Youth Library News

New Arrivals!

K-3

ABC I Like Me by Nancy Carlson, Diary of a Worm: Nat the Gnat by Lori Haskins Houran, Doo Good Together Scooby-Doo by Christianne Jones, Back to School with The Berenstain Bears by Stan & Jan Berenstain, Paw Patrol Puppy Dance Party! by Hollis James, Roller Derby (non-fiction) by Martha London, Dora the Explorer Fairytale Magic! By Kristen L. Depken, Go Diego Go Giant Octopus to the Rescue by Alison Inches.

Juvenile

The WingFeather Saga: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (book 1) by Andrew Peterson.

Imani knows exactly what she wants as her big bat mitzvah gift: to find her birth parents. She loves her family and her Jewish community, but she has always wondered where she came from, especially since she’s black and almost everyone she knows is white. Then her mom’s grandmother – Imani’s great-grandma Anna – passes away, and Imani discovers an old journal among her books. It’s Anna’s diary from 1941, the year she was 12 and fled Nazi-occupied Luxembourg alone, to seek refuge in Brooklyn, New York. Anna’s diary records her journey to America and her new life with an adoptive family of her own. And as Imani reads the diary, she begins to see her family, and her place in it, in a whole new way. The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman.

Young Adult

For the past few months, family has meant nothing but heartache for Kenzie Caine. When her second year at college comes to a close, the last thing she wants to do is return home. Luckily, she’s just landed her dream summer job working at the well-known Bellmeade horse farm in the nearby town of Windemere. Rehabilitating abused horses is hard work, but it’s the perfect distraction from her mother’s deep depression and her turbulent relationship with her father. With the beautiful horses, Kenzie is in her element. Still, she has her own health limitations – a weakened heart. Her employers, the affable Jon and Ciana Mercer, are well aware of her condition and have tasked the charming stable hand Austin Boyd with helping Kenzie do some of the heavy lifting. Austin has his own secrets. And as Kenzie and Austin become closer, those secrets lead to shocking revelations that test the walls Kenzie has built around her heart. The Girl with the Broken Heart by Lurlene McDaniel.

The Caged Graves by Dianne K. Salerni. In Catawissa, sometimes the dead don’t stay where you put them. The year is 1867, and Verity Boone is returning to her birthplace of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, from Massachusetts, where she’s spent most of her 17 years. She looks forward to a joyful reunion with her father and, of course, to meeting Nate, her future husband, face-to-face for the first time. But her homecoming isn’t all she expected. Verity’s father is awkward and distant, and there’s no role for her in his household. Even Nate disappoints – their strained conversations are so unlike the easy exchange of letters that convinced Verity to accept his proposal. And a horrifying surprise awaits her. There are two graves enclosed in iron cages just outside the local cemetery’s walls, and Verity is determined to find out why. She hears rumors of grave robbers, hidden treasure, even witchcraft. Were the cages built to keep others out – or the dead in?