Here are some great reads from the staff at the
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Unwillingly brought together to care for their ailing mother, three sisters who were named after famous Shakespearean characters discover that everything they have been avoiding may prove more worthwhile than expected.
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Bricklayer by Noah Boyd
The FBI recruits Steve Vail, an agent it has just fired, to solve an extortion plot by a group that is killing human targets one by one unless the bureau gives them cash, with the dollar amount and body count escalating each time the agency does not pay up.
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Emperor Of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
A historical assessment of cancer addresses both the courageous battles against the complex disease and the misperceptions and hubris that have compromised modern understandings, covering such topics as ancient-world surgeries and the developments of present-day treatments.
TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow
After they are rescued from imminent death, Maddy, Liam, and Sal join forces to correct changes in history made by other time travelers, using a "time bubble" surrounding the attack on the Twin Towers to hide their journeys. (Ages 12 and up)
Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
In 1347, fourteen-year-old orphan William Paynel, an impoverished servant at Crowfield Abbey, goes into the forest and finds a magical creature caught in a trap, discovering he has the ability to see fays and a strange mystery. (Ages 10 and up)
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord
When the state of Maine threatens to shut down their island's one-room schoolhouse because of dwindling enrollment, eleven-year-old Tess, a strong believer in luck, and her family take in a trumpet-playing foster child, to increase the school's population. (Ages 9 and up)
For more recommendations, contact the Solon Branch Library at 440.248.8777 or www.cuyahogalibrary.org