Enigma tracer follows an undercover detective mission of Gracie and Bailey, best friends who originally meet while studying for their graduate degrees. When their target, Phillip Pliant, schedules a trip on a Caribbean cruise, a plan is developed to gather evidence to support his arrest. Pliant’s goal is to illegally dump recycling among the islands under the guise of bringing money and jobs to various Caribbean islands. He is described as a “eco gangster” who has influence among many local officials.
Kay is so excited when she wakes up. Today she is going to the aquarium for the first time, and she is going to see sharks up-close. She gets her backpack ready and her mom drives her to the aquarium for them to spend a day of fun together. When she arrives, the first thing she notices is the sound level is too loud for her, so her mom suggests for her to put her headphones on to muffle the noise. That helps a great deal! As she’s ready to go exploring with her mom, she sees her friend Ben there with his mom.
Girl in the Ashes is a historical fiction novel based in Paris during World War 2. The novel circulates between the lives, both past and present, of three women: Odette, Ilse, and Agnes. The lives of these women share commonalities, as well as obvious differences as you get to know each character and their motivations, both before the war and during. Odette, a nurse, is driven by Death after the brutal murder of her mother at a young age. She takes it upon herself to kill the men who wrong women and children.
This is the first book in the Sands of Achten Tan series. This volume primarily focuses on Mila, a young gnome who is struggling to unlock both her magic and her voice. After failing to ascend to misra for the fourth time, Mila agrees to journey to Achten Tan to train under Gerwyn, an eccentric old gnome with questionable methods. Mila is desperate to ascend to the second level of her training so that she can finally regain her voice and unlock the full potential of her powers, so she agrees to what could be her final attempt to begin reaching her full potential.
Thirteen year old Gittel Borenstein is part of a Jewish family that emigrated from Eastern Europe because of a pogrom to Mill Creek, Wisconsin with 12 other Jewish families. The book focuses on various events in Gittel’s young life such as bullying from antisemitic classmates, conflicts with her more traditional Orthodox family, a budding romance with a local boy, and her participation in a Chautauqua, which is a social, influential, and inspirational program that focuses on the arts and is often held in rural areas like in Mill Creek.
Mila, a mute cavern gnome, goes through a test to be considered worthy to study magic. After she fails the test, her mentor, Nora, sends her to the desert world of Achten Tan to study magic under Gerwyn, a wise and powerful witch. While in Achten Tan, Mila finds romance and friendship, becomes involved in a power struggle against the despotic Bone Chief Opu Haku, and discovers her strength and voice.
A Broken Reflection is best classified as a domestic thriller. The story revolves around Claire and Stephen, wife and husband who are approaching their 10th wedding anniversary. Shortly before their anniversary, however, things are not great between the couple, obvious from how the story begins and Claire flashes back to previous moments. It isn’t long before the reader learns of Stephen’s infidelity, and the reader gets a deeper insight into Claire and her mental health.
The story begins on the Mayflower coming to the Americas in 1620. The ship lands in a place only inhabited by Native Americans instead of Jamestown, their original intended landing location. Jamestown was already established and was gaining interest of settlers from England. The main character, Sarah Bailey, and her husband, along with other settlers decide to build their own plantation called Plimouth.
This fun comic-book picture book documents Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and accomplishments from her childhood to her time as a Supreme Court Justice. The book discusses why Ruth decided to become a lawyer and fight for women's rights. Her life was filled with examples of creating ripples of change so that other women after her could benefit and create even more changes toward equality.
Anax by Keren Ouliel is the first book in The Order Series, an urban fantasy where Greek mythology and modern life collide. Naya Tellus is an environmental journalist who believes that natural disasters might not be as natural as we think. She believes that someone or something is intentionally causing these things as a way for the earth to rebel against its treatment by the humans. Though most people would write her off as crazy, the mysterious Joshua Adams, a seismologist, agrees with her and wants Naya to come work for him.
