This Month's Adult Recommendations:

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Librarian Anne says: This historical fantasy, set in the Golden Age of Spain in the sixteenth century, revolves around a young scullery maid who is discovered to have a surprising talent for miracles, but must contend with ruthless politics and a kingdom ripe to condemn her as a witch, all while hiding her Jewish heritage from the heavily Catholic powers.

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

Librarian Anne says: For the romantic at heart, this story of two passionate artists who meet in the midst of the Harlem Renaissance and change one anothers' lives forever is both a beautiful love story about destiny and connection against all odds, and a gorgeous love letter to the community of Harlem and its history across a century.

Think Twice by Harlan Coben

Librarian Anne says: Fans of the dynamic duo of sports agents Myron Bolitar and Windsor Horne Lockwood III will be excited to see them return on a new thrilling case, as they investigate a string of terrifying murders that seem to be linked to Myron's old basketball coach, an FBI serial killer investigation, and the possibility that not everyone believed to be dead is actually in the grave...

This Month's Children's Recommendations:

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
(Ages 9-12)

Librarian LeAnn says: This exciting story follows a famous toy inventor who creates an epic library game with a life changing prize. Mr. Lemoncello rebuilds the town's library to look and function like a massive game, with holograms and moving furniture, into which a group of kids are locked to find out if they can escape in time to claim their reward.

MarioKart: Off to the Races! from Random House
(Ages 4-6)

Librarian LeAnn says: You saw the movie... you played the games... you know the characters... now you can read about Mario and his friends! Mario is off to the races as he and his friends enter an epic race, filled with the images from the movie. Ready..Set...READ!

Penny and Her Sled by Kevin Henkes
(Ages 4-8)

Librarian LeAnn says: Did you know that the famous author of Lily's Big Day and many other picture books also writes reader level books? Kids can keep up with all their favorite mouse characters while learning to read as they follow the adventures of Penny the mouse.

This Month's Teen Recommendations:

An Audience for Einstein by Mark Wakely

Librarian Anne says: When new science discovers how to transplant memories from one person to the next, a young homeless boy agrees to receive the memories of a brilliant dying astrophysicist, leading to a struggle to maintain his own identity and understand not only his own destiny but that of his "other half."

Children of the Knight by Michael J. Bowler

Librarian Anne says: A teen boy in LA is rescued from danger by a strange figure who lives in the city's storm drains... and claims to be the ancient King Arthur, returned to save the world. The adventure that ensures involves finding the rest of his teen knights of the Round Table and leading a revolution to ensure the rights of the young, helpless, and disenfranchised.

The Means that Make Us Strangers by Christine Kindberg

Librarian Anne says: The story of young Adelaide begins in her home town in Ethiopia and continues as her family moves to South Carolina in the 1960s, where she must survive the turbulence of racism and the fight to integrate her town's schools, leaving her torn between two worlds: her heritage in Africa and her newfound friends and crusade in America.