FICTION

The Secret of Lost Things
by Sheridan Hay
An 18-year-old Australian bibliophile lands in New York with little more than stars in her eyes. When she lands a job assisting in a second-hand bookstore, her real-world education commences along with the search for a purportedly missing Melville manuscript. Sheridan Hay's The Secret of Lost Things is a loving homage to a gentle madness.
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NONFICTION

My Father's Secret War
by Lucinda Franks
In My Father's Secret War, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Lucinda Franks recalls how she discovered that her estranged father had been a spy during World War II. Following years of resentment towards him over his distant behavior and alcoholism, Franks reconnects with him after he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's and learns about a side of her father she never knew.
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PICTURE BOOKS

Mucumber McGee and the Half-Eaten Hot Dog
by Patrick Loehr
With hilarious rhyming text and wonderful illustrations, Patrick Loehr makes a remarkable entrance into the world of children's literature with this debut cautionary picture book. If you were absolutely famished and the only food you could find was an old "and wrinkled and lumpy and lonely and cold" half-eaten hot dog, would you pop it in your mouth?
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YOUNG ADULT/INDEPENDENT READER

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney
Jeff Kinney began publishing the online version of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" in 2004. Since then it has been viewed by 20 million readers. Now, middle schooler Greg Heffley's hilarious journal is being turned into three books. It includes the wonderful drawings that illustrate Greg's thoughts about being one of the weaklings in his school.
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