ROMANCE“ THE NIGHT WE MET” BY ABBY JIMENEZ
NONFICTION“ THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND” BY BEVERLY GAGE
MYSTERY“ Mad Mabel” by Sally Hepworth
YOUNG ADULT“ THE ESCAPE GAME” BY MARISSA MEYER
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ROMANCE“ THE NIGHT WE MET” BY ABBY JIMENEZ
In everyone’ s life, there’ s a split-second decision that can change everything...
For Larissa, it came when choosing who to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she’ d met the perfect man. She and Chris are great friends, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie, sharing their favorite books, and judging bread( pumpernickel for the win!). For the first time amid all her side hustles to scrape by, things finally feel easy.
But she didn’ t choose Chris to drive her home all those months ago— she went with his best friend, and he became her boyfriend. All Chris wants is for Larissa to be happy. Standing by on the sidelines is slowly killing him, but making a move would destroy someone else. How can something that feels so right be absolutely impossible?
NONFICTION“ THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND” BY BEVERLY GAGE
“ This Land is Your Land” visits 13 places and 13 key moments in American history to explore how we commemorate our national past and consider the future of our union. In this book, Gage hits the road to explore the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, monuments, living-history pageants, battlefield reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans so often go to learn— and fight— about our past.“ This Land is Your Land” is for everyone who wants to find US history— to experience it and confront it, to celebrate it and condemn it— in the places where it happened.
MYSTERY“ Mad Mabel” by Sally Hepworth
There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies.
Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is 81 years old. She’ s lived on her idyllic street for 60 years— longer than anyone else. Aside from being a curmudgeon who minds everyone else’ s business, few would suspect that Elsie has a past she’ s worked exceedingly hard at concealing— because when it comes to murder, no one ever suspects little girls or old ladies. And Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick, once a little girl and now an old lady, has a strange history of people in her life coming to a foul end.
YOUNG ADULT“ THE ESCAPE GAME” BY MARISSA MEYER
It’ s all fun and games until someone ends up dead.
Six months ago, season four of The Escape Game ended in horror when contestant Alicia Angelos was found murdered on set.
Now season five is underway, and new contestants are ready to put their skills to the test solving the show’ s trickiest escape rooms. There’ s Adi, the cryptographer; Carter, the math whiz; Beck, the wannabe game master, and... Sierra Angelos, the girl who got away with her sister’ s murder. Or so everyone believes. But Sierra’ s not just here to win. She’ s here for justice. When the contestants begin uncovering clues that hint at the identity of Alicia’ s true killer, it becomes clear that the stakes aren’ t high in this competition, they’ re deadly. If these teens want to win— and survive— the game, they must solve the biggest mystery of who killed Alicia Angelos?
From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer and rising star Tamara Moss comes a twisty thrillride, filled with sabotage, betrayal, and puzzles to die for.
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