New for Children
One Wrong Step
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Twelve-year-old Atlas Wade has been trying to forget the memory of his mother by climbing mountains ever since she died when he was nine years old. When his father signs them up for an expedition group hoping to be the first to ever summit the unconquerable Mount Everest, Atlas can’t wait for the chance to prove himself to his father, and maybe finally he can leave his mother behind him on the mountain.
Mouse & His Dog
by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenk
Mouse lives in Dogtown, a shelter for real dogs and robot dogs, where the kibble is plentiful and the rafters hide a secret community of mice. His unlikely best friend is Buster, a big-hearted real dog who attracts trouble like a burr to fur. Determined to help Buster find his forever home, even if means losing his best pal, Mouse embarks on a bold quest with three of Dogtown’s “unadoptables”. How’s a little guy supposed to find homes for the dogs he loves?
A Tree is a Community
by David L. Harrison
A tree is more than just a plant; it’s a whole ecosystem hiding in plain sight on street corners and in backyards everywhere. Discover how one tree provides shelter, food, and clean air to a host of animals and insects. The lively, rhythmic text informs young readers about the ecosystem of trees, and dynamic illustrations color a charming world aglow with life.
New for Teens
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear
by Robin Wasley
Sid Spencer has always been the most normal girl in her abnormal hometown, a tourist trap built over a fault line that seals magic from the world. Then someone kills a Guardian who protects the seal, and the earth rips open, unleashing trapped magic. Monsters crawl from the ground, no one can enter or leave, and the man behind it is roaming the streets with a gang of vigilantes. When Sid learns her missing brother is involved, she joins the Guardians, desperate to find him. Fighting through living corpses and forests, Sid and a crew of would-be heroes are the only thing standing between their town and the end of the world as they know it
The Grandest Game
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, the players do whatever it takes to win. Some are in it for the money, some for power, and some for reasons all their own. All have secrets. As tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their physical, mental, and emotional limits, it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.
New for Adults
How to Seal Your Own Fate
by Kristen Perrin
Present day: Annie Adams is settling into life in Castle Knoll when fortune teller Peony Lane shares a cryptic message only hours before being found dead inside Gravesdown Estate. Annie has no choice but to delve into the dark secrets of her new countryside home in order to find out just what Peony Lane was trying to warn her about.
1967: Teenage Frances Adams, Annie’s great aunt, is caught between two men. Ford Gravesdown is one of the only remaining members of a family known for its wealth and dubious uses of power. Archie Foyle is a local who can’t hold down a job. When Frances teams up with Archie to investigate the car crash that killed most of Ford’s family, it becomes clear that it was no accident. As Annie and Frances investigate two mysteries spanning decades, they unlock the secrets held in Castle Knoll’s dark heart.
The Retirement Plan
by Sue Hincenbergs
After thirty years of friendship, Pam dreams of a perfect retirement with her friends and their husbands—until the men pool their funds for an investment that goes terribly wrong. Suddenly their golden years look as dreary as their marriages. Then the women discover that their husbands have seven-figure life insurance policies, and a new dream forms. This time they need a hitman. Meanwhile, the husbands are working on their own secret retirement scheme, but when things begin to go sideways, they fear it’s backfired. The husbands scramble to stay alive and soon realize they may not be quick enough to outmaneuver their wives.
