Book of the Week: ‘A Mango-Shaped Space’
A Mango-Shaped Space Wendy Mass 2003, 218 pages Middle School Fiction Mia Winchell found out the hard way that she was different from other people. In third grade she was embarrassed in front of her class at school. Since then she has scrupulously hidden her unusual sense perceptions. To her, letters, numbers and sounds are accompanied by colors. Before the fateful day, she figured that everyone saw the world as she did. After the...
Book of the Week: ‘The Stone Circle’
The Stone CircleElly Griffiths2019, 364 pagesMystery DCI Harry Nelson is receiving threatening letters again. They refer to a missing girl, Scarlet, a child whom Nelson couldn’t save. And the letters write about another young girl who has been missing for 30 years. Harry is told to look for a child in a stone circle. Ruth, a forensic archeologist, is also receiving letters that sound like they are from her mentor Erik. But Erik is...
Book of the Week: ‘Stardust’
StardustNeil Gaiman2012, 270 pagesFiction/Fantasy This small, radiant, adult fairy tale is truly a pearl of great price. Neil Gaiman has taken the traditional narrative of the hero’s quest, dusted it off, shined it up, and powered it with pure, straightforward and sparkling language, to create a fairy tale that can be enjoyed by anyone from teens through every age of adulthood.Tristran Thorn lives in a traditional small town named...
Book of the Week: ‘The Victory Garden’
The Victory GardenRhys Bowen2019, 353 pagesHistorical fiction It is 1918 in England and the Bryce family has lost their beloved son and brother in the Great War. His sister Emily wants to do her part and volunteer as a nurse. But her wealthy parents (her father is a judge), won’t hear of it.Emily and her mother visit the wounded men who are convalescing on an estate nearby. Emily meets an impudent red-haired Australian pilot, Robbie...
Book of the Week: ‘How to Walk Away’
How to Walk AwayKatherine Center2018, 320 pagesFiction What happens when you’ve got your life all planned out, everything is falling into place and then, in an instant, the plan totally implodes? This is the story of a young woman, Margaret, who focused and achieved, graduated business school with honors and a MBA, had advanced in her career to the dream job, was about to get engaged and start the life of her dreams, and then it all...
