The Evanston Public Library (both the Main Library and Robert Crown Branch) will be closed this Thursday, April 25, for a Staff Development Day.
The Okay Witch is a page-turner of a graphic novel about an unlikely witch just discovering the truth about her new powers and her family’s centuries-old history as outcasts in a small Massachusetts town. 13-year-old Moth is a relatable heroine with quirks, insecurities, and a wicked sense of humor. The crisp vibrant illustrations perfectly capture […]
Terrific denouement (#6 in the series) to the Queen’s Thief series! Megan Whalen Turner is one of the strongest writers in Youth fiction today and this one is a masterpiece, ending the series with power and joy. Pheris is an disabled child used as a pawn in the politics of Attolia, but the High King, […]
Race to the Sun is an exciting story, full of adventure, friendship and humor. Seventh grader Nizhoni Begay can see monsters, often disguised as humans, and one shows up at her house trying to kill her and lure her brother and father away to nefarious uses. Using Dino, or Navajo, mythology as a backdrop, Nizhoni […]
One day Avery is spending the night in her car because her half sister’s boyfriend is a jerk and the next day she finds out that some random dead rich guy has named her in his will. Well, the random rich guy turns out to be famous billionaire, Tobias Hawthorne. For some unknown reason he […]
A riveting, grotesque and true story of a dark page in US history and abuse of indigenous peoples. Set deep in the Osage hills at the turn of the century in Indian Territory (Oklahoma prior to statehood), the narrative centers on one family of Osage, Molly Burkhart and her family, who keep dying of mysterious […]
Intense, compelling story of a North Korean girl feeing to South Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Sora and her brother are separated from their parents early in their journey. Can she lead them to Busan while they face bombings, hunger, cold, theives ,kidnappers, and a river of fellow refugees. Sora is looking for […]
Quince is a hilarious and heartwarming collection of comics featuring reluctant and short term superhero Lupe. Lupe is just a few days away from her Quinceañera and she has no idea what’s in store for her once the day arrives. When she wakes up that morning something is different, she has super powers. Lupe’s aubela […]
A tale both dark and inspiring, the novel Circe weaves a fresh take on an old greek legend. We begin with Circe’s goddess birth in the land of the sun god Helios. But Circe quickly becomes an outcast for her lack of beauty and godly powers and ends up banished to an island. The story […]
“Call Down the Hawk” is the first book in a follow-up series to Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle. Stiefvater does not miss a beat with her newest edition to the world of the Raven Boys. If anything, she is only getting better. I often had to stop and just appreciate how beautiful and imaginative her […]
The women in Ellie’s (short for Elatsoe)life have a special power, the ability to raise the ghosts of dead animals. The animals not only come back as ghosts they can see and talk to, but the ghosts can do their bidding as well. After Ellie’s cousin is killed unexpectedly, he appears to her in a […]
