New for Children
Nightmares!
by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Jason Segel, actor, writer, and musician, teams up with New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Miller for the hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel “Nightmares!,” the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.
Charlie Laird has several problems: 1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch. 2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is not a place you want to find yourself after dark. 3. He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world—that’s a line that should never be crossed.
Gaston
by Kelly DiPucchio
A bulldog and a poodle learn that family is about love, not appearances, in this adorable doggy tale from New York Times bestselling author Kelly DiPucchio and illustrator Christian Robinson. This is the story of four puppies: Fi-Fi, Foo-Foo, Ooh-La-La, and Gaston. Gaston works the hardest at his lessons on how to be a proper pooch to fit in with his poodle sisters. But a chance encounter with a bulldog family in the park—Rocky, Ricky, Bruno, and Antoinette—reveals there’s been a mix-up, and so Gaston and Antoinette switch places. The new families look right, but they don’t feel right. Can these puppies follow their noses—and their hearts—to find where they belong?
New for Young Adults
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
edited and with a story by Stephanie Perkins
If you love holiday stories, you’re going to fall in love with this anthology with stories by 12 young adult writers, edited by bestselling author Stephanie Perkins. Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, winter solstice or Kwanzaa, there’s something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have 12 reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love.
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
by Maggie Stiefvater
This is the third installment in the mesmerizing series from the irrepressible, New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.
Blue Sargent has found things.For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. The trick with found things, though, is how easily they can be lost. Friends can betray. Mothers can disappear. Visions can mislead.
New for Adults
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
by Boris Johnson
On the 50th anniversary of Churchill’s death, London’s inimitable mayor, Boris Johnson, celebrates the brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the 20th century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays a man of contagious bravery, breathtaking eloquence, matchless strategizing, and deep humanity.
Fearless on the battlefield, Churchill had to be ordered by the king to stay out of action on D-Day; he pioneered aerial bombing, and few could match his experience in organizing violence on a colossal scale; yet he hated war and scorned politicians who had not experienced its horrors. He was the most famous journalist of his time and perhaps the greatest orator of all time, despite a lisp and chronic depression he kept at bay by painting. His maneuvering positioned America for entry into World War II, even as it ushered in England’s postwar decline. His openmindedness made him a trailblazer in health care, education, and social welfare, though he remained incorrigibly politically incorrect. Most of all, he was a rebuttal to the idea that history is the story of vast and impersonal forces; he is proof that one person—intrepid, ingenious, determined—can make all the difference.
Blue Labyrinth
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast’s most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a murdered corpse. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for an enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the deceased’s stomach. The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine, which in turn propels him on a journey of discovery deep into his family’s sinister past. But Pendergast learns there is more at work than a ghastly episode of family history: He is soon stalked by a subtle killer bent on vengeance over an ancient transgression. In short order, Pendergast is caught in a wickedly clever plot, which will leave him stricken in mind and body, and may well end with his death.
