TITLE: Caraval

AUTHOR: Stephanie Garber
GENRE: Fantasy

This book is filled with SO MUCH MYSTERY. Centered around a real-life performance where the audience are the participants, Scarlett has always wanted to be invited as a player. When her sister, Tella runs off to join in on this year's festivities Scarlett's dream of being a part of the game is about to come true. But in Caraval not everything is as it seems.

TITLE: Carry On

AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
GENRE: Fantasy

This book is Harry Potter with a twist! Wanted and chased by members of an evil organization Simon is a student at a reknowned school of wizardry. Orphaned as a child, Simon has no recollection of his parents or family. Filled with action, intrigue, mystery and a little romance with his roommate Baz, this book is the first in the Simon Snow series.

TITLE: Renegades
AUTHOR: Marissa Meyer
GENRE: Fantasy
* 2019-2020 Truman Award Nominee

The first book in the Renegades trilogy, this book is sure to make you want to read more - and wish you had a superpower, too! Told from varying points of view of 2 teenaged superheros on opposite sides of the line of right and wrong, this book is filled with action. A great read for anyone who loves Marvel or DC characters this tells the story of how superheros are made, what choices they face in deciding which side they will become a part of. Check out the book, Renegades, today and you will not be disappointed!

TITLE: Greetings From the Witness Protection Program
AUTHOR: Jake Burt
GENRE: Realistic Fiction
*2019-2020 Truman Award Nominee

This book will pull at your heart strings, make you laugh until you cry and sit on the edge of your seat all within 357 pages. Told from the point of view of Nicki, a teenager whose been in foster care longer than she can remember. When she is approached by the U.S. Marshals to stand in as a 2nd child for a family in hiding she doesn't hesitate to accept. Every member of the family brings their own struggles, including both highs and lows. but through it all they turn this unconventional group into a family.

TITLE: Stepsister
AUTHOR: Jennifer Donnelly
GENRE: Fantasy

Want a new take on an old fairy tale? Then this is the book for you! Everyone knows the story of Cinderella, but do we know what it was like to be one of her evil step-sisters? Or even how they became the mean girls they were in the story? This book is told from one of the step-sister's points of view and opens with trying on the glass slipper by cutting off her heel to make it fit. We all know THAT didn't work, but neither did much else for this tale of the step-sister of Cinderella. By the end of the book readers won't think she's really as evil as she is portrayed to be.

Red Rising Book Talk

TITLE: Red Rising (book 1 of the Red Rising series)
AUTHOR: Pierce Brown
GENRE: Science Fiction
* 2016-2017 Gateway Award Nominee

TITLE: The Watchmaker's Daughter
AUTHOR: C.J. Archer
GENRE: Fantasy

The first book in the Glass and Steel series, this story follows the daughter of a watchmaker on an adventure to discover herself and reclaim the shop she lost. Filled with magic, mystery and a "bad guy" she struggles to uncover the hidden story behind a mysterious stranger who possesses a watch that can restore his health. Read more in this first adventure of the Glass and Steel series!