New for Children
Echo
by Pam Munoz Ryan
Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later three children—Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California—are caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.
Where Are My Books
by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Spencer loves to read. He reads a book every night. But one morning his favorite book goes missing, and in its place is a tulip. He searches high and low but can’t find his book. The next morning another book is missing, a nut in its place. And the morning after that, another. What is happening to Spencer’s books?
New for Young Adults
Threatened
by Eliot Schrefer
When he was a boy, Luc’s mother would warn him about the “mock men” living in the trees by their home—chimpanzees whose cries would fill the night. Luc is older now, his mother gone. He lives in a house of mistreated orphans, barely getting by. Then a man calling himself Prof comes to town with a mysterious mission. Together, Luc and Prof head into the rough, dangerous jungle to study the elusive chimpanzees. There, Luc finally finds a new family and must act when that family comes under attack.
The Good Girls
by Sara Shepard
Even though Mackenzie, Ava, Caitlin, Julie, and Parker talked about killing rich bully Nolan Hotchkiss, they didn’t actually go through with it. It’s just a coincidence that Nolan died in exactly the way they planned. Except Nolan wasn’t the only one they fantasized about killing. When someone else they named dies, the girls wonder if they’re being framed. Or are they about to become the killer’s next targets?
New for Adults
The Body in the Birches: a Faith Fairchild Mystery
Katherine Hall Page
At home on Sanpere Island, Maine, caterer and amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild discovers that real estate can be murder, especially when it’s all in the family, in this 23rd book in the popular mystery series.
After the island’s Fourth of July celebrations are over, Faith discovers a body in the woods near The Birches, an early twentieth-century cottage. The death is only one of the dramatic events upending the historic house. A family gathering has been called to decide who will inherit the much loved, and very valuable, estate that has been in the Proctor family for generations. With this much money involved, it’s just a matter of time before trouble arises.
Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South
by Christopher Dickey
Between the Confederacy and recognition by Great Britain stood one unlikely Englishman who hated the slave trade. His actions helped determine the fate of a nation.
When Robert Bunch arrived in Charleston to take up the post of British consul in 1853, he was young and full of ambition, but even he couldn’t have imagined the incredible role he would play in the history-making events to unfold. In an age when diplomats often were spies, Bunch’s job included sending intelligence back to the British government in London. Yet as the United States threatened to erupt into Civil War, Bunch found himself plunged into a double life, settling into an amiable routine with his slavery-loving neighbors on the one hand, while working furiously to thwart their plans to achieve a new Confederacy.
