Come Home
Library Journal Pediatrician Jill Farrow lives an ordinary suburban life with her 13-year-old daughter, supportive fiancé, and well-fed golden retriever until a midnight visitor turns her idyllic life upside down. Jill's ex-stepdaughter Abby arrives with the news that Jill's ex-husband, William, is dead and she suspects foul play. Despite distaste for her ex and a […]
A Parliament of Spies
Publishers Weekly Clark expertly blends murder and Machiavellian politics in her stellar fourth 14th-century historical featuring Abbess Hildegarde (after 2011’s The Law of Angels). York archbishop Alexander Neville taps Hildegarde to accompany him on a trip to London, where she’s to serve as his spy. England is in turmoil under the tumultuous rule of Richard […]
Beneath a Meth Moon
School Library Journal Gr 8 Up—This powerful, stripped-down novel chronicles a girl's journey from popular cheerleader to homeless meth user to recovering addict. When her mother and grandmother perish in Hurricane Katrina, Laurel's idyllic childhood in Pass Christian, MS, abruptly ends. After living with relatives for two years, she relocates to Iowa with her father […]
Calico Joe
Steven V. Roberts: John Grisham's legal thrillers are dense and hefty, full of twists and turns and tension. His latest novel, Calico Joe, is not like that at all. It's a sweet, simple story, a fable really. And like all fables, it has a moral: Good can come out of evil; it's never too late […]
A World Without Heroes
Publishers Weekly: Mull (the Fablehaven series) launches the Beyonders trilogy with a dark tale that updates classic tropes with solid contemporary characters. Thirteen-year-old Jason is transported (via hippopotamus gullet, no less) from Colorado to Lyrian, a magical world ruled by the despotic sorcerer Maldor. After witnessing some horrific deaths and learning the history of Lyrian, […]
Seeds of Rebellion
School Library Journal Gr 5–8—At the conclusion of A World Without Heroes (S & S, 2011), Jason Walker, 13, was sent back to present-day Colorado—and normal life—against his wishes. Now, he returns to Lyrian to find his friends, including fellow "Beyonder" Rachel and Galloran, the "Blind King." As the nucleus of a grassroots revolt against […]
Listen to My Trumpet!
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in celebration of the birth of Benjamin Woodrow Pecor.
And Then It's Spring
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in celebration of the birth of Jerran James Hannaford.
Zero the Hero
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in celebration of the birth of Mason Dale Colby.
Penny and Her Song
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in celebration of the birth of Alyssa Ann Gagnon.