Jenna and Jessica are Chinese American seniors at the cutthroat Havenwood Academy. But while Jessica’s exemplary academic and athletic performance has earned her admiration from teachers and peers alike, Jenna has always fallen short of expectations, no matter how hard she works. In a moment of despair, Jenna wishes on a shooting star to be…
From the Captain Underpants series , Vol. 9 by Dav Pilkey & illustrated by Dav Pilkey ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 28, 2012 Is this the end? Well, no…the series will stagger on through at least one more scheduled sequel. Sure signs that the creative wells are running dry at last, the Captain’s ninth, overstuffed outing…
by Ta-Nehisi Coates ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, 2024 A revelatory meditation on shattering journeys. Bearing witness to oppression. Award-winning journalist and MacArthur Fellow Coates probes the narratives that shape our perception of the world through his reports on three journeys: to Dakar, Senegal, the last stop for Black Africans “before the genocide and rebirth…
THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI by David Grann ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 18, 2017 Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. Likes 71 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews’Best Books Of 2017 New York Times Bestseller National Book Award Finalist Greed, depravity,…
by Alice Feeney ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 14, 2025 “Nasty little fellows…always get their comeuppance,” a movie character once said. Deeply satisfying. Following the mysterious disappearance of his wife, a struggling London novelist journeys to a remote Scottish island to try to get his mojo back—but all, of course, is not what it seems. Grady…
by Rebecca Yarros ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 26, 2019 A thoughtful and pensive tale with intelligent characters and a satisfying romance. Likes 192 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews’Best Books Of 2019 A promise to his best friend leads an Army serviceman to a family in need and a chance at true love in this…
THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI by David Grann ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 18, 2017 Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. Likes 71 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews’Best Books Of 2017 New York Times Bestseller National Book Award Finalist Greed, depravity,…
For Goldin, migration is a “deeply personal” topic: his grandparents and his father fled antisemitic violence in their home countries, while Goldin himself left his home in South Africa as a result of his principled opposition to the apartheid regime. In this volume, the author traces the social, political, and cultural contexts that shaped migration…
by Walter Isaacson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 12, 2023 Alternately admiring and critical, unvarnished, and a closely detailed account of a troubled innovator. Likes 70 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews’Best Books Of 2023 New York Times Bestseller A warts-and-all portrait of the famed techno-entrepreneur—and the warts are nearly beyond counting. To call Elon Musk…
by Rebecca Yarros ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 26, 2019 A thoughtful and pensive tale with intelligent characters and a satisfying romance. Likes 192 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews’Best Books Of 2019 A promise to his best friend leads an Army serviceman to a family in need and a chance at true love in this…
