New for Children
A Dragon’s Guide to Making Your Human Smarter
by Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder
Three-thousand-year-old Miss Drake, a dragon, has arranged to send her dear pet Winnie to Spriggs Academy, an extraordinary school. Winnie is particularly excited about magic class and having Sir Isaac Newton for science. She’s also making new friends —and frenemies…
With equal doses of whimsy and humor, Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder have crafted an enchanting story about true friendship.
Surf’s Up
by Kwame Alexander
Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick), Dude can’t help but get curious. Before you can shout ‘Surf’s up!’ both frogs are sharing the same adventure, that is, until they get to the beach. Newbery Medal Winner Kwame Alexander and Daniel Miyares have joined forces to give little listeners a wild ride.
New for Young Adults
Rebel of the Sands
by Alwyn Hamilton
Destined to wind up “wed or dead,” Amani’s counting on her sharpshooting skills to get her out of the dead-end town of Dustwalk in the desert nation of Miraji. When she meets Jin, a mysterious and handsome foreigner, in a shooting contest, she figures he’s the perfect escape route. But in all her years spent dreaming of leaving home, she never imagined she’d gallop away on a mythical horse, fleeing the murderous Sultan’s army, with a fugitive who’s wanted for treason.
Lady Midnight
by Cassandra Clare
The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices. It’s been five years since the events that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses. She must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the ocean. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions…
New for Adults
I Let You Go
by Clare Mackintosh
On a rainy afternoon, a mother’s life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street.
“I Let You Go” follows Jenna Gray as she moves to the Welsh coast, desperate to leave behind the heartbreak of the accident and heal from the loss of her child and the rest of her painful past. At the same time, the novel tracks the pair of police investigators trying to get to the bottom of this hit-and-run, drawn to each other as surely as they are drawn into the frustrating, twist-filled case before them.
Paul McCartney: The Life
by Philip Norman
Since the age of 21, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock ’n’ roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul’s story is told by rock music’s foremost biographer, with McCartney’s consent and access to family members and close friends who have never spoken on the record before. “Paul McCartney: The Life” reveals the complex character behind the façade and sheds new light on his childhood, which was blighted by his mother’s death but redeemed by the father who introduced him to music.
This is the first definitive account of Paul’s often troubled partnership with John Lennon, his trauma after the Beatles’ breakup, and his subsequent struggle to get back to the top with Wings. Readers will learn about his marriage to Linda, including their much-criticized musical collaboration, and a moving account of her death. Packed with new information and insights, “Paul McCartney: The Life” will be the definitive biography of a musical legend.
