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Cover ArtDominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore. Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again. But Rowan isn’t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it’s too late -- and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.
 

Publisher's description: 
McConaghy's descriptions of the remote island and shifting points of view make for an atmospheric, suspenseful read. There are ghosts on the pages, reminding us of the horrors of mass hunting and the ghosts that climate change brings about. And yet, I finished the book most struck by the love and hope found within the pages.

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Cover ArtDrawn Together is an emotionally impactful picture book that makes me tear up just thinking about it! Dan Santat's illustrations bring so much heart to such a wonderful story of multigenerational love.
 
Publisher description:

A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.

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Cover ArtEstela, our potentially unreliable narrator, recounts her seven years working as a housemaid for a wealthy family whose little girl has just died. Trabucco Zerán delivers a reflective thriller that interrogates socio-economic power dynamics. Ideal for fans of Alfonso Cuarón's award-winning film, Roma.
 
Publisher description:
Estela came from the countryside, leaving her mother behind, to work for the señor and señora when their only child was born. They wanted a housemaid: "smart appearance, full time," their ad said. She wanted to make enough money to support her mother and return home. For seven years, Estela cleaned their laundry, wiped their floors, made their meals, kept their secrets, witnessed their fights and frictions, raised their daughter. She heard the rats scrabbling in the ceiling, saw the looks the señor gave the señora; she knew about the poison in the cabinet, the gun, the daughter's rebellion as she grew up, the mother's coldness, the father's distance. She saw it all. After a series of shocking betrayals and revelations, Estela stops speaking, breaking her silence only now, to tell the story of how it all fell apart. Is this a story of revenge or a confession? Class warfare or a cautionary tale? Building tension with every page, Clean is a gripping, incisive exploration of power, domesticity, and betrayal from an international star at the height of her powers.
 
07/27/2024
Boulder Library
Cover ArtA haunting mystery featuring a missing reclusive writer who lays out her life story in her will. There are two versions to Cassandra Tipp's story, and she asks her niece and nephew (and the reader) which version they believe--I, for one, am still unsure.
 
Publisher's Description:
Cassandra Tipp is dead ... or is she? After all, the notorious recluse and eccentric bestselling novelist has always been prone to flights of fancy--everyone in town remembers the shocking events leading up to Cassie's infamous trial (she may have been acquitted, but the insanity defense only stretches so far). Cassandra Tipp has left behind no body--just her massive fortune, and one final manuscript. Then again, there are enough bodies in her past--her husband Tommy Tipp, whose mysterious disembowlment has never been solved, and a few years later, the shocking murder-suicide of her father and brother. Cassandra Tipp will tell you a story--but it will come with a terrible price. What really happened, out there in the woods--and who has Cassie been protecting all along? Read on, if you dare.
 
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