Bread is Love

Pooja Makhijani

Picture Book

Baking is a science and full of life lessons. Join our young narrator as they create simple, and unpredicible bread with their family. Even when everything doesn't work out the most important thing is the expereinces they share along the way. Bread takes time. Bread takes patience and bread is always delicious when it's made and shared with love. 

-Emily Stone, Youth Services Librarian

 

Confessions From the Group Chat

Jodi Meadows

Juvenile Fiction

Meet Virginia.  She is an 8th grader that is part of a group of girls that review local businesses and have a strong social media presence in their town.  This friend group turns on Virginia and puts private conversations on their blog for all their schoolmates to see.  Hurt feelings, misunderstandings and secret crushes are revealed.  What will Virginia do?  Megan highly recommends this title for anyone that has ever had to start over and make new friends.  This is also a great cautionary tale about revealing private feelings in a group chat and what happens if those group members aren't very trustworthy.  Lots to unpack!  Check this book out from our new juvenile fiction section.     

- Megan Lopez, Circulation and Technical Services Librarian

 

Heart Check

Emily Charlotte

Young Adult 

Luke Dawson and Harper Braedon could have been friends. They trade shifts at the same diner, share classes at school, and are driven by their greatest passions: hockey for Dawson and jewelry-making for Harper. But some things aren't meant to be. Dawson thinks Harper is stuck-up, too good for anything resembling school spirit. Harper thinks Dawson is a self-centered jock, a perfect fit for a hockey team that seems to absorb all the budget away from the arts departments.

When his beloved hockey coach gets fired for misallocation of funds, Dawson is terrified that all his plans for impressing scouts are vanishing before his eyes. A rumor goes around that Harper was the one who got him fired, and suddenly she’s public enemy number one.
But even with their mutual dislike at an all-time high, Harper and Dawson can’t escape splitting shifts forever. Can forced proximity help them find some common ground, or will long-held grudges finally succeed in bringing them both down?

-Margaret K. McElderry Books

 

How to Get Away with Murder

Rebecca Philipson

Adult Mystery

This fresh debut thriller finds a Scotland Yard detective trying to find the author of a self-help book that promises quite literally to teach readers how to get away with murder, which seems to have inspired London's newest murderer.

Detective Inspector Samantha Hansen has been on leave for six months, recovering from a breakdown she suffered at work, but when a fourteen-year-old girl is murdered in a local park, Sam jumps at the chance to return to the job and prove that she's still got what it takes to be the Yard's most successful homicide detective. One of the case's only leads is a copy of a self-help book found in the victim's backpack called How To Get Away With Murder by a man named Denver Brady.

Brady claims to be the most successful serial killer of our time, which is why no one's ever heard of him. Chapter by chapter, he details his methodology and his past victims, and as Sam's investigation progresses and the details of the book go viral, Sam begins to suspect that there’s more to the author than what he’s revealed. But in order to find a killer and get justice for young Charlotte, Sam must learn to trust her instincts once again, before Denver Brady--or someone else--really does get away with murder.

-‎Minotaur Books

 

Doing Small Things With Great Love

Sharon Eubank

Adult Non-Fiction 

Drawing from decades of experience in humanitarian service, Sharon Eubank offers a wisdom-packed guide on how to enact impactful aid in the world and especially in your own backyard. Whether you’re inspired by compassion or looking to enrich your life through meaningful service, this book will change how you approach helping others.

Through powerful storytelling as well as twelve principles of action, rooted in her own experiences, Sharon demonstrates how to provide sustainable support and avoid common pitfalls. Her principles cover everything from preserving dignity to asking the right questions to attacking root causes. You’ll learn the importance of finding local solutions, fostering trusted networks, and recognizing that real help is always an exchange of value.

This book isn't just a call to action—it’s a blueprint for effective, ethical, and lasting service. Whether you’re involved in large-scale relief or simply want to make a difference in your community, Doing Small Things with Great Love will equip you with the knowledge and a path to act that empowers you and others to say, “We did it ourselves.”

-‎Shadow Mountain Publishing