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Staff Picks

Are you struggling to find something new to read? Are your own choices boring you? Have no fear; our staff can help you find your next book. Whether it’s for yourself, a family member, or book club, our staff are sure to find something for everyone - these selections might just turn out to be your new favourites!

Most Recent Kids Picks: Summer Boredom Busters

Never Get Bored

Maclaine, James

Never Get Bored Outdoors

Maclaine, James

The Outdoor Scientist

Grandin, Temple

Ocean Emporium

Brooks, Susie

The Art of Stone Skipping and Other Fun Old-time Games

Ferrer, J. J.

The Unplugged Family Activity Book

Wolf, Rachel J.

The Handbook of Forgotten Skills

Batiste, Elaine

Create your Own Vacation Games

Baker, Laura

Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments

Dickmann, Nancy

Kids' Ultimate Craft Book

Back to Life

Fitzgerald, Ian

How Art Works

Hull, Sarah

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Most Recent Teen Picks: Summer of Adventure

The Lake House

Durst, Sarah Beth

Liar's Beach

Cotugno, Katie

When We Had Summer

Castle, Jennifer

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Bayron, Kalynn

Blood in the Water

Roehrig, Caleb

The Counselors

Goodman, Jessica

The Drowning Summer

Herman, Christine Lynn

Golden Boys

Stamper, Phil

I Am Margaret Moore

Capin, Hannah

Summer's Edge

Mele, Dana

The Summer We Forgot

George, Caroline

Not Our Summer

Bazay, Casie

Summer in the City of Roses

Keil, Michelle Ruiz

Camp

Rosen, Lev AC

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Duncan, Lois

Loveboat, Taipei

Wen, Abigail Hing

This Is How We Fly

Meriano, Anna

Mariam Sharma Hits the Road

Karim, Sheba

Starry Eyes

Bennett, Jenn

The Summer of Us

Vinesse, Cecilia

And We're Off

Schwartz, Dana

Camp So-and-So

McCoy, Mary

Geekerella

Poston, Ashley

I See London, I See France

Mlynowski, Sarah

Revenge of the Evil Librarian

Knudsen, Michelle

Dan Versus Nature

Calame, Don

I Am Princess X

Priest, Cherie

Lumberjanes

Stevenson, ND

The Many Lives of John Stone

Buckley-Archer, Linda

Since You've Been Gone

Matson, Morgan

The Summer I Wasn't Me

Verdi, Jessica

How My Summer Went up in Flames

Doktorski, Jennifer Salvato

Beauty Queens

Bray, Libba

Clarity

Harrington, Kim

Little Blog on the Prairie

Bell, Cathleen Davitt

As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth

Perkins, Lynne Rae

Brain Camp

Kim, Susan

Night of the Howling Dogs

Salisbury, Graham

Swim the Fly

Calame, Don

Carpe Diem

Cornwell, Autumn

An Abundance of Katherines

Green, John

Acceleration

McNamee, Graham

13 Little Blue Envelopes

Johnson, Maureen

Nightmare

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Holes

Sachar, Louis

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Most Recent Adult Picks: Disability Pride Month

A Room Called Earth

Ryan, Madeleine

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Zevin, Gabrielle

True Biz

Nović, Sara

We Are All the Same in the Dark

Heaberlin, Julia

Wonder

Palacio, R. J.

A Time to Dance

Venkatraman, Padma

Fortune Favors the Dead

Spotswood, Stephen

The Kiss Quotient

Hoang, Helen

Before the Ever After

Woodson, Jacqueline

Noor

Okorafor, Nnedi

The One Memory of Flora Banks

Barr, Emily

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