New for Children
How to Steal a Dragon’s Sword
by Cressida Cowell
The How to Train Your Dragon series chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Viking underdog Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and his dragon, Toothless. In Book 9, a dragon rebellion is coming—filled with the meanest, nastiest dragons in the Archipelago. Razor-wings, Tonguetwisters, and Vampire Ghouldeaths are attacking Vikings and seem to be seeking one soul in particular: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III! Only a king can save them…and only a champion with all of the King’s Lost Things can be king. In his adventures, Hiccup has collected quite a few “things” himself. But can a scrawny Viking save the entire Archipelago from certain doom? To find out, Hiccup will have to outwit a witch, fight his archenemy, and beat back an army of bloodthirsty dragons with just one sword.
New for Young Adults
Now
by Morris Gleitzman
Set in the present day, this is the final book in the series that began with “Once” and continued with “Then.” Felix is a grandfather. He has achieved much in his life and is widely admired in the community. He has mostly buried the painful memories of his childhood, but they resurface when his granddaughter Zelda comes to stay with him. Together they face a cataclysmic event armed only with their gusto and love—an event that helps them achieve salvation from the past, but also brings the possibility of destruction.
New for Adults
Gold: A Novel
by Chris Cleave
Sharing a close friendship and rivalry throughout their elite training, world-class athletes Zoe and Kate find the limits of their physical and emotional realities tested on the eve of London 2012, where they consider difficult sacrifices and weigh their senses of mortality. By the author of the best-selling “Little Bee.”
What Doesn’t Kill You
by Iris Johansen
From the bestselling author comes an explosive new thriller featuring Catherine Ling from “Chasing The Night.” Catherine was abandoned on the streets of Hong Kong at age 4. Schooled in the art of survival, she traded in the only commodity she had: information. As a teen she came under the tutelage of the mysterious Hu Chang—a skilled assassin and master poisoner. She was recruited by the CIA and now she is known as one of their most effective operatives. When her old friend Hu Chang creates something so deadly, and completely untraceable, the chase is on to be the first to get it. With rogue operative John Gallo also on the hunt, Catherine finds herself pitted against a group so villainous and a man so evil that she may not survive the quest to protect those she cares about. Iris Johansen is at her page-turning best in this novel that takes you from the corridors of Langley to the alleyways of Hong Kong, and the darkest places of the human soul.
