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From the staff of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
"We Are All Guilty Here"
by Karin Slaughter
The first book in Karin Slaughter's new North Falls thriller series introduces police officer Emmy Clifton, who is tasked with investigating the disappearance of two teenage girls in her sleepy hometown of North Falls. Emmy's best friend's daughter asked her for help, and thinking it was normal teenage drama, a busy Emmy brushed her off. Now she and her friend are missing, and the whole town is about to come apart at the seams, exposing secrets and dark sides to people Emmy has known all of her life. With Slaughter's trademark suspense and twists, this slow burn of a novel will keep you guessing up to the final pages. Recommended for fans of Riley Sager, Lisa Gardner, and Allison Brennan.
"The Leaving Room"
by Amber McBride
National Book Award finalist Amber McBride's deeply moving novel-in-verse tells the story of Gospel, a Keeper who is charged with guiding the Leavers, children and young people who have died, to the next place. One day, as Gospel begins to bend the rules of her wonderous green room that glimmers somewhere between life and death, she discovers she is no longer alone when a mysterious door opens. Gospel soon begins to share her room with new arrival fellow Keeper Melodee, and they become entangled souls. Together they explore what it means to be human and what it means to love, before they must make a choice that changes everything. This beautifully written book is perfect for anyone looking for an imaginative and thought-provoking story. Recommended for Young Adults and Adults who enjoy fables, fantasy and love stories.
"Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance"
by Jane Harrington
The anthologies of Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault have long been heralded as the pioneers of the modern fairy tale - but long before their publication, women were spinning the threads that would inspire many of the tales we know today. Years before the collections of Perrault and Grimms, 17th century Parisian women were organizing social clubs of conteuses - or female storytellers - to swap fairy tales and refine them for print. Disguised by the harmless setting of the salon, these women weaponized their stories as a means of pushing back against the limited views that confined their daily lives. The Fairy Tale Resistance introduces several of these conteuses and their fairy tales to invite a new perspective on the genre, and the "fairy tale" we have fabricated around it from decades of falsehood. Recommended for Adults interested in history, biographies, and culture.