My Brigadista Year

When thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro's army of young literacy teachers, her mother screeches to high heaven, and her father roars like a lion. Nora has barely been outside of Havana — why would she throw away her life in a remote shack with no electricity, sleeping on […]

Sergeant Reckless

A debut picture book by the two-time National Book Award finalist relates the inspiring true story of a brave little mare who marched into battle numerous times with the U.S. Marines she supported throughout the Korean War. Illustrated by the artist of Mesmerized. 40,000 first printing.

Turtles All the Way Down

…Turtles All the Way Down is somehow far darker [than The Fault in Our Stars], not so much because of the subject matter—though that's dark too—but because of how [Green] chooses to write about it. This novel is by far his most difficult to read. It's also his most astonishing…We spend long stretches inside Aza's […]

Hedgie's Surprise

Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by Mary Blowey in memory of Laura Mulkigian.