Elizabeth's Staff Picks


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Book cover for "Before the ever after"
Star rating for Before the ever after
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.
Book cover for "The girl who drank the moon"
Star rating for The girl who drank the moon
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
An epic fantasy about Luna, a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her to protect her family.
Book cover for "Harbor me"
Star rating for Harbor me
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world.
Book cover for "Hello, universe"
Star rating for Hello, universe
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.
Book cover for "A man called Ove"
Star rating for A man called Ove
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship. "A grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door"--Amazon.com.
Book cover for "The Parker inheritance"
Star rating for The Parker inheritance
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
Book cover for "Wishtree"
Star rating for Wishtree
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend Bongo help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.