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An orange owl with big eyes surrounded by bats in a foggy night sky, titled "Little Owl's Fog" by Divya Srinivasan.

Little Owl's Fog

Divya Srinivasan

Picture Book 

Little Owl is out flying when all of a sudden a fog rolls in from the mountains. Little Owl and his friend Racoon get seperated and have to find their way back to each other. The forest looks different and strange. Will Little Owl and Racoon find their way back to each other? 

-Emily Stone, Youth Services Coordinator

 

Cartoon owl and worm sorting items in boxes labeled "The Big Mess" from the book "Earl & Worm" by Greg Pizzoli.

Earl & Worm: The Big Mess and Other Stories

Greg Pizzoli

Juvenile Fiction 

Earl and Worm couldn't be more different--but they also are also the best of friends. So when Earl's mess gets out of hand, Worm is sure she can help. And when a lucky penny turns rotten, rain-soaked Earl helps Worm see the sunny side. Through it all, the pair's funny hijinks turn tender . . . and the big mess ends up where they least expect it!

-Knopf Books for Young Readers

 

Hangry Hearts

Book cover: "Hangry Hearts" by Jennifer Chen, features two people with food on tables, and the tagline, "Falling for him wasn't on the menu."

Jennifer Chen

Young Adult Fiction

When Julie and Randall are paired with ultra-rich London Kim for a community-service school project, they are forced to work together for the first time in years. It quickly becomes obvious that London has a major crush on Julie. But Julie can’t stop thinking about Randall. And Randall can’t stop thinking about how London is thinking about Julie. Soon, prompted by a little jealousy and years of missing each other, school project meetings turn into pseudo dates at their favorite Taiwanese breakfast shop and then secret kisses at the beach―far from the watchful eyes of their families.

-Wednesday Books

 

Run For the Hills

Kevin Wilson

Book cover titled "The Girls of the Glimmer Factory" by Jennifer Coburn. Features women and planes, with a vintage film strip design.

Adult Fiction 

Ever since her dad left them twenty years ago, it’s been just Madeline Hill and her mom on their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee. While it’s a bit lonely, she sometimes admits, and a less exciting life than what she imagined for herself, it’s mostly okay. Mostly.

Then one day Reuben Hill pulls up in a PT Cruiser and informs Madeline that he believes she’s his half sister. Reuben—left behind by their dad thirty years ago—has hired a detective to track down their father and a string of other half siblings. And he wants Mad to leave her home and join him for the craziest kind of road trip imaginable to find them all.

-‎Ecco

The Devil Reached Toward the Sky

Garrett M. Graff

Book cover: "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky" by Garrett M. Graff, about the atomic bomb. New York Times Bestseller.

Adult Non-Fiction 

Drawing from dozens of oral history archives and hundreds of books, reports, letters, and diaries from across the US, Japan, and Europe, Graff masterfully blends the memories and perspectives from the known and unknown—key figures like J. Robert Oppenheimer, General Leslie Groves, and President Truman; the crews of the B-29 bombers; and the haunting stories of the Hibakusha—the “bomb-affected people.” Both a testament to human ingenuity and resilience and a compelling drama told by the participants who lived it, The Devil Reached Toward the Sky is a singular, profound, and searing book about the inception of our most powerful weapon and its haunting legacy.

-‎Avid Reader Press

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