Adult Fiction
Those Who Are Saved by Alexis Landau.
As a Russian Jewish émigré
to France, Vera's wealth cannot protect her or her four-year-old-daughter,
Lucie, once the Nazis occupy the country. After receiving notice that all
foreigners must report to an internment camp, Vera has just a few hours to make
an impossible choice: Does she subject Lucie to the horrid conditions of the
camp, or does she put her into hiding with her beloved and trusted governess,
safe until Vera can retrieve her? Believing the war will end soon, Vera chooses
to leave Lucie in safety. She cannot know that she and her husband will have an
opportunity to escape, to flee to America. She cannot know that Lucie's
governess will have fled with Lucie to family in rural France, too far to reach
in time. And so begins a heartbreaking journey and separation, a war and a
continent apart. Vera's marriage will falter under the surreal sun of
California. Her ability to write--once her passion--will disappear. But Vera's
love for Lucie, her faith that her daughter lives, will only grow. As Vera's
determination to return to France and find Lucie crystalizes, she meets Sasha,
a man on his own search for meaning. She is stronger with Sasha than she is
alone. Together they will journey to Lucie. They will find her fate.
Adoring Addie by Leslie Gould.
When Addie Cramer's mutter
and daed decide Phillip Eicher is the man for her to marry, they claim she must
honor them by obeying their wishes. But then she falls in love with Jonathan
Mosier--part of the family with whom the Cramers have a long-held grudge. With
the help of others in her community who long to see the quarrel healed,
Jonathan and Addie struggle to continue their relationship against both sets of
parents' wishes. But when one of Addie's vengeful brothers harms a member of
the Mosier family, Jonathan intervenes and is banished from Lancaster County. A
distraught Addie determines to find the true reason for the grudge between the
two families, hoping to tear down the animosity of the past. Can their love for
each other bridge the divide between their families? Or are they destined to
remain apart forever?
Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris.
2 CHILDREN FOR SALE. The
scrawled sign, peddling young siblings on a farmhouse porch, captures the
desperation sweeping the country in 1931. It's an era of breadlines, bank runs,
and impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching
scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the
children, not meant for publication. But when the image leads to his big break,
the consequences are devastating in ways he never imagined. Haunted by secrets
of her own, secretary Lillian Palmer sees more in the picture than a good story
and is soon drawn into the fray. Together, the two set out to right a
wrongdoing and mend a fractured family, at the risk of everything they value.
Adult Non-Fiction
The Betrayal of Anne
Frank by Rosemary Sullivan.
Over thirty million people
have read The Diary of a Young Girl, the journal teen-aged Anne Frank kept
while living in an attic with her family and four other people in Amsterdam
during World War II, until the Nazis arrested them and sent them to a
concentration camp. But despite the many works--journalism, books, plays and
novels--devoted to Anne's story, none has ever conclusively explained how these
eight people managed to live in hiding undetected for over two years--and who
or what finally brought the Nazis to their door. With painstaking care, retired
FBI agent Vincent Pankoke and a team of indefatigable investigators pored over
tens of thousands of pages of documents--some never before seen--and
interviewed scores of descendants of people familiar with the Franks. Utilizing
methods developed by the FBI, the Cold Case Team painstakingly pieced together
the months leading to the infamous arrest--and came to a shocking
conclusion. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation is the
riveting story of their mission. Rosemary Sullivan introduces us to the
investigators, explains the behavior of both the captives and their captors and
profiles a group of suspects. All the while, she vividly brings to life wartime
Amsterdam: a place where no matter how wealthy, educated, or careful you were,
you never knew whom you could trust.
Angels All Around Us by Guidepost.
“God’s heavenly messengers
are everywhere, carrying out His work…spreading His divine mercy…and giving
hope to the hopeless. You’ll see His angels at work in the pages of Angels All
Around Us through incredible stories shared with Guideposts. These
extraordinary stories will open your eyes to the work of angels being carried
out every day.” – Amazon.com
Easy/Juvenile/Young Adult/Graphic Novel
Red Scare by Liam Francis Walsh. J GN
Peggy is scared: She's
struggling to recover from polio and needs crutches to walk, and she and her
neighbors are worried about the rumors of Communist spies doing bad things. On
top of all that, Peggy has a hard time at school, and gets taunted by her
classmates. When she finds a mysterious artifact that gives her the ability to
fly, she thinks it's the solution to all her problems. But if Peggy wants to
keep it, she'll have to overcome bullies, outsmart FBI agents, and escape from
some very strange spies!
Cece Rios and the
Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera. J
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