Library Corner: Springvale

Here are the book picks of the week from Springvale Library staff:

Adult Non-Fiction: Fairest by Meredith Talusan: “…It’s a love story, a queer story, an immigrant story, an American story, a coming-of-age story- a revolutionary story. A most necessary and important book in a world which aims to other us from not just who we are, but who we are meant to become.”  Review

Adult Fiction: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan: “From the acclaimed Booker Prize-winning author comes a dazzling novel of family, love, and love’s disappointments”  Book Cover

Young Adult Fiction: Never After by Melissa De La Cruz: Filomena Jefferson-Cho goes from her hometown where nothing ever happens to being thrust into a world of fairies, and princesses, sorcerers, and slayers, where an evil queen is out to erase the fairy tribes. It’s up to Filomena to save the kingdom. 

Children’s Picture Book: Madeline Finn and the Therapy Dog by Lisa Papp: Madeline Finn hopes Star can become a therapy dog. First, he needs to pass his test. Madeline and Star go to a retirement home where Star will take his test. There, they meet several challenges and make some new friends.

We also have our first in-person program next week.  Matt Cost, author of Mainely Power, will be here on Thursday, July 29th at 6:00 pm.  While we are normally closed on Thursdays, we will open for this special program.  He is a Maine author and his book is one of our Maine Humanities Maine Mystery Grant selections.