Monday, June 25, 2018

week of 25 June 2018

In the mood for something historical?  Pick up My Plain Jane or The Game of Hope.  Looking for a favorite new author?  Try the anthology A Thousand Beginnings and Endings.  For those in the mood for romance, look for The Fragile Ordinary and One Small Thing.  Looking for something to really pull at your emotions?  Take home Learning to Breathe, The Museum of Us and Wild Blue Wonder.  Whatever you choose- happy reading!

The Fragile Ordinary by Samantha Young

The Fragile OrdinaryFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Impossible Vastness of Us and the On Dublin Street series comes a heartfelt and beautiful new young adult novel, set in Scotland, about daring to dream and embracing who you are. 
I am Comet Caldwell.
And I sort of, kind of, absolutely hate my name.
People expect extraordinary things from a girl named Comet. That she’ll be effortlessly cool and light up a room the way a comet blazes across the sky.
But from the shyness that makes her book-character friends more appealing than real people to the parents whose indifference hurts more than an open wound, Comet has never wanted to be the center of attention. She can’t wait to graduate from her high school in Edinburgh, Scotland, where the only place she ever feels truly herself is on her anonymous poetry blog. But surely that will change once she leaves to attend university somewhere far, far away.
When new student Tobias King blazes in from America and shakes up the school, Comet thinks she’s got the bad boy figured out. Until they’re thrown together for a class assignment and begin to form an unlikely connection. Everything shifts in Comet’s ordinary world. Tobias has a dark past and runs with a tough crowd—and none of them are happy about his interest in Comet. Targeted by bullies and thrown into the spotlight, Comet and Tobias can go their separate ways…or take a risk on something extraordinary.

"The Fragile Ordinary is a perfect read. First it made me swoon, then it broke me and put me back together again. For those who feel like they don't quite fit in anywhere, Comet's character shows you can be true to yourself and still find your place in life and love." -Miranda Kenneally, author of Catching Jordan.

Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather

Learning to Breathe Sixteen-year-old Indy struggles to conceal her pregnancy while searching for a place to belong in this stunning debut novel that’s perfect for fans of Amber Smith and Sara Zarr.
Indira Ferguson has done her best to live by her Grammy’s rules—to study hard in school, be respectful, and to never let a boy take advantage of her. But it hasn’t always been easy, especially while living in her mother’s shadow.
When Indy is sent to live with distant relatives in Nassau, trouble follows her. Now she must hide an unwanted pregnancy from her aunt, who would rather throw Indy out onto the street than see the truth.
Completely broke with only a hand-me-down pregnancy book as a resource, Indy desperately looks for a safe space to call home. After stumbling upon a yoga retreat, she wonders if perhaps she’s found the place. But Indy is about to discover that home is much bigger than just four walls and a roof—it’s about the people she chooses to share it with.

"A powerful, poignant story about refusing to let the past dictate who you are or who you will become."-Kirkus Reviews

Also Releasing in Hardcover

 A Thousand Beginnings and Endings  Dawn of Legends  The Ruinous Sweep  Fugitive Six  The Emerald Sea 
99 Lies  One Small Thing  Wild Blue Wonder  My Plain Jane  
Title: Now You See Her, Author: Lisa Leighton  Title: The Game of Hope, Author: Sandra Gulland  The Museum of Us  Your Destination Is on the Left  
The Life and Death Parade  The Evolution of Claire (Jurassic World)  Court of Shadows

New in Paperback

The Fourth Closet (Five Nights at Freddy's)  

Former Hardcovers and Reprints

Bright Smoke, Cold Fire  If I Was Your Girl  These Things I've Done  Girl in a Bad Place    
Firebrand (Steeplejack Series #2)  We Were Never Here  Little Wrecks  Tash Hearts Tolstoy  Warcross 



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