by envisionmg | Mar 12, 2021 | Middle Grade Fiction, YA Fiction
The Ghost of Gosswater – Lucy Strange “The Lake District, 1899. The Earl is dead and cruel Cousin Clarence has inherited everything. Twelve-year-old Lady Agatha Asquith is cast out of Gosswater Hall to live in a tiny, tumbledown cottage with a stranger who...
by envisionmg | Mar 10, 2021 | Jen Recommends, Non-fiction, Staff Reading
The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication – Alexander Larman (ebook) “On December 10, 1936, King Edward VIII brought a great international drama to a close when he abdicated, renouncing the throne of the United Kingdom for himself and his heirs. The...
by envisionmg | Mar 8, 2021 | Patron Recommendations
Keeper of the Lost Cities – Shannon Messenger (ebook) “Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She’s skipped multiple grades and doesn’t really connect with the older kids at school, but she’s not comfortable with her family, either. The...
by envisionmg | Mar 5, 2021 | Non-fiction, Staff Reading
The Best of Me – David Sedaris (ebook | eaudio) “For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world...
by envisionmg | Mar 3, 2021 | Fiction, Non-fiction
After watching several webcasts presented by marketing teams from various publishing houses my notebook is now full up with lists of upcoming titles of interest. Below is a very small selection of fiction and non-fiction titles pulled from those lists (release dates...