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Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League

Jonathan Odell · Maiden Lane Press
Format: Book

Recommended by Bob in Bel Air

Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League is a brilliant reimagining and republication of Jonathan Odells debut novel, The View from Delphi. Set in pre-Civil Rights Mississippi, Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League is the story of two young...

 
 
Green Island: A novel

Shawna Yang Ryan · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 385
Format: Book

Recommended by Karen in Riverside

 

A stunning story of love, betrayal, and family, set against the backdrop of a changing Taiwan over the course of the twentieth century.

February 28, 1947: Trapped inside the family...

 
 
One Kick: A Novel

Chelsea Cain · Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Book

Recommended by Katie in Riverside

Meet Kick Lannigan. Shes twenty-one. She can pick any lock. She knows five ways to kill you with a jacket. Get ready to fall in love. From the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling Archie SheridanGretchen...

 
 
The Museum of Extraordinary Things: A Novel

Alice Hoffman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 368
Format: Book

Recommended by Kim in Havre de Grace

Mesmerizing and illuminating, Alice Hoffman's The Museum of Extraordinary Things is the story of an electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth...

 
 
The murder of Mary Russell : a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

Laurie R King · Bantam
Pages: 384
Format: Book

Recommended by Melisa in Riverside

Laurie R. King's bestselling Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes series weaves rich historical detail and provocative themes with intriguing characters and enthralling suspense. Russell and Holmes have become one of modern...

 
 
Not My Father's Son: A Memoir

Alan Cumming · Dey Street Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Recommended by Barb in Bel Air

In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career.A beloved...

 
 
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

Robert Kurson · Random House
Format: Book

Recommended by Cathy in Bel Air

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A thrilling adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the author of Shadow Divers Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men - John...

 
 
At the Edge of the Orchard

Tracy Chevalier · Viking
Pages: 304
Format: Book

Recommended by Morgan in Bel Air

 

From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck - in the muddy,...