Zoo
With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant, Oz races to warn world leaders before it's too late. The attacks are growing in ferocity, cunning, and planning, and soon there will be no place left for humans to hide. With wildly inventive imagination and white-knuckle suspense that rivals Stephen King at his very best, James Patterson's […]
Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything
Kirkus Reviews Ronald "Cheesie" Mack and his best friend, Georgie, are about to graduate fifth grade and embark on the best summer ever, which will include, but not be limited to, making points in a private battle against Cheesie's evil older sister June, hanging out in their treehouse and, most importantly, summer camp in Maine. […]
Take Me to the River
Children's Literature When fifteen-year-old Dylan Sands arrives in Texas to take a whitewater river trip on the Rio Grande, he expects to see his uncle and cousin waiting for him. The fact that they are not at the bus stop is only the first indication that this is not going to be just a river […]
With a Name Like Love
Children's Literature: The Reverend Everlasting Love, his wife, and five daughters travel through the South in the summer of 1957 pulling their home on wheels behind them as he conducts tent revivals. Twelve-year old Olivene yearns for a home without wheels where they stay in one place longer than three days. She begins to think […]
It's a Dog's Life : How Man's Best Friend Sees, Hears, and Smells the World
Publishers Weekly A wisecracking dog narrates this off-the-cuff look at the “secret life†of his species. Goodman (See How They Run) opens with a brief overview of dogs’ rapport with early humans and their subsequent roles (honed through breeding) as hunters, herders, haulers, and guide dogs. Noting “we take this best friend business very seriously,†[…]
The Painted Bridge
Publishers Weekly Journalist Wallace’s first foray into book-length fiction (after the nonfiction Oranges and Lemons: Life in an Inner City Primary School) is a haunting look at women’s asylums in 1850s England. Inciting her new husband’s wrath by departing unannounced to help the survivors of a shipwreck, Anna Palmer has been sent to Lake House, […]
You Don't Want to Know
Publishers Weekly This chilling stand-alone suspense thriller from bestseller Jackson (Without Mercy) brings every parent’s biggest fear to life—the disappearance of one’s child. Nightmare-plagued Ava Garrison still can’t remember the details of the night her two-year-old son, Noah, went missing from her Washington State island home two years ago, but her memory is starting to […]
City of Women
Publishers Weekly In this stunning debut about the battle between good and evil, Gillham puts a fresh spin on the horrors of WWII by focusing on civilian German women to reveal that, amid the many adherents of the party line there were a handful of unsung heroes. We first meet Sigrid Schröder in 1943. She […]
Liar & Spy
Kirkus Reviews A seventh-grade boy who is coping with social and economic issues moves into a new apartment building, where he makes friends with an over-imaginative home-schooled boy and his eccentric family. Social rules are meant to be broken is the theme of this big-hearted, delightfully quirky tale, and in keeping with that, Stead creates […]
This Is How It Ends : a Novel
Overview: This is when it begins Fall, 2008. This is where it begins The coast of Dublin, Ireland. This is why it begins Bruno, an American, has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie, an out-of-work architect, is recovering from heartbreak while taking care of her infirm father. When their worlds collide, they […]