Librarians' Picks

Looking for your next great read? Our Librarian's Picks display had been updated for May! Stop by and you'll find many interesting titles including:

The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan

Sent to a home for chronic offenders, 15-year-old foster child Anais is unable to remember the events that led to her sentencing and considers her bleak life in the hands of untrustworthy adults before discovering herself within an ad hoc family that helps her take first steps toward friendship and personal strength. "Readers won't be able to tear themselves away from this transcendent debut." (Booklist Review)

The Spies Who Never Were: the True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents by Hervie Haufler

Describes the role of a network of German spies, sent by Hitler in 1940 to England to gather intelligence on Allied plans, who in reality became a cadre of double agents who reported to the British while sending misinformation to the Nazis about Allied strategy and defenses. "...a fascinating account of these masters of deception." (Booklist Reviews)

Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott

Anticipating a successful final year of high school in a new community, star student and athlete Rosie gives way to behaviors that reveal to her increasingly horrified parents that she has been abusing drugs and telling costly lies. "This is a deft, moving look at an extremely fragile and codependent mother-daughter relationship and how an out-of-control teenager affects a life, a friendship, and a marriage. Lamott is consistently wonderful with this type of novel, and once again she does not disappoint." (Library Journal Reviews)

Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts

Montana wildfire fighter Rowan has a strict rule: never get romantically involved with anyone she works with. But the moment she meets new recruit Gull Curry that rule is severely tested. And when it becomes clear that someone blames Rowan for her jump partner's death, and is determined to get revenge, Rowan finds that she needs Gull's help and support more than ever.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

A memoir of resilience and redemption, and a penetrating look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who hated anything to do with domesticity. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.