New for Children
Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue:
An Origami Yoda Book
by Tom Angleberger
At McQuarrie Middle School, the war against the FunTime Menace—aka test prep—wages on. Our heroes have one battle under their belts, and they’ve even found a surprising ally in Jabba the Puppett. But to defeat the Dark Standardized Testing Forces they’re going to need an even bigger, even more surprising ally: Principal Rabbski. But with great forces—aka the school board—pushing her from above, will the gang’s former enemy don a finger puppet and join the Rebellion? Or, will her transformation to Empress Rabbski, Dark Lord of the Sith, be complete?
The Bear’s Song
by Benjamin Chaud
Papa Bear wakes up to find his son missing, and his search leads him to an opera house and a command performance. Includes bonus seek-and-find elements.
Again!
by Emily Gravett
A little dragon and his favorite book make for a combustible combination in this clever picture book with a surprise ending. It’s nearly Cedric the dragon’s bedtime, and for Cedric, bedtime means story time. When his mother reads him his favorite book, he likes the story so much that he wants to hear it again, and again, and again! Cedric’s mom understands that the best stories are ripe for repetition, and she tries very hard to be patient. But sometimes dragons will be dragons—which is why this bedtime tale ends with an incendiary surprise!
New for Young Adults
Thrice Told Tales
by Catherine Lewis
Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run? No. See how they can make all sorts of useful literary elements colorful and easy to understand? Yes. One nursery rhyme may not be able to explain the secrets of the universe, but it can help you understand the difference between bildungsroman, epigram, and epistolary. From the absurd to the clever, writing professor Catherine Lewis blends Mother Goose with Edward Gorey and Queneau, and the result is learning a whole lot more about three not-so-helpless mice, and how to fine tune your own writing, bildungsroman and all.
Vortex
by S.J. Kincaid
S. J. Kincaid has created a fascinating dystopian world for Insignia, her futuristic science-fiction adventure series perfect for fans of “Ender’s Game.” In this book, the second in the series, earth is in the middle of World War III, a war to determine which governments and corporations will control the resources of the solar system. Teen Tom Raines grew up with nothing, until his exceptional gaming skills earned him a spot in the Intrasolar Forces, the country’s elite military training program. Tom discovers that the Pentagonal Spire, where he and his friends are being trained as superhuman weapons, is filled with corruption. He is asked to betray his friends—the first real friends he’s ever had—for the sake of his country. Will he sacrifice his new life to do what he believes is right?
New for Adults
Empress of the Night: A Novel of Catherine the Great
by Eva Stachniak
This follow-up to “The Winter Palace” continues the Romanov monarch’s reflections on her world-changing rule in the shadow of the French Revolution, during which she orchestrates an ultimate political maneuver to secure her successor.
Black Horizon
by James Grippando
This thriller brings back popular Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck in an international case involving a devastating oil spill. Three summers after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, oil is again spewing into the ocean, this time from a drilling explosion in Cuban waters 60 miles off the Florida Keys, creating a politically complex and volatile situation. Representing an American woman whose Cuban husband was killed on the rig, Jack finds himself in dangerous waters when he discovers that his incendiary case may be lethally connected to his new wife Andi’s undercover assignment for the FBI, and that the looming environmental catastrophe may have been no accident at all.
The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
by Craig Nelson
A narrative of the Atomic Age by the award-winning author of “Rocket Man,” this book explores the complexities of nuclear energy, citing the contributions of such individuals as Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Robert Oppenheimer while sharing lesser-known historical details.
