What We Are Reading
Here are some quotes from library staff about their latest recommended picks:
See the Ghost by David LaRochelle: “Funny, simple, nice illustrations, original concept.”
Umbra by Jordan Speer: “A wordless picture book that plays into a lot of fantasy tropes and could be enjoyable for DnD fans or fantasy readers. We enjoyed the lush detail and had a few laughs, and a few ‘oh nooooo’ moments while reading it together.”
Mac B., Kid Spy: Mac Undercover by Mac Barnett: “This book made me LAUGH. OUT. LOUD. I mean, so funny and smart.”
How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger: “Hilarious, relatable, and really takes advantage of the graphic novel format in several over-the-top sequences that I felt truly captured how it feels to navigate early teenhood.”
What’s Hot This Month
Celebrate Black History Month with these reads about Black joy, achievement, and legacy.
Featured Title
The Deadly Fates by Dhonielle Clayton
After saving the world from the diabolical Ace of Anarchy, Ella, Brigit, and Jason return for year three at the Arcanum Training Institute. But the heroes' return is far from welcoming. Ella's big reveal last year threw everything into chaos, unearthing long-buried secrets and unwinding a twisted trail of deceit. As tensions rise between Marvellers and Conjurors, Ella realizes that the only way to end the chaos is to unveil the truth about what happened to the Conjure architect once and for all. To do that, she'll have to enlist the help of the living and the dead. As they plunge deeper into the truth, the search leads them to the Underworld and the Cards of Deadly Fate--an impenetrable prison for supervillains. But before Ella can figure out how it's all connected, the tension between magical worlds boil over, threatening everyone around her.
What’s New This Month
The newest entries in some very popular kids’ series are on the way to library shelves, including the latest
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, Click, My Weirdtastic School, Agents of S.U.I.T., Spy School: The Graphic Novel, and
I Survived series. Also not to miss are a new
Pigeon picture book from Mo Willems, and books from authors like Linda Sue Park, Brendan Wenzel, Andrea Beatriz Arango, Jennifer A. Nielsen, K. O’Neill, Brandon Mull, and more.
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