Empire of Storms
The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people […]
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Publishers Weekly 03/23/2015 When 19-year-old Feyre kills a wolf in the borderland forest between the human world and the faerie kingdom of Prythian, she unknowingly breaks a wary truce and must repay the murder with her life. Tamlin, the shapeshifting Fae who comes to collect, offers Feyre a way out: spend the rest of her […]
The First Step : How One Girl Put Segregation On Trial
School Library Journal ¡ï 01/01/2016 Gr 2¨C4¡ªMore than a century before Brown v. Board of Education, there was Roberts v. City of Boston; this beautifully illustrated picture book sheds light on this lesser-known case. Benjamin and Adeline Roberts enrolled their four-year-old in the closest neighborhood school. Sarah attended, until officials noticed and sent a police […]
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Library Journal ★ 05/15/2015 As a telegraph operator in 1880s London, Nathaniel Steepleton works in the Home Office, lives in a small, spare apartment, and has a quiet life. The anonymous gift of a beautifully intricate watch changes everything. Soon after, terrorists set off a bomb using elaborate clockworks and Steepleton's device narrowly saves him […]
Lion Heart
School Library Journal 04/01/2015 Gr 8 Up—In this finale to the "Scarlet" trilogy (Bloomsbury), Marian (aka Scarlet), imprisoned for months by her ruthless uncle Prince John, dares to escape, only to learn that her father's life is in jeopardy. Her grandmother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, asks her to serve as her knife-wielding spy in order to […]
A Slant of Light
Library Journal Review Starred Review. After four years of bloodshed, Civil War veteran Malcolm Hopeton returns home to upstate New York where he discovers that his farm has been abandoned and looted. His wife has run off with the hired man, but when they return to confront him, in minutes they're dead. From then on, […]
Endure
Summary Zara is at the center of an all-out war, and an impending apocalypse. True, she's successfully rescued Nick from Valhalla, but it simply isn't enough. Bedford is being ravaged by evil pixies and they need much more than one great warrior; they need an army. Zara isn't sure what her role is anymore. She's […]
The Mime Order
Publishers Weekly 11/03/2014 This intricate second installment in Shannon’s ambitious seven-book series, after 2013’s The Bone Season, follows dreamwalker Paige Mahoney, a peculiarly opaque protagonist, after her daring escape from the penal colony of Sheol I. Now on the run from Scion, the organization that controls the London of 2059, Paige’s only hope for survival […]
Super Sniffers : Dog Detectives On the Job
Publishers Weekly Review: Patent provides an extensive and eye-opening look at how dogs are trained for a variety of service capacities, including in the military, for search-and-rescue operations, and as medical alert dogs. Occasional profiles of individual dogs appear amid larger, photo-heavy discussions of the wide variety of jobs these dogs do and how they […]
Crown of Midnight
Kirkus Reviews After being named the King's Champion in Throne of Glass (2012), Celaena Sardothien serves as the king of Adarlan's personal assassin–at least, she pretends to–in a densely plotted sequel. If the king catches Celaena disobeying his orders, he will execute her closest friends. However, she can't stomach advancing his agenda, especially if it […]