After reading Code Name Verity (previously reviewed by Dana) I immediately got on the waiting list to read the sequel/companion novel Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein. […]
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
This month, delve into Native American history, tradition, lore, and fiction with your kids. Talk with them about the history of our country and its people– […]
Are You on the Same Page?
The month of November draws an end to our community-wide read program, On the Same Page. It’s not over yet, though! There is still time […]
30 Day Book Challenge: Day 20 — Favorite Romance Book
Here’s a romantic story that I really loved: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows This book is […]
30 Day Book Challenge: Day 1 — The Best Book You Read Last Year
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein I read a few really, really good books last year— but this one astonished me. I gave away copies […]
In the Shadow of
When young Robert Louis Stevenson met Fanny Van de Grift at an enclave of Bohemian writers and artists in France, he was spellbound. Small, dark, […]
Lights in the Darkness
M.L. Stedman’s debut novel, The Light Between Oceans, is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of a young couple in the wake of World War I. […]
What We’ve Been Reading in the Youth Services Department
Some titles we have enjoyed recently here at Heights Libraries: Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger Demon Love Spell by Mayu Shinjo The Testing by […]
The Art Forger-What is Real and What is Fictitious
Luckily, B.A. Shapiro, a creative writing professor at Boston’s Northeastern University and author of The Art Forger, had the persistence to keep attempting to get […]