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Staff Picks

June 2020

Ninth House

Ninth House

by Leigh Bardugo

Alex Stern has a secret skill. She can see ghosts. For a while when she was a kid, she didn’t realize others couldn’t see the gray-tinted people roaming around. It got her in trouble and made her an outcast. Now her special skills are a perfect fit to join the Lethe, a group of people set to monitor the rituals of the secret society houses of Yale. The disappearance of her mentor, a suspicious murder, and a well-known ghost pull her deep into a world of magic, horror, and secrets. Bardugo is well-known for her YA novels in the Grisha universe, but this is her first novel for adults. Ninth House is a hefty first book in a series, but worth the read.

Recommended by: Brandi Smits, Youth Services Manager

Posted in: Adult Fiction

I See the Sun in Turkey

I See the Sun in Turkey

by Dedie King

This book is a bi-lingual picture book. Mehmet is a little boy from Turkey who lives with his mom, dad, older brother Farouk and his baby brother Hilal. Mehmet enjoys the everyday walk to school with his mom and fishing with his dad. The family would pray Isha every night at the Blue Mosque while many kids play in the yard of the mosque. What is fantastic about this book is that it is not just talking about a Turkish family’s daily life, it also talks about how Mehmet treated and helped the refugees in his city in a very gentle and kind way even as a little boy.

Recommended by: Ghada Rafati, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Youth Fiction

World on Fire

World on Fire

This World War II British drama follows the lives of ordinary people and how the war affected them. Staring actors like Sean Bean and Helen Hunt this is one TV series you don’t want to miss.

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Movies/TV

Girls Save the World in This One

Girls Save the World in This One

by Ash Parsons

June and her two best friends are more then excited for the biggest event ever to come to their town and that is the thing that celebrates all things zombie related: ZombieCon! As die hard fans of the show Human Wasteland the girls plan to hit all the panels, photo ops and even meet the cast but soon strange things start happening. Some people seem to be getting way to into the zombie thing and when one even bites a cast member, the girls realize this could only mean one thing. The Zombie Apocalypse has really come to ZombieCon!

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Young Adult Fiction

VFW

VFW

Don’t let the title mislead you. VFW is not another war picture but something a little more out there. While spending another night at their local VFW hall a group of military veterans get thrown head first into an all out war, when an innocent teenager shows up with a bag full of drugs she stole from a drug dealer that was responsible for her sister’s death. Now with the dealer and his goons wanting their stash back the veterans are in for the fight of their lives as they try to protect their VFW hall and the teenage girl. With a fabulous cast of actors as well as some good one liners VFW is a one of a kind movie you don’t want to miss.

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Movies/TV

Abigail

Abigail

When Abigail was just a little girl her father was taken away. The authorities claimed he was one of the sick. Now that Abby is old and the epidemic has returned to her closed off city, she is more then determined to find out what really happened to her father. This beautiful Steampunk movie takes the viewer on an adventure as they question what seems to be on Abby’s mind: what if they sick aren’t really sick, but they have magic instead?

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Movies/TV

Verona Comics

Verona Comics

by Jennifer Dugan

This cute and nerdy modern retelling of Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet will have you smiling from ear to ear as Jubilee and Ridley try to navigate the difficult road of relationships, which all started when they met at a comic convention prom. However their feuding families might be the least of their worries as Ridley’s anxiety spirals and Jubilee tries to find he focus which is torn between her fast-approaching audition and their intensifying relationship. If you enjoyed Jennifer Dugan’s first novel Hot Dog Girl then give this one a shot. It will not disappoint.

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Young Adult Fiction

Bungo Stray Dogs Complete Season One

Bungo Stray Dogs Complete Season One

Nakajima Atsushi is kicked out of his orphanage and with no one to care for him, he is all alone in the world. At least he was until be saves a man he finds floating upside down in the river. As luck would have it the man he saved was none other then Dazai Osamu a member of the Armed Detective Agency. Nakajima is soon taken in by the Agency for his special ability of being a were-tiger. As he tried to get use to his new powers and his new life as a detective trouble rears it’s ugly head as a group known as the Port side Mafia are looking for him and they want his ability for themselves.

Recommended by: April Balasa, Patron Services Clerk

Posted in: Movies/TV

Look Both Ways: a Tale Told in Ten Blocks

Look Both Ways: a Tale Told in Ten Blocks

by Jason Reynolds

Fans of Jason Reynolds will enjoy this latest book. After the bell rings and students begin the walk home, Reynolds has a story for each of the blocks. He touches on the many emotions or struggles that can be happening in the different student’s lives. The tales involve bullying, cancer, love, anxiety to name just a few topics. With his unique writing style, Reynolds has written a book that appeals to the heart as he tackles some heavy life events.

Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services Librarian I

Posted in: Young Adult Fiction

The Engineer’s Wife: a Novel

The Engineer’s Wife: a Novel

by Tracey Enerson Wood

Emily Warren marries Washington Roebling in the 1860s and her life becomes not what she planned. When Wash was put in charge of building the Brooklyn Bridge, the next 15 years of her life is consumed by that task. With the equipment available at the time and the depth the towers had to go into the ground, many of the workers suffered from what is now known as “the bends”, Wash became debilitated. Emily took over as the go between Wash and the site engineers. She became the acting chief engineer and project manager She studied engineering books and made suggestions to overcome obstacles. Many people did not trust a bridge “made” by a woman, so P.T. Barnum had his circus cross the bridge including Jumbo the elephant. Throughout her life, Emily stood up for her husband and herself. She later became involved in the women’s right to vote movement. This book has romance, intrigue, death, and suspense all wrapped up as tightly as the cables that hold the bridge.

Recommended by: Joan Stoiber, Youth Services Librarian I

Posted in: Adult Fiction

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