Award Winning Books

Without scenery, costumes, and stage action, an opera would be little more than a concert. But in the audience, we know little (and think less) about the enormous efforts of those involved in bringing an opera to life--by the stagehands who shift scenery, the...

Further solidifying H lderlin's place in history, this thorough collection of poetry ranges from the odes of his developmental period to the majestic hymns and strangely prophetic modern compositions created in his later years. Considered one of the founders of European romanticism, H lderlin...

GMA BUZZ PICK - How do we find belonging when love is unrequited? A "gorgeously written debut" (Celeste Ng, best-selling author of Little Fires Everywhere) filled with jazz and soul, about the perennial temptations of dangerous love, told by the women who love Circus...

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, an opportunity to dig up fossils becomes even more thrilling when a corpse washes ashore in this fourth book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a...

Some girls say no. Some boys don't listen.When Grace meets Ian, she's afraid. Afraid he'll reject her like the rest of the school, like her own family. After she accuses Zac, the town golden boy, of rape, everyone turns against her. Ian wouldn't be...

"A knockout short story collection...Each one of these 10 dizzyingly immersive stories offers up a heady and visceral portrait of what ails us, from isolation and self-doubt, to unrequited love and regret over what might have been, to what it means to be (and...

New York City thrums with energy, wonder, and possibility in this magical novel about the life of Nikola Tesla. It is 1943, and the renowned inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Louisa,...

New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Demon, a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot Ness. Boston had its Strangler. California had the Zodiac Killer. And in the depths of the Great Depression, Cleveland had the Mad...

A true-life, sometimes gritty yet ultimately triumphant story, Until the Brighter Tomorrow is told straight from Valerie Rainford's heart. The daughter of southern sharecroppers, she takes the reader through her challenging young life in the projects, where her mother's steadfast work ethic and undying...

Astronomy for kids! If you are looking for home school supplies, this book needs to be on your list. Through bright illustrations, young readers learn about our solar system to the tune of an old familiar song, "Over in the Meadow". In Going Around...

Pop into a hidden world of underwater animal behavior with this charmingly illustrated introduction to sixteen bubble-blowing animals. Bubbles are for popping, fishing, finding food--and for sailing, playing, and shooting hoops Who knew animals used bubbles for so many different things? Learn about how...

Meet the characters of essayist Philip Gerard's world: a misguided sailor and his crew of rowdy teenage boys, an ancient nun, a nurse who believes the government has been secretly spreading the bubonic plague, a park ranger, jaded baseball players, a voice on a...

In Hunter Brown and The Eye of Ends, the heart-pounding conclusion of Hunter's previous adventures begins with an even bigger surprise-his memory is gone. With no knowledge of his last visit to Solandria, Hunter must fight to piece together the growing puzzle of his...

How can you know a place? Historian and naturalist Jack Nisbet--author of Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America--looks to the relics of a region to connect the present moment to the distant past. In the vast Western territory defined...

Sequel to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. begun by Mark Twain in 1885, finished by Lee NelsonAuthor: Mark TwainPublisher: Council PressPublished: 04/22/2003Pages: 277Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 8.52h x 5.86w x 1.03dISBN: 9781555176808Audience: Young AdultAward: IndieFab awards - WinnerReview Citation(s): School Library Journal 05/01/2004 pg....

Longlisted for the 2023 Booker PrizeA funny and deeply moving novel about a boy, his dream, and the people who lend him a hand, by the acclaimed author of As You WereJamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain...

This twisty, cozy murder mystery finds Amateur Detective Myrtle Hardcastle investigating the case of an heiress lost at sea--an inquiry that runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent victim. When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the...

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE"Buzzy and enthralling ...A glorious novel about empires and erasures,...

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Waiting Is Not Easy , Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to...