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There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

A teen psychopath; a football-mad midwestern farm town and Halloween coming up on the calendar suggests one thing: a classic slasher novel. Adding to the reader’s entertainment, this novel by Stephanie Perkins is that, and so much more. Makani Young has been exiled from paradise, that is to say, Hawaii, where she was involved in […]

Alliance Française du North Shore, Inc.

Monthly lectures and conversation held at the Wilmette Public Library’s Auditorium. Members may also attend a French class, enjoy French movies and participate in book discussion and café-conversation groups at different locations on the North Shore. Website – http://www.afnorthshore.org/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AFduNS2/?fref=ts Meetup – http://www.meetup.com/afnorthshore/

Senior Active Men

S A M is a non-sectarian social organization of men over 55 who are retired or semi-retired and wish to participate in a variety of activities with men of a similar age and situation. Meetings are held primarily in Evanston, but membership is open to all. Currently active groups are book, movie and general discussion […]

Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl who Soared Beyond Expectations

Aisholpan Nurgaiv’s triumph as the first female winner of the  Mongolian eagle hunting  competition in 2014 is shared with the world in an award winning movie called Eagle Huntress in 2016. Now she gets to tell her own story in her own words in this book! Aisholpan speaks in a simple yet powerful way. She […]

Release by Patrick Ness

I finished this book several days ago and I’m still haunted by it. Patrick Ness, most famous for A Monster Calls and the subsequent movie adaptation, has crafted a superb work of fiction. This book follows Adam Thorn on one day of his life, interwoven with a magical story that is part myth, part ghost […]

All the Way to Havana, written by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Mike Curato

Packed with vibrant illustrations, this engaging road trip of a picture book shows how many of the cars driven in Cuba are pre-1959. Cinematic in nature, Mike Curato’s art feels like a wide-screen movie as a boy travels with his family from his small town to Havana in order to see his newborn baby cousin. They […]

This Is Just a Test by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Set in 1983, this funny yet poignant middle grade novel (good for Grades 5 and up) stars David Da-Wei Horowitz, a Jewish-Chinese boy about to celebrate his bar mitzvah. After he and his buddy Scott watch the terrifying TV movie The Day After (about the aftermath of a nuclear missile strike), they decide to build […]

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

This book has been described as “The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars” and I couldn’t agree more. When Simon, the creator of the school’s gossip app, mysteriously dies in detention, the police are suspicious of everyone who was also in detention that day. Bronwyn – the Ivy league bound valedictorian Addy – the pretty, […]

Compass South (Four Points) by Hope Larson

Hop aboard Hope Larson’s new and exciting high seas adventure series with illustrator Rebecca Mock, titled Compass South (Four Points). Right from the start this author and illustrator pair are in sync, Larson’s way with dialogue and story blending deftly with Mock’s emotional and expressive rendition of the setting and characters. Set in 1860, New […]

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