BostonPL_BPL Staff Picks: November 2024Like this list

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• Timid

  Todd, Jonathan,

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  Children's Graphic Novel. This is a good coming-of-age graphic novel told from the viewpoint of Cecil Hall, a Black teen who moves from Florida to Massachusetts at the beginning of middle school and has to learn to navigate a new social dynamic. I…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Taaqtumi

  An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

  Johnston, Aviaq • Bryant, Cara • Van Camp, Richard • Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel • Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean • Johnston, Thomas Anguti • Kempt, Repo • Bulckaert, Jay • Carthew, K.C • Kabloona, Gayle

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  Horror. This collection of spooky short stories is written entirely by Indigenous authors and all take place in Northern Canada and Alaska -- locations that lend themselves wonderfully to horror! Covering a variety of tropes from zombies to ghosts,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wrong Way Home

  O'Shaughnessy, Kate,

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  Children's Fiction. Fern and her mom escape a cult in the dead of night, but Fern doesn't know what is happening and desperately wishes to return to the place she has called home for half her life. This was such a riveting read, I could not put it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Bánh Mì for Two

  Nguyen, Trinity,

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  Teen Fiction. This book is only 224 pages, but it packs an emotional punch and I really loved both main characters! It follows a Vietnamese American teen, Vivi, who teams up with her favorite food blogger, Lan, in Sài Gòn. Vivi agrees to help Lan…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Antenora

  Lumpkin, Dori,

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  Horror. Perfect for fans of gothic and queer stories. Dori Lumpkin's prose is beautiful and haunting. The novella is well paced and suspenseful while still giving Abby room to bring us into the strange, sometimes dreamy world she shared with her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shark Heart

  a Love Story

  Habeck, Emily,

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  Fiction. A truly original tale. A married couple discovers that the husband is slowly turning into a great white shark. How will they adapt to this new normal? Will their love survive? Read to the end to find out. - Shane J., Charlestown Branch…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Want to Be Spaghetti!

  Wright-Ruiz, Kiera,

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  Children's Picture Book. This book has some of the cutest illustrations I've ever seen and has a surprisingly heartwarming message! - Amy B., Central Library

• Death at Morning House

  Johnson, Maureen

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  Teen Mystery. In the same vein as And Then There Were None and Glass Onion, this stand-alone from the author of the Truly Dangerous series, follows the mysterious activities that occur at Morning House, a large, abandoned Edwardian manor on its own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fire Exit

  a Novel

  Talty, Morgan, 1991-

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  Fiction. Talty follows up Night of the Living Rez with this incredibly moving novel about Charles Lamosway, a middle-aged white man yearning to tell his birth daughter, who was raised on the Penobscot Reservation, that he's her father. Charles also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Into the Drowning Deep

  Grant, Mira,

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  Horror. The amount of detail that went into the science of these terrifying mermaids tickled my brain in the best way! I love when authors explore the biology of fantasy creatures or aliens, and Mira Grant does it perfectly. The excerpts from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• That Librarian

  the Fight Against Book Banning in America

  Jones, Amanda,

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  Nonfiction. This book provides great clarity into the conversation surrounding censorship and book banning. Amanda Jones begs the question: what would you do if you suddenly became public enemy number one for protecting a parish's right to read?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Daddy Is a Cowboy

  Seales, Stephanie,

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  Children's Picture Book. The illustrations of a young girl and her dad going for an early morning horse ride through the streets of New York City are both dreamy and lush. This family adventure is a perfect read aloud for kids. - Maggie L., Central…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Corgi and the Queen

  Perry, Caroline L.,

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  Children's Picture Book. Perry's book is expertly illustrated by Lydia Corry in a style reminiscent of "Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans. Readers will learn the loveable story of the strong bond between a girl, who just happened to be a princess &…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Every Man for Himself and God Against All

  A Memoir

  Herzog, Werner

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  Nonfiction. Werner Herzog never fails to be one of the most interesting humans on earth. His memoir is, of course, wildly interesting. - Karie S., Central Library

• Craft

  Stories I Wrote for the Devil

  Lima, Ananda,

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  Fiction. Lima has created an interesting mix of immigration fears; life during COVID; auto-fiction; and observations about the way time and stories change us. The stories are ostensibly written for the "Devil," structured in a way that reflects…Read moreRead more of this annotation