FICTION
In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber
Emme Wynn has wanted nothing more her whole life than to feel like part of a family. Having grown up on the run with her con artist mother, she’s been shuffled from town to town, and has learned some unsavory habits that she’s tried hard to overcome. Cora Bee Hazelton has her hands full with volunteering, gardening, her job as a color consultant and designer, and just about anything she can do to keep her mind off her painful past. In the magical neighborhood garden in the middle of Hickory Lane, Emme and Cora Bee learn some hard truths about the past and themselves, the value of friends, family, and community.
The Moonday Letters by Emmi Itäranta
Sol has disappeared. His Earth-born wife Lumi sets out to find him but it is no simple feat: each clue uncovers another enigma. His disappearance leads back to underground environmental groups and a web of mystery that spans the space between the planets themselves.
Told through letters and extracts, the course of Lumi’s journey takes her not only from the affluent colonies of Mars to the devastated remnants of Earth, but also into the hidden depths of Sol’s past and the long-forgotten secrets of her own.
The Nurse’s Secret by Amanda Skenandore
Based on Florence Nightingale’s nursing principles, Bellevue is the first school of its kind in the country. Where once nurses were assumed to be ignorant and unskilled, Bellevue prizes discipline, intellect, and moral character, and only young women of good breeding need apply. At first, Una balks at her prim classmates and the doctors’ endless commands. Yet life on the streets has prepared her for the horrors of injury and disease found on the wards, and she slowly gains friendship and self-respect.
The Italian Ballerina by Kristy Cambron
Rome, 1943: With the fall of Italy’s Fascist government and the Nazi regime occupying the streets of Rome, British ballerina Julia Bradbury is stranded and forced to take refuge at a hospital on Tiber Island. But when she learns of a deadly sickness sweeping through the quarantine wards — a fake disease known only as Syndrome K — she is drawn into one of the greatest cons in history.
NONFICTION
Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy by Zazie Todd
We all love our cats and we all want them to be happy. But making our cats happy isn’t about buying them lots of things ― it’s about finding out what matters to them. In Purr, animal behavior expert Zazie Todd addresses every stage of your cat’s life and offers surprising and effective advice for even the most experienced cat owner, all with the science to back it up.
Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Cities and Vanished Villages by Matthew Green
Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain’s eerie and remarkable ghost towns and villages; shadowlands that once hummed with life. Peering through the cracks of history, we find Dunwich, a medieval city plunged off a cliff by sea storms; the abandoned village of Wharram Percy, wiped out by the Black Death; and the lost city of Trellech unearthed by moles in 2002.
Empires of the Normans: Conquerors of Europe by Levi Roach
Here is the extraordinary story of how the descendants of Viking marauders in northern France came to dominate European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern politics. Across the generations, the Normans made their influence felt across Western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa and even to the Holy Land, with a combination of military might, political savvy, deeply held religious beliefs, and a profound sense of their own destiny.
The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley by Jimmy Soni
Today, PayPal’s founders and earliest employees are considered the technology industry’s most powerful network. Since leaving PayPal, they have formed, funded, and advised the leading companies of our era, including Tesla, Facebook, YouTube, SpaceX, Yelp, Palantir, and LinkedIn, among many others. As a group, they have driven twenty-first-century innovation and entrepreneurship. Their names stir passions; they’re as controversial as they are admired.
CHILDREN’S
Forgotten Bones: Uncovering a Slave Cemetery by Lois Miner Huey
Imagine you’re watching a backhoe dig up the ground when a human skull rolls down a pile of dirt and lands at your feet. That’s exactly what happened in Albany, New York in 2005. Workers digging a new sewer line discovered human remains. Forensic analysis confirmed that the skull belonged to a Black man who had died more than a century before. The construction site became an archaeological dig as more bones were found and it was discovered that the area had been a cemetery for enslaved people dating from colonial times. There were 15 graves in all, including men, women and children, on the land that had once belonged to the Schuyler family. The bones were carefully exhumed and facial reconstructions made from the skulls so that these forgotten people would be forgotten no more.
Ages: 10 and up
LIBRARY OPEN
• Lima Public Library is open to the public six days a week. Hours for the Main Library in Lima are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Our Cairo, Elida and Spencerville branch libraries are open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Our Lafayette branch is open from 12 noon to 6 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
• Curbside pickup is available at the Main Library from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Arrangements can be made by calling 567-712-5239, contacting the library through Facebook Messenger, or putting a hold on a book through the online catalog. 24 hour notice is required. Call us when you arrive (park near the main entrance) and your items will be brought to you.
