by Maggie Stiefvater ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 3, 2022 Disney adaptations are familiar, but this title marks a new gambit: a novel sequel that accepts the source movie, Brave, as canon. Merida, now nearly 20, has negotiated a truce with her mother (they never talk about betrothals or marriage) and traveled the kingdom learning new
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Ethan Wang, an eight-year-old from San Diego, has published a book that was first inspired by a class assignment last year. Once he showed it to his mother and she liked it, he decided to make it into a book. Ethan has won awards for his drawings and included illustrations in his 30-paged book titled
Bree, a middle school math enthusiast, has just moved to Palmetto Shores, Florida, with her dad so he can attend a technology training program. Bree’s friendship with her new neighbor Clara helps alleviate the nerves of attending a new school, but disaster strikes on the first day of classes: Nearly every elective, including the math
Netflix has low-key been killing it with the YA adaptations lately. Heartstopper is one of the latest additions to the list and possibly the most adorable. If you’re unfamiliar, it follows an out year 10 student named Charlie and year 11 rugby player Nick at a British all-boys grammar school. On paper, Charlie and Nick
by Louis Sachar ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1998 Sentenced to a brutal juvenile detention camp for a crime he didn’t commit, a wimpy teenager turns four generations of bad family luck around in this sunburnt tale of courage, obsession, and buried treasure from Sachar (Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, 1995, etc.). Driven mad
Author Rick Riordan has spoken out against fans upset about casting choices for the upcoming Disney+ adaptation of his series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The series follows Percy, a neurodivergent teen who finds out his father is the Greek god Poseidon, making him a demigod. As he contends with his new powers, he’s accused
I’ve never been a hat person, but every time I’ve tried on or received one as a gift, I’ve fallen in love. I love the statement, the ability to create a style or a bit of intrigue, and more, I love the practical value of a good cap: it keeps the sun off your eyes
by Seth Meyers ; illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr. ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2022 Unlikely friends Bear and Rabbit face fears together. The anthropomorphic creatures set out on an adventure. Graphic-based illustrations give the book a Pixar movie feel, with a variety of page layouts that keep the story moving. Large blocks of black
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For book-loving couples, getting married at a beautiful library is a perfect match. Now, there’s one more option available for them at The Boston Public Library. It has started offering 1 hour ceremonies in the Guastavino Room at the Central Library in Copley Square. Couples can invite up to 8 guests, and chairs and décor are
>pDonovan didn’t mean to leave the book on the kitchen table. Gideon hadn’t planned to ask the new boy, Roberto, to be his partner for their school project. And Rick didn’t know that the courage Oliver displayed on their latest adventure would make him realize “just how deeply he loved Oliver.” In acclaimed author David
by Robert Greene ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1998 The authors have created a sort of anti-Book of Virtues in this encyclopedic compendium of the ways and means of power. Everyone wants power and everyone is in a constant duplicitous game to gain more power at the expense of others, according to Greene, a screenwriter
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A crucial tool for library workers is a strong, updated collection development policy. If it’s been several years since visiting whatever is in place, it is more than worth it to pull it out and update it as your library continues to grow and evolve. It’s vital to keep this updated all the time, but
Astute observations on literature and art. Poet, essayist, and biographer Crase, a MacArthur and Guggenheim fellow, has gathered more than 30 pieces published over the last 40 years that he describes as “affairs of attention and intellectual desire, rather than criticism.” Among those who merit his attention are poets John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Marianne Moore,
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The 1990s may be a decade often lamented for its generation of “slackers” and eternally epitomized in the TV series “Seinfeld” (frequently described as “a show about nothing”), but Chuck Klosterman has found a treasure trove of history, nostalgia and pop culture relics to explore in The Nineties (12.5 hours). Each chapter is devoted to
by Kathleen Glasgow ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 30, 2016 After surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn’t sure she can endure without cutting herself. Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself; her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out; her
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