Lenny’s Book of Everything

by Karen Foxlee

Lenny Spink is the sister of a giant.  Her little brother, Davey suffers from a rare form of gigantism and is taunted by other kids and turned away from school because of his size.  To escape their cruel reality, Lenny and Davey obsess over the entries in their monthly installment of Burrell’s Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia set.  Lenny vows to become a beetle expert, while Davey decides he will run away to Canada and build a log cabin.  But as Davey’s disease progresses, the siblings’ richly imagined world becomes harder to cling to in this deeply moving and original novel about grief, family, and wonder.

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Missing!: Mysterious Cases of People Gone Missing Through the Centuries

by Brenda Z. Guiberson

Jimmy Hoffa, Barbara Follett, Amelia Earhart, D.B. Cooper–they all disappeared.  Throughout history, individuals have gone missing without a trace; their disappearances haunt us.  Brenda Guiberson explores the stories of seven individuals who have disappeared mysteriously.

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Fly Girls

by Keith O’Brien

In the year between WWI and WWII, airplane racing was one of the most popular sports in America. Male pilots were hailed as heroes and women who flew planes were often ridiculed by the press, and initially they weren’t invited to race.  Yet a group of women were determined to take to the sky–no matter what.  With guts and grit, they overcame incredible odds both on the ground and in the air to pursue their dreams of flying and racing planes.

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Anna of Kleve

By Alison Weir

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir tells the little-known story of Henry VIII’s fourth wife, as the grieving king chooses a bride sight unseen in the fourth novel in the epic and intrigue-filled Six Tudor Queens series. 

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Resistance Women

By Jennifer Chiaverini

From the NY Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, an enthralling historical saga that recreates the danger, romance, and sacrifice of an era and brings to life one courageous, passionate American–Mildred Fish Harnack–and her circle of women friends who waged a clandestine battle against Hitler in Nazi Berlin. 

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The Ghost Ships of Archangel

By William Geroux

In this gripping history, Geroux recounts the fascinating story of multinational convoy PQ-17, which sailed through treacherous ice-filled waters to deliver tanks, explosives, and other supplies to support the Soviet WWII effort. 

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The Guest Book

By Sarah Blake

An ambitious novel that weaves the American past with its present, Sarah Blake’s The Guest Book looks at the racism and power that has been systemically embedded in the U.S. for generations. 

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The Last Romantics

By Tara Conklin

When asked about the inspiration for a celebrated work, poet Fiona Skinner reveals a story of siblings who bonded after a family funeral during a freewheeling summer thay called the Pause.  Two decades later, betrayal shredded those ties. 

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The Pioneers

By David MeCullough

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American Story-the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country. 

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Blessing In Disguise

By Danielle Steel

In Danielle Steel’s new novel, one of her most memorable characters comes to terms with unfinished business and long – buried truths as the mother of three very different daughters with three singular fathers. 

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