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Staff Picks


April 2021

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

This book is a fictionalized account of the kidnapping of 276 girls from a school in Nigeria in 2014. The author has done extensive research interviewing both the girls who escaped and their parents. This story tells of survival, betrayal and indoctrination by an extremist group. 

Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager

Posted in: Young Adult Fiction


March 2021

Fadeaway

by E. B. Vickers

Jake, basketball star, friend, and brother disappears the night of winning the big game. Told in flashbacks and from various points of view by his friends and family, the police try to unravel who Jake really was and what is really going on now. He seemed to have it all together. He also had many secrets. As Jake’s secrets begin to come to light, so, to the surprise of many, do those of the people closest to him. A grab your interest from the first page and keep it to the end.

Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services Reference Librarian I

Posted in: Young Adult Fiction


Doggo and Pupper

by Katherine Applegate

A humorous chapter book about an older dog, who likes his routines, but then a puppy joins the household. Mayhem and off to obedience school ensue. Will that solve the problems for Doggo and Pupper?

Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services Reference Librarian I

Posted in: Youth Fiction


One-Osaurus, Two-Osaurus

by Kim Norman

A counting game turns into hide and seek when something sounding very big comes along and the dinosaurs must hide…or maybe play a different game together.

Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services Reference Librarian I

Posted in: Youth Fiction


Someone Builds the Dream

by Lisa Wheeler

A lyrical reminder of the people behind the scenes with skills and crafts that bring alive the dreams of others whether it is a bridge or a book.

Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services Reference Librarian I

Posted in: Youth Fiction


What Big Teeth

by Rose Szabo

When Eleanor was young, she lived in a big house in the woods with her parents, grandparents, aunts, and cousins. But one day something happens, and Eleanor gets sent away to boarding school. Now, as a teenager, Eleanor has decided to return to her childhood home. However, when your grandmother is a witch, your grandfather and cousins are werewolves, and your mother is part sea siren it can be difficult to figure out where you belong. An unexpected turn of events leads Eleanor to take charge of the family and come to grips with her own monstrous power. One part monster story, one part mystery, this dark and dreamy tale will carry you away to another time and place.
Recommended by: Kara DeCarlo, Youth Services School Liaison

Posted in: Young Adult Fiction


When You Trap a Tiger

by Tae Keller

Lily is going through a range of emotions as her family moves in with her grandmother whom she calls Halmoni. Lily loves the stories her grandmother tells her but feels like the line between fantasy and reality is blurred. As she continues to struggle with her sister, her mother and making new friends, her world is turned upside down.

Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager

Posted in: Youth Fiction


Joyland

by Stephen King

This Stephen King novel is a change of pace for the horror author. “1970’s friends tackle a mystery set in a haunted amusement park” sounds like Scooby Doo, but King gives this tale his own spin.  The murderer may not be real, but the ghost is. This title is available in the library, on OverDrive as an ebook and Hoopla as an e audiobook.

Recommended by: Peter Tew, Adult Services Reference Librarian I

Posted in: Adult Fiction


What I Carry

by Jennifer Longo

Muiriel, named after John Muir, had been in the foster care system her entire life. After being rejected for adoption when she was four years old, Muiriel refuses to set down roots anywhere. When she reaches her last placement, before she ages out of the system at age eighteen, a number of separate incidents come together to make her consider a different life choice. 

Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager

Posted in: Young Adult Fiction


A Deadly Inside Scoop

by Abby Collette

Bronwyn Crewse, known to her close-knit family as ‘Win’, is renovating and reopening her family’s ice cream shop in picturesque Chagrin Falls, Ohio. All might have gone well with the reopening if not for an unexpected blizzard and Win stumbling upon a dead body near the falls. Now her father is suspected of murder and Win can only count one, two, maybe three customers in her store each day .. and that just won’t do. With a good friend at her side, that loves cozy murder television shows, Win decides to become an amateur sleuth, solve this crime and get back to the art of homemade ice cream. Recipes are included in this fun cozy book. Fans of Joanne Fluke will adore this first in a new series. This book is available in the library and on OverDrive as an e audiobook.

Recommended by: Michelle Przekwas, Adult Services Library Clerk

Posted in: Adult Fiction


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