Book of the Week: ‘Family Plot’
The Family PlotCherie Priest2016, 368 pagesFiction Chuck Dutton is living on the financial edge. His business, Music City Salvage, is about to go under and with it his family’s livelihood unless he can sell some of his stock. Enter Augusta Withrow, with an offer he really should refuse: a grand family estate about to go under the wrecking ball, in a remote location, with a troubled history. Falling to temptation, Chuck sends his...
Book of the Week: ‘Radio Girls’
Radio GirlsSarah-Jane Stratford2016, 384 pagesFiction Although she’s supremely unqualified, American-raised Maisie lands a job as a secretary at the brand-new British Broadcasting Corporation. Radio, which is still new and strange in 1926, is competing with newspapers for the attention of the nation and isn’t catching on yet. Maisie isn’t sure how long she will last, but as she arranges broadcasts by the most famous writers,...
Book of the Week: ‘The Sun Is Also A Star’
The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon 2016, 384 pages Young Adult Fiction This is the book for the hopeless romantic. It chronicles Daniel and Natasha’s love story from just before they meet until they part ways with broken hearts. Yoon explores hope, love, logic, science, God, race, nationality, immigration and possibility over the course of one incredible day. The narrative style is quite creative: Daniel and Natasha each tell their...
Book of the Week: ‘Bats of the Republic’
Bats of the Republic Zachary Thomas Dodson 2015, 448 pages Fiction Bats of the Republic is an “illuminated novel,” which means that it is illustrated using computer graphics, drawings, handwriting and scans of another book (written by the author and made to look old), and it is also interactive, with plot twists that send the reader back a few pages and an envelope at the end of the book which the reader is cautioned not to open until...
Book of the Week: ‘Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World’
Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the WorldCraig Hatkoff with Juliana and Isabella Hatkoff2007, unpagedGenre: Children’s nonfiction This is the story of Knut, (pronounced K’-noot), a polar bear cub who was born at the Berlin Zoo on Dec. 5, 2006. His mother wasn’t able to raise Knut, so Thomas the chief bear keeper becomes Knut’s foster father. Thomas stays up at night to feed the tiny cub and takes care of his every need,...
