New for Children
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious
by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale
Doreen Green, age 14, is a little too busy wiping out crime in her suburban New Jersey neighborhood to focus on her overdue homework. That’s because she also happens to be Squirrel Girl, a bushy-tailed, squirrel-powered super hero. After foiling the plot of an amateur super villain, Squirrel Girl is finally finding her groove. Doreen, on the other hand, is still trying to navigate friendships, evil teachers, and all the pitfalls that come with middle school.
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World
by Matt Lamothe
Follow the real lives of kids from Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia for one day. In Japan, Kei plays freeze tag, while in Ugand,a Daphine likes to jump rope. But while the way they play may differ, the shared rhythm of their days unites them. Inspired by his own travels, the author transports readers across the globe and back.
New for Young Adults
Batman: Nightwalker
by Marie Lu
After making an impulsive choice on his way home from his birthday party, Bruce Wayne must do community service at Arkham Asylum, the infamous prison that holds the city’s most brutal criminals. There he encounters Madeleine Wallace, a killer with ties to the Nightwalkers terrorizing Gotham.
Beasts Made of Night
by Tochi Onyebuchi
After he eats the sin of a royal, Taj, a talented aki, or sin-eater who consumes the guilt of others, is drawn into a plot to destroy the city. Themes of belonging, self-discovery, and inequity round out a richly imagined world, where war and dark magic are around every corner.
New for Adults
Cave of Bones
by Anne Hillerman
Keynote New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman delivers another suspenseful Southwestern mystery featuring Navajo tribal cops Bernadette Manuelito and Jim Chee and their mentor, retired Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn.
The Forgotten Road
by Richard Paul Evans
This second novel in the New York Times bestselling trilogy from Richard Paul Evans is about a man on an inspirational pilgrimage across Route 66 to find his way back to himself.
