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January 27, 2021 | 'Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal' by G. Willow Wilson [YA Review]

1/27/2021

 
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Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal

Wilson, G. WIllow
Alphona, Adrian - illustrator

2014, Marvel

Graphic Novel

Grades: 8 - 12

Availability

EPLD: print
ILL: Playaway
eBook: Libby & Hoopla
eAudiobook: Hoopla
Marvel Comics presents the all-new Ms. Marvel, the groundbreaking heroine that has become an international sensation! Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City - until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them as well. Is Kamala ready to wield these immense new gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her be too much to handle? Kamala has no idea either. But she's comin' for you, New York!

Read a review by Gennifer King:

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January 27, 2021 | 'The Upside of Falling' by Alex Light [YA Review]

1/27/2021

 
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The Upside of Falling

Light, Alex

2020, Harper Teen

Fiction

Grades: 9 - 12

Availability

EPLD: print
eBook: Libby, Boundless, & Hoopla
eAudiobook: Libby, Boundless, & Hoopla
It’s been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having a boyfriend, Becca impulsively pretends she’s been secretly seeing someone.

Brett Wells has it all. Being captain of the football team and one of the most popular guys in school, he should have no problem finding someone to date, but he’s always been more focused on his future than who to bring to prom. When he overhears Becca’s lie, Brett decides to step in and be her mystery guy. It’s the perfect solution: he gets people off his back for not dating and she can keep up the ruse.

Acting like the perfect couple isn’t easy though, especially when you barely know the other person. But with Becca still picking up the pieces from when her world was blown apart years ago and Brett just barely holding his together now, they begin to realize they have more in common than they ever could have imagined. When the line between real and pretend begins to blur, they are forced to answer the question: is this fake romance the realest thing in either of their lives?

Read a review by Joan Herron:

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January 20, 2021 | 'Hey, Kiddo' by Jarrett Krosoczka [YA Review]

1/20/2021

 
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Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction

Krosoczka, Jarrett

2018, Graphix

Graphic Novel

Grades: 7 - 9

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ILL: audiobook & Playaway
eBook: Boundless & Hoopla
eAudiobook: Boundless & Hoopla
In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along.

Jarrett goes through his childhood trying to make his non-normal life as normal as possible, finding a way to express himself through drawing even as so little is being said to him about what's going on. Only as a teenager can Jarrett begin to piece together the truth of his family, reckoning with his mother and tracking down his father.

Hey, Kiddo is a profoundly important memoir about growing up in a family grappling with addiction, and finding the art that helps you survive.

Read a review by Ann Reeves:

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January 20, 2021 | 'The Bookish Life of Nina Hill' by Abbi Waxman [Adult Review]

1/20/2021

 
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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Waxman, Abbi

2019, Berkley

Fiction

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EPLD: print
ILL: large print & audiobook
eBook: Boundless
The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.

When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They're all—or mostly all—excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It's a disaster! And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is?

Nina considers her options.

1. Completely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)
2. Flee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee).
3. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.)

It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. It's going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page.

Read a review by Debra Blunier:

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January 13, 2021 | 'Eva's Treetop Festival' by Rebecca Elliott [Picture Book Review]

1/13/2021

 
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Eva's Treetop Festival

Elliott, Rebecca

2015, Branches/Scholastic Inc.

Fiction

Grades: K - 2; Lexile: 560L

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EPLD: print
ILL: Spanish edition
eBook: Libby & Hoopla (Spanish edition also available)
This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

Eva Wingdale gets in over her head when she offers to organize a spring festival at school. Even with her best friend Lucy's help, there is NO way she will get everything done in time. Will Eva have to ask Sue (a.k.a. Meanie McMeanerson) for help? Or will the festival have to be cancelled? This  book is written as Eva's diary -- with Rebecca Elliott's owl-dorable full-color illustrations throughout!

Read a review by Gennifer King:

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January 13, 2021 | 'It's Never Too Late' by Kathie Lee Gifford [Adult Review]

1/13/2021

 
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It's Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life

Gifford, Kathie Lee

2020, W Publishing Group

Nonfiction

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EPLD: print
ILL: audiobook
eBook: Libby, Freading, & Hoopla
eAudiobook: Hoopla
Former Today show host Kathie Lee Gifford draws on stories from her remarkable life to weave together a beautiful reminder that whatever circumstances we face, God is still dreaming big for our years ahead. 

When Kathie Lee Gifford stepped down as cohost of the fourth hour of the Today show with Hoda Kotb, you might have thought her best days were behind her. It turns out, she was just getting started. As Kathie Lee says, “I’m not retiring; I’m refiring!” 

Taking us from her Chesapeake Bay childhood when she first heard God’s calling, to her skyrocketing fame with Regis, to her decision to leave television for Nashville, Kathie Lee inspires us to pursue what really matters. Because it’s never too late to forgive, to dance the cha-cha, or to make a difference in the world.   

God placed His dreams in your heart for a reason. And like Kathie Lee, you might just discover that the best is yet to come. Whether you’re an empty nester, newly single, navigating a career change, or just eager for any change, Kathie Lee helps you hear God’s loving calling because It’s Never Too Late to . . .


Begin Again
Make Sparks Fly
Leave a Good Thing
Have a Party
Change the Ending, Then Change It Again
Is it time for you to rewrite your story, unearth your hidden passions, and live with a renewed purpose? It’s never too late.

Read a review by Ann Reeves:

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January 6, 2021 | 'Ready Player Two' by Ernest Cline [Adult Review]

1/6/2021

 
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Ready Player Two

Cline, Ernest

2020, Ballantine Books

Fiction

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EPLD: print
ILL: large print & audiobook
eBook: Libby & Boundless
eAudiobook: Libby & Boundless
An unexpected quest. Two worlds at stake. Are you ready?

Days after Oasis founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vault, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the Oasis a thousand times more wondrous, and addictive, than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle and a new quest. A last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who will kill millions to get what he wants. Wade's life and the future of the Oasis are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance.

Read a review by Gennifer King:

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January 6, 2021 | 'Elizabeth the Queen' by Sally Bedell Smith [Adult Review]

1/6/2021

 
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Elizabeth the Queen: the Life of a Modern Monarch

Smith, Sally Bedell

2012, Random House

Biography

Availability

EPLD: print
ILL: large print & audiobook
eBook: Libby
From the moment of her ascension to the throne at age twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II has been the object of unparalleled admiration and scrutiny. But through the fog of glamour and gossip, how well do we really know the world’s most famous monarch? Drawing on numerous interviews and never-before-revealed documents, acclaimed biographer Sally Bedell Smith pulls back the curtain to show in extraordinary detail the public and private lives of one of the world’s most fascinating and enigmatic women. In Elizabeth the Queen, we meet the young girl who suddenly becomes “heiress presumptive” when her uncle abdicates the throne. We see the young Queen struggling to balance the demands of her job with her role as the mother of two young children. And we gain insight into the Queen’s daily routines, as well as her personal relationships: with Prince Philip, her husband of sixty-four years and the love of her life, her children and their often-disastrous marriages, her grandchildren and friends.
 
Scrupulously researched and compulsively readable, Elizabeth the Queen is a close-up view of the lively, brilliant, and steadfast woman we’ve known only from a distance, and a captivating window into life at the center of the last great monarchy.

Read a review by Ann Reeves:

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