Staff Picks – Spring 2017

We are proud to provide the latest & greatest materials to our patrons, and we strive to have the most recent bestsellers, new releases from local authors, & everything you are looking for! Don’t see something you like on our shelves?  You can request items from the entire Upper Hudson Library System!  Search our online catalog to see what’s available.

We publish a monthly New Releases bookmark that lists the hottest new fiction & nonfiction books for adults.  Pick one up from the circulation desk at any of our 7 branches.  We also have a quarterly handout of books recommended by librarians’s kids, also available at any branch location or online.

NEW – We’ve put together a list of books for LGBTQ teens & young adults!

Check out a sampling of new releases from each of those publications:

Adult Fiction

A novel based on the true story of the largest fire in Maine’s history follows the experiences of a pregnant woman who struggles to protect her two young children and watches her home burn while her husband joins the volunteer firefighters. By the best-selling author of The Pilot’s Wife.

The Stars Are Fire - Anita Shreve

A glamorous cruise on a luxurious ocean liner turns deadly in the latest mystery from “Queen of Suspense” and #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark.

All By Myself, Alone - Mary Higgins Clark

Abandoning formal society to pursue a minimalist counterculture life in a near-future world wrecked by climate change, a disenchanted senior and his heiress paramour inspire followers who become obsessed with cheating death in ways that turn the world upside down.

Walkaway - Cory Doctorow

For Young Adults

Can an undercover nerd become a superstar secret agent? Maybe not, but it’ll be fun to watch him try!

Spy School - Stuart Gibbs

In the irresistible first novel by the author of The Hunger Games, a boy embarks on a dangerous quest to find his father – & fulfill his destiny.

Gregor the Overlander - Suzanne Collins

On a cross-country vacation with their parents, 12-year-old twins Coke & Pepsi fend off strange assassins as they try to come to terms with being part of a top-secret government organization known as The Genius Files.

The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable - Dan Gutman

New - LGBTQ Titles for Young Adults!

When her best friend comes out as a lesbian, Daisy leads the charge to end their school’s ban on same-sex dates for the homecoming dance, but a local story goes viral and now everyone – including a cute college journalist – believes Daisy is gay, too.

The Inside of Out - Jenn Marie Thorne

When an email falls into the wrong hands, sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly gay Simon is blackmailed into playing wingman for a classmate or risk having his sexual identity revealed & the privacy of the boy he’s been emailing compromised.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli

Amanda Hardy only wants to fit in at her new school.  But she is keeping a big secret, so when she falls for Grant, guarded Amanda finds herself yearning to share with him everything about herself – including her previous life as Andrew.

If I Was Your Girl - Meredith Russo

Books for the Littlest Ones

A latest Elephant & Piggie adventure finds a tired & cranky Gerald’s longing for a nap challenged by well-intentioned Piggie’s disruptions. By the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

I Will Take a Nap! - Mo Willems

Rhyming text and bold illustrations provide a fun introduction to baby animals of all colors and sizes, including a precocious monkey, a sleepy leopard, & a little lion, as they sleep, eat, play, purr, hoot, & howl.

Hello, Baby! - Mem Fox

A silly & simple book enjoys the help of several animal characters in a lulling look at the bedtime ritual.

The Going to Bed Book - Sandra Boynton