THE HOTEL BALZAAR
Kate DiCamillo
In a wise and magical follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst, Kate DiCamillo revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within tales—and every moment is a story in the making. At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta’s mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam…
GHOSTS OF CROOK COUNTY
Russell Cobb
The true—and unsolved—story of unabashedly greedy men, their exploitation of Muscogee land, and the hunt for the ghost of a boy who may never have existed For readers of David Grann’s award-winning Killers of the Flower Moon In the early 1900s, at the dawn of the “American Century,” few knew…
MATTIE, MILO, AND ME
Anne Abel
Anne grew up in an abusive home, leading to severe depression and a determination to do better as a mother. One of her sons wants a dog from the time he is a baby; Anne very much does not. For years she appeases him with creatures who live in cages…
RABBIT HOLE
Kate Brody
A page-turning debut mystery that’s as addictive as a late-night Reddit binge, about a grieving woman obsessed with solving her sister’s cold-case disappearance via the true crime fandom. Ten years ago, Theodora “Teddy” Angstrom’s older sister, Angie, went missing. Her case remains unsolved. Now Teddy’s father, Mark, has killed himself.…
NEARLY DEPARTED
Gila Pfeffer
A heartbreakingly hilarious memoir of losing both parents to cancer and making daring choices to avoid the same early demise. By the time she was thirty, Gila Pfeffer was the oldest living member of her family. A blood test confirmed she carried the BRCA1 gene—which put her at high risk…
JELLYFISH HAVE NO EARS
Adèle Rosenfeld
A deeply moving debut novel about the flaws of language, the fear of silence, and the power of imagination Since she was little, Louise has been not quite hearing and not quite deaf—her life with this invisible disability has been one of in-betweenness. After an audiology test shows that almost…
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WINGS TO SOAR
Tina Athaide
A historically relevant middle-grade novel-in-verse about a girl's resiliency when faced with hatred towards refugees. It's 1972 and Viva’s Indian family has been expelled from Uganda and sent to a resettlement camp in England, but not all of them made the trip. Her father is supposed to meet them in…
LOVE IN WINTER WONDERLAND
Abiola Bello
The Sun Is Also a Star meets You've Got Mail in this YA Christmas love story set in a London Black-owned bookshop. Charming, handsome Trey Anderson balances the pressures of school popularity with a job at his family's beloved local bookshop, Wonderland. Quirky, creative Ariel Spencer needs tuition for the…
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