New for Children
Ferris
by Kate DiCamillo
It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey it’s a summer of sheer pandemonium. Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw, Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world, and Ferris’s grandmother, has started seeing a ghost.
Grumbones
by Jenn Bennett
Although the town of Whispering Pines is full of ghosts, Helena Novak hasn’t seen a trace of her late grandmother, Babi, and no amount of gifts on Babi’s grave has lured her spirit out. One day, all of Babi’s grave gifts disappear. When Helena and her friend Ben investigate, they find a secret door in a crypt that leads to the underworld. The sprawling subterranean world is a maze of eerie kingdoms, piercing castles, and swirling seas, full of unsavory characters. Despite the danger, Helena is set on finding her grandmother. So when eccentric underworld guide Grumbones offers to help, Helena and Ben think it’s their lucky break.
New for Teens
Infinity Alchemist
by Kacen Callender
Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic—so when Ash is rejected by Lancaster College of Alchemic Science, he’s forced to learn alchemy in secret. When he’s discovered by the brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he’s about to be arrested—but Ramsay surprises Ash by making an offer: Ramsay will keep Ash’s secret if he helps her find the legendary Book of Source, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power.
Nightshade Revenge
by Anthony Horowitz
When Alex Rider thwarted the plans of the criminal organization Nightshade, he knew he’d made a new, blatantly evil enemy. But he hadn’t expected to get back into the spy game so quickly—that is, until Nightshade kidnaps his best friend, forcing Alex to do their bidding if he ever wants to see his pal alive again. As Alex dives deep into this mission, his friend isn’t the only one whose life is on the line. Nightshade has entered the world of virtual reality gaming, and the lines between what’s real and what’s digital are being blurred everywhere.
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New for Adults
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
by Nicci French
On the day of Alec Salter’s fiftieth birthday party, his wife Charlotte vanishes. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their children, especially 15-year-old Etty, grow anxious when Charlotte doesn’t return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan’s father Duncan Ackerley, floating in the river. The police conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide.
Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley returns to Glensted to make a podcast based on the tragedy. Alec is now entering an elder care facility while Etty helps put his affairs in order. When the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases. Allegations fly, secrets come to light, and a fire leads to a murder. With the podcast making national news, London sends Detective Inspector Maud O’Connor to Glensted to uncover the truth of what really happened to Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley.
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All Our Yesterdays
by Joel H. Morris
Joel Morris has written a piercing debut novel, set ten years before the events of Shakespeare’s historic play, about the ambition, power, and fate that define one of literature’s most notorious figures: Lady Macbeth.
Born in a noble household, a young girl carries the guilt of her mother’s death and the weight of a prophecy. When she is married at age 15, she experiences the violence of a sadistic husband and a kingdom at war. To survive with her young son in a superstitious realm, she must rely on her own cunning, especially when her husband’s downfall inadvertently sets them free.
Suspicious of what led to his father’s death, her son watches as his mother falls in love with the enigmatic thane Macbeth. Now a woman of stature, Lady Macbeth confronts a world of masculine power and secures the protection of her family. But the coronation of King Duncan and the political maneuvering of her cousin Macduff set her on a tragic course, one where her own success might mean embracing the very curse that haunts her and risking the child she loves.
