New for Children
Bronze and Sunflower
by Cao Wenxuan
Sunflower is an only child, and when her father tragically drowns, she is taken in by the poorest family in the village, a family with a son named Bronze. Until Sunflower joins his family, Bronze was also an only child, and he hadn’t spoken a word since he was traumatized by a terrible fire. Bronze and Sunflower become inseparable, understanding each other as only the closest friends can. Translated from Mandarin, the story meanders gracefully through the challenges that face the family, creating a timeless story of the trials of poverty and the power of love and loyalty to overcome hardship.
Tidy
by Emily Gravett
Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of one fallen leaf escalates quickly and ends with the complete destruction of the forest. Will Pete realize the error of his ways and reverse his tidying habit?
New for Young Adults
The Authentics
by Abdi Nazemian
Daria Esfandyar is Iranian-American and proud of her heritage. She and her friends call themselves the Authentics, because they pride themselves on always keeping it real. But in the course of researching a school project, Daria learns something shocking about her past, which launches her on a journey of self-discovery. It seems everyone is keeping secrets. And it’s getting harder to know who she even is any longer.
With infighting among the Authentics, her mother planning an over-the-top sweet 16 party, and a romance that should be totally off limits, Daria doesn’t have time for this identity crisis. As everything in her life is spinning out of control—can she figure out how to stay true to herself.
Genuine Fraud
by E. Lockhart
This novel of psychological suspense by the best-selling author of “We Were Liars” follows the experiences of a diabolically intelligent girl who repeatedly reinvents herself in an effort to secure a charmed existence.
New for Adults
The Vietnam War: An Intimate History
by Geoffrey C. Ward; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
This 21st FBI thriller by author Catherine Coulter presents two baffling mysteries.
More than 40 years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. The authors draw on interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more. The book plunges us into the chaos and intensity of combat, even as it explains the rationale that got us into Vietnam and kept us there for so many years. Rather than taking sides, the book seeks to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy.
Keep Her Safe
by Sophie Hannah
Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star resort she can’t afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied by a man and a teenage girl. Soon Cara realizes that the girl in the hotel room is someone she can’t possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, whose parents are serving life sentences for her murder. Cara doesn’t know what to trust—everything she’s read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes.
