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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Dr. James Shepard had an unusual day. It began with the suicide of Mrs. Farrows, a patient of his whom he suspects murdered her husband a year prior, and ended with...
Posted by Adult Services on October 29, 2018
Lincoln in the Bardo
Amidst the rising tensions of the Civil War, President Lincoln is dealing with more than the state of the country; his son Willie caught something akin to typhoid fever and...
Posted by Book Rex on August 25, 2018
The Great Wall
Viewers who want period accuracy and believable tales can skip this one. For the rest, the story is entertaining, but not particularly surprising.
Posted by Book Rex on July 11, 2018
The Night Diary
Through a series of letters written to her deceased mother, shy, quiet, twelve year-old Nisha tells the story of her family’s journey from the newly-formed Pakistan to India in the...
Posted by Book Rex on July 11, 2018
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a sweeping, carefully plotted novel of politics and trade in Japan when the island nation closed its borders to all others. There...
Posted by Book Rex on May 1, 2018
Hermes: Tales of the Trickster
The Greek god of thieves, language, and travel comes to life in this vibrant addition to George O’Connor’s Olympians graphic novel series.
Posted by Book Rex on March 22, 2018
Flame in the Mist
The prose is elegant and descriptive, and it's apparent much research was put into life in feudal Japan. If you're in the market for historical fiction in a nontraditional setting...
Posted by Book Rex on March 14, 2018
Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield
When their parents go through a divorce, 12 year old twins Maisie and Felix Robbins are forced to move from NYC to Rhode Island, and their lives feel bleak. To...
Posted by Book Rex on November 14, 2017
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy is a plot-driven story about friendship in the face of racism, inspired by the true history of Malaga Island. The often dramatic and intense tale has...
Posted by Book Rex on October 5, 2017
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus illuminates Florentine history through the eyes of a precocious young woman who, more than anything, wishes to decide her own fate.
Posted by Book Rex on July 31, 2017
Motor Girls
Should horseless carriages be powered by electricity, steam engines, or gasoline? An odd question today, but at the dawn of the 20th century it was a very real debate. Even...
Posted by Book Rex on May 4, 2017
Flashback Four #1: The Lincoln Project
Part history lesson, and part time-travel adventure story, this book could appeal to Dan Gutman fans and also to children who loved the Magic Tree House books, but are ready...
Posted by Adrian L. on April 27, 2017
My Man Godfrey
I remember the night I first watched this movie years ago. I had come home and turned on the television, and My Man Godfrey was on a public station. I...