The Library has added the following books to their collection! Be sure to stop by and check them out.

The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron – When Katharine Tulman’s inheritance is called into question by the rumor that her eccentric uncle is squandering away the family fortune, she is sent to his estate to have him committed to an asylum. But instead of a lunatic, Katharine discovers a genius inventor who employs a village of 900 citizens rescued from the workhouses of London. Katharine is now torn between protecting her own inheritance and preserving the peculiar community she grows to care for deeply.

September Girls by Bennett Madison – When Sam’s dad whisks him and his brother off to a remote beach town for the summer, he’s all for it — at first. Sam finds out that the town he now lives in is inexplicably peculiar. Time seems to slow down, and everywhere he looks, there are beautiful blond girls. Girls who seem inexplicably drawn to him. Sam soon meets DeeDee, one of the Girls, and she’s different from the others. Just as he starts to fall for her, she pulls away, leaving him more confused than ever. He knows that if he’s going to get her back, he’ll have to uncover the secret of this beach and the girls who live here.

The Dumbest Idea Ever by Jimmy Gownley – Jimmy Gownley’s graphic novel memoir about the “dumb” idea that helped him get back on top of the world.

Saints and Boxers by Gene Luen Yang – China, 1898. Foreign missionaries and soldiers roaming the countryside, bullying and robbing Chinese peasants. Little Bao has had enough. Harnessing the powers of ancient Chinese gods, he recruits an army of Boxers – commoners trained in kung fu who fight to free China from “foreign devils.”

The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco – Okiku is a lonely soul who has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the spirits of the murdered dead. Once a victim herself, she now vengefully takes the lives of killers. Such is her existence, until she meets Tark, a moody teen, whose body is covered in tattoos, and is possessed by a demon. She strives to save him from the demon, but there is no way to kill the demon without doing the same to Tark.

Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin – Max Walker is the perfect kid, his family made sure of it, except he is intersex, his family’s deep dark secret kept under lock and guard, but what happens when he starts searching to learn more about himself?

Scowler by Daniel Kraus – This literary horror novel gives readers insight into the mind of a controlling homicidal man and the son who must stop him.

Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones – A celebration of the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform lives.

Brilliant Blunders by Mario Livio – Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein were all brilliant scientists, brilliant, but not perfect. Each experienced great successes and failures and some of their successes were born from their mistakes.

Beyond Magenta, Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin – Author and photographer Susan Kuklin captures the stories of six transgender or gender-neutral young adults. A masterful display of her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference.

Earth Star by Janet Edwards – A look into the false assumptions of others we all make without a second thought packed into an action-packed sci-fi adventure.

The Ultimate Volunteer Guidebook in Young People by Christine Maxwell – A celebration of volunteering that proceeds to lead us step by step to how we can make the world a better place through such acts of selflessness.

Noggin John by Corey Whaley – Travis Coates head was separated from his body and when he came to, it hit him, he had the same head, the same mind, but he was attached to another man’s body!

Redshirts by John Scalzi – Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to realize that 1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien forces, 2) the ship’s senior officers always survive these confrontations, and 3) sadly, at least one low-ranking crew member is invariably killed.

The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley – What is it like to grow up in the world’s new education superpowers? What are these countries doing to prepare their kids for the competition of the modern world market?

A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Waller – Victoria Darling has the singular aspiration of being an artist, but in the patriarchal world of 1909 London, she is thrust onto the verge of sacrificing everything she holds dear to follow her dream.