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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
The Galvins were a family of 14, living in rural middle america after the end of World War II. They believed that a hard working Christian family that aspired to Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on May 30, 2020
Tweet Cute: A Novel
A true modern-day romance! Pepper and Jack are two teenagers who go to the same school. Pepper is preoccupied with her college applications, swim team, homework, and helping with her Read more...
Serpent & Dove
In a fantastical city where witches are burned at the stake – Lou finds herself living on the streets, suppressing her powers, and doing everything she can to stay away Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on May 12, 2020
Amal Unbound
Amal Unbound tells the story of a twelve year old girl growing up in a small village in Pakistan. As the oldest in her family, it falls to Amal to stay home to care for the house while her mother recovers from childbirth. It is Amal’s duty to forego schooling in order to take care of her sisters. It is Amal’s duty to stay silent, even in the face of Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on May 7, 2020
The Devotion of Suspect X
Even though the answer to “whodunit” comes in the first 20 pages of The Devotion of Suspect X, what keeps you reading is what happens next. When an argument with Read more...
Steam Train, Dream Train
A train moves steadily through the night heading for a station. Once it arrives a fantastical crew of animals load each car with freight. This train is more than just a steam train, it is a dream train, and the freight it carries is all the wonderful moments of days past and hopes for the new day. As the crew finishes stowing blocks, balls and paint, they too settle down, Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on April 16, 2020
The One and Only Ivan
“With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.” This book is a fictional story based on Ivan the Silverback, who lived out the end of his life in Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on April 13, 2020
Ghoulia
Ghoulia longs for a real friend. Not that her trusted greyhound Tragedy isn’t doing a good enough job at it, but she wishes she could find friends she can just Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on April 10, 2020
Hoopla Picks by LaRaie
Hello beloved library patrons! We have missed you while we are all hunkered down inside. Here are some Hoopla titles to help fill the void of not being able to Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on April 7, 2020
Sawkill Girls
“Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He’ll follow you home and won’t let you sleep.” is the legend that haunts the island of Sawkill Rock. The Collector, Read more...
Adult Services: Best of 2019
Enjoy Westmont Public Library’s Adult Services Librarians favorite books we read in 2019! Full Throttle by Joe Hill My favorite story out of the anthology was “Late Returns”. In it, Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 17, 2020
People Share with People
Author Lisa Wheeler and illustrator Molly Idle’s address one of the building blocks of friendship in their new book, People Share with People. Using a lyrical rhyme scheme filled with humor, Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 12, 2020
The Lost Coast
When Danny and her mother move to Tempest, California, Danny thinks this move was to get away from her old life. But in Tempest, Danny finds the Grays: a group Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 5, 2020
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code
This book begins with Grace Hopper as a young girl who breaks clocks simply to put them back together and find what makes them tick. With her parents’ support, she kept finding ways to make things work. She spent her childhood being curious about the way things worked, and learning as much as she could. After graduating from Vassar College and learning about physics and mathematics, she became a teacher Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 4, 2020
Diary of a Murderer
South Korean author Young-ha Kim makes you feel like you’re walking on eggshells through his stories that seer with uncertainty, delirium, humor and the mundane. Of the four stories that Read more...