brewing tea, but political schemes and secrets make her goal of gaining access to royal physicians to cure her dying sister far more dangerous than she imagined.
Musical chairs : a novel
Poeppel, Amy, author.
2021
Bridget and Will have the kind of relationship that people envy: they're loving, compatible, and completely devoted to each other. The fact that they're strictly friends seems to get lost on nearly everyone; after all, they're as good as married in (almost) every way. For three decades, they've nurtured their baby, the Forsyth Trio - a chamber group they created as college students - but now their beloved trio is missing its violinist and floundering. Bridget has been dreaming of spending the summer at her rustic Connecticut country home with her boyfriend, Sterling. But her plans are suddenly upended when he breaks up with her over email, and then her twin twenty-something children arrive unannounced, filling her empty nest with their big dogs, dirty laundry, and respective crises.
Natural soaps : indulge yourself with 16 eco-friendly recipes to make at home
Boué, Amélie, author
2024
Whether you're a seasoned soap maker or a complete beginner, learn to create stunning and sustainable soaps to keep or to gift. Delve into the science behind soap making and gain a deep understanding of the chemistry involved; learn about the properties of different oils and additives and discover how to formulate recipes that result in 16 luxurious, skin-friendly soaps.
Potty Time!
Church, Caroline, author, illustrator
2012
It's potty time, hooray! I'm a big kid today!
A promise of ankles
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-, author
2020
The winds of change are blowing through Scotland Street. Though Bertie is getting older, he can't resist an adventure to escape his domineering mother, and Bruce, ever the navel-gazer, will have to bring his best self to navigate the complexities of the pas de deux. While Alexander McCall Smith's delightfully warm and witty comedy takes some surprising turns, the improbable adventures of this quirky cast of Scots will affirm the heart and joy in Edinburgh's New Town.
The widow's unexpected suitor
Worth, Lenora, author.
2024
She thought she'd never find love again Until he built a foundation for it... Amish widow Lilah Mehl wants to make sure her daughter has the wedding she's always dreamed of--even if it means building a new gazebo. Hiring widowed carpenter Noah Lantz to work on the project is easy, but ignoring their attraction proves more challenging than expected. As the gazebo takes shape, so do new feelings...but is love more than they bargained for?