Librarian’s Pick: Yellow Bird – Sierra Crane Murdoch
"When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by...
Librarian’s Pick: Rebel Cinderella – Adam Hochschild
"Rose Pastor arrived in New York City in 1903, a Jewish refugee from Russia who had worked in cigar factories since the age of eleven. Two years later, she captured headlines across the globe when she married James Graham Phelps Stokes, scion of one of the legendary...
Librarian’s Pick: The Authenticity Project – Clare Pooley
"Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes--in a plain, green journal--the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by...
Librarian’s Pick: Oona Out Of Order – Margarita Montimore
" It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. Should she go to London to study economics, or remain at home in Brooklyn to pursue her passion for music and be with her boyfriend? As the countdown begins, Oona faints and awakens...
5 Owls Harry Potter Reread- Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Apologies for the lateness of this post! Hooray for Leap Day, we made it in under the wire. The Sorcerer's Stone was a thorough introduction to the magical world Harry Potter discovers on his 11th birthday, and in Chamber of...
Librarian’s Pick: The Janes – Louisa Luna
"The similarly determined Alice Vega of Louise Luna’s The Janes is a former bounty hunter, now private investigator, known for her skills in locating missing people and her relentless drive to find answers no matter the method (which readers will remember from Luna’s...
Owl’s Nest Review: The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows
Iggy doesn’t mean to be bad, he just wants to have fun! Except sometimes that fun, can be a bad idea. One thing leads to another and Iggy finds himself grounded in his room, suspended from school and feeling terrible because he made a teacher cry! What did he do that...
Librarian’s Pick: When Time Stopped – Ariana Neumann
"In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book....
Librarian’s Pick: A Longer Fall – Charlaine Harris
"A Longer Fall, Charlaine Harris’ sequel to An Easy Death, is just as gritty as its predecessor. Harris’ prose is blunt and uncomplicated, matching Lizbeth’s general sensibility, and lending the novel a welcome readability. This straightforward style meshes well with...
Librarian’s Pick: The Regrets – Amy Bonnaffons
"For weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her Brooklyn bus stop, staring off with a melancholy air. When, one day, she finally musters the courage to introduce herself, the chemistry between them is undeniable: Thomas is wise,...