New for Children
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to the mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom from which no elf has returned alive in more than a hundred years. Witty mixed media illustrations show Brangwain’s furtive missives back to the elf kingdom.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown
by Jeff Kinney
When snow closes Greg Heffley’s middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.
Bluecrowne
by Kate Milford
In 1810, Lucy Bluecrowne, 12, is bored living ashore with her stepmother and half brother. But then, unexpectedly, two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need for their evil plan.
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Knights vs. Dinosaurs
by Matt Phelan
With the realm at peace and few dragons about, the Knights of the Round Table are bored, so Merlin sends them to face the most terrible lizards of all—dinosaurs.
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New for Young Adults
Imposters
by Scott Westerfeld
In a world that is rapidly descending into chaos, Frey and Rafi are twin sisters, but few people know of Frey’s existence, because she has been raised to be her sister’s body double and lethal bodyguard, while Rafi has been raised to further the family’s political power.
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Kingdom of Ash
by Sarah J. Maas
Aelin Galathynius’ journey from slave to king’s assassin to the queen of a once-great kingdom reaches its finale as war erupts across her world. Aelin has risked everything to save her people but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. With Aelin captured, Aedion and Lysandra remain the last line of defense to protect Terrasen from utter destruction. Yet they soon realize that the many allies they’ve gathered to battle Erawan’s hordes might not be enough to save them. Some bonds will grow deeper, while others will be severed forever in this explosive final chapter of the “Throne of Glass” series.
What If It’s Us
by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
When Arthur, a summer intern from Georgia, and Ben, a native New Yorker, meet it seems like fate, but after three attempts at dating fail they wonder if the universe is pushing them together or apart.
The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially when she has feelings for a boy her family can never know about.
New for Adults
Nine Perfect Strangers
by Liane Moriarty
Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are there to lose weight, some to get a reboot on life, some for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amid all the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these 10 days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next days are going to be.
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by Kate Atkinson
In 1940, 18-year-old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, and Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence.
Target Alex Cross
by James Patterson
A leader has fallen, and Alex Cross joins the procession of mourners from Capitol Hill to the White House. Then a sniper’s bullet strikes a target in the heart of Washington. Alex’s wife, Bree Stone, new chief of detectives, must solve the case or lose her position. The Secret Service and the FBI are also involved in the race to find the shooter. Alex is tasked by the new president to lead an investigation unprecedented in scale and scope. But is the sniper’s strike only the beginning of a larger attack on the nation?
Forever and a Day: A James Bond novel
by Anthony Horowitz with original material by Ian Fleming
A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began in the explosive prequel to “Casino Royale.”
“Forever and a Day” is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera, taking readers into the very beginning of James Bond’s illustrious career and the formation of his identity.
