July 2017

The Weight of Ink (Hardcover)

By Rachel Kadish

$28.00

ISBN: 9780544866461

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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - June 6th, 2017

A British academic is invited to examine a cache of letters found in a boarded-up closet in a 17th century house outside London. The novel alternates between the lives of London Jews of the 1600s whose lives are reflected in the letters, and the contemporary academics who are trying to piece together their stories. Enlightenment philosophy, London's plague and Great Fire, and 17th-century Jewish messianism are all artfully woven into this compelling work of historical fiction.

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks (Paperback)

By Terry Tempest Williams

$18.00

ISBN: 9781250132147

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Published: Picador - July 3rd, 2017

Tempest Williams is one of my favorite writers (and a fellow Utahn!), and she's at her finest in this collection of essays on America's National Parks. They are personal and political, informative and immediate, a reflection on our messy relationship with wild spaces that's by turns heartbreaking and uplifting. If you're looking for a book to inspire you to get outside this summer, this is the one!

A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting #1 (Babysitter's Guide to Monsters #1) (Hardcover)

By Joe Ballarini, Vivienne To (Illustrator)

$13.99

ISBN: 9780062437839

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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - June 20th, 2017

There really is a Boogeyman, and creatures that live under your bed? WHAT?! Fun, but a little bit scary, makes this book the perfect summer read.

Pete With No Pants (Hardcover)

By Rowboat Watkins

$16.99

ISBN: 9781452144016

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Published: Chronicle Books - May 2nd, 2017

Pete is an adorable lump of an elephant who wants to tell jokes. As he plays, he tries to figure out what he is through comparisons. A sweet, humorous story of perception and the confusing, ongoing search for identity, Pete's journey provides an entry point into conversations of categorization and point-of-view while also being a giggle-inducing storytime pick.

The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart (Hardcover)

By Stephanie Burgis

$16.99

ISBN: 9781681193434

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Published: Bloomsbury USA Childrens - May 30th, 2017

When Aventurine is trapped in a puny human body by an enchanted cup of hot chocolate, she knows she must do all it takes to regain her true dragon form. But what will she do about her weakness for chocolate...and the humans that make it? A completely charming adventure and a feisty heroine.

I Love You, Michael Collins (Hardcover)

By Lauren Baratz-Logsted

$16.99

ISBN: 9780374303853

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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - June 20th, 2017

Mamie starts writing to Michael Collins, the astronaut who's going to stay behind when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon, for a school assignment, but she keeps writing to him throughout the summer of 1969, as everyone seems to be leaving her behind.

Seveneves (Paperback)

By Neal Stephenson

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062334510

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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - May 17th, 2016

Seveneves is so much more than science fiction set in space. It feels preparatory, as Stephenson tends to spend a lot time on the technicalities of orbital mechanics, but Stephenson also makes it clear what would really matter in such a catastrophic situation. Political and philosophical existentialism with a great narrative. It is compellingly readable  (in the way you would think a story about the moon blowing up and humanity ending would be).

The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Katherine Arden

$16.00

ISBN: 9781101885956

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Published: Del Rey - June 27th, 2017

Rooted in Russian folklore, this is the stunning and beautiful story of Vasya, a young girl who does everything she can to protect her family when danger encroaches. One of my favorite books of the season.

Beren and Lúthien (Hardcover)

By J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (Editor), Alan Lee (Illustrator)

$30.00

ISBN: 9781328791825

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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - June 1st, 2017

After emerging from the horror of the First World War, J.R.R. Tolkien gave us a world of hobbits, elves, and wizards; feasts and adventures. However, this is Tolkien's most personal story, so much so that the names of Beren and Luthien are engraved on the tombstone he shares with his wife.