From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami'a fantastical illustrated short novel about a boy imprisoned in a nightmarish library. A lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plot their escape from the...
Libraries
- Author:Murakami, HarukiSummary:
- Author:Kerrin, Jessica ScottSummary:
When a new book arrives at the library with a secret code written inside, Derek, with the help of his friends, follows the clues from one novel to the next and makes a discovery that may help him get past a terrible loss.
- Author:Kerrin, Jessica ScottSummary:
Finalist for the Canadian Library Association's 2014 Book of the Year for Children Award Selected as a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing While tracking clues from a secret code penciled in the margins of mystery...
- Author:Manguel, AlbertoSummary:
- Author:Beiko, S. M.Summary:
Wishing for something out of Alice in Wonderland, something beyond her adventureless life, 16-year-old Ash is counting down the days until she and her mother move away from their prairie hometown of Treade. It’s Ash’s summer of...
- Author:Klassen, JulieSummary:
In the confines of Ivy Cottage, friendships thrive, romances blossom, and mysteries await! Gentlewoman Rachel Ashford has moved into Ivy Cottage with the two Miss Groves, where she discovers mysteries hidden among her books. Together...
- Author:Kerrin, Jessica ScottSummary:
The Missing Dog Is Spotted. Trevor Tower doesn’t worry about being short until he is assigned dog-walking duty with Loyola Louden, the tallest person in his class. But the dogs are a wonderful distraction, and even before Trevor and...
- Author:Paratore, ColeenSummary:
High school freshman Willa holds fundraising events at her family's Cape Cod inn to save the local library and to hook up romantically with JFK (Joseph Frances Kennelly).
- Author:Halpern, SueSummary:
From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Halpern's novel is an unforgettable tale of family...the kind you come from and the kind you create. People are drawn to libraries...
- Author:Myron, Vicki, Witter, BretSummary:
the heartwarming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa, as told by his owner and companion of nineteen years, Vicki Myron, the librarian who found him on a frigid January morning when he was abandoned...
- Author:Brook, AllisonSummary:
When Carrie Singleton's first event as head of programs at a small local library ends up in the sudden death of the presenter, she is determined to investigate, convinced this death is connected to another cold-case murder.
- Author:Sutton, SallySummary:
Big machines and their drivers work together to build a library.
- Author:Krishnaswami, Uma, Swaney, JuliannaSummary:
Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her...
- Author:Roberts, SherrySummary:
FINALIST: 2011 Midwest Book Awards Awesome Indies Seal of Approval Dyslexic Antigone Brown has trouble reading road signs, keeps a stone in her pocket to help her remember right from left and despairs of ever being a good mother to her...
- Author:Gratz, AlanSummary:
A fourth-grader fights back when her favorite book is banned from the school library--by starting her own illegal locker library.
- Author:Sanderson, BrandonSummary:
Thirteen-year-old Alcatraz Smedry and his companions seek Al's father and grandfather in the Great Library of Alexandria, where they face undead, soul-stealing wraiths called the Curators of Alexandria, and one of the Scrivener...