Book of the Month: November

Bog Child by Siobahn Dowd

The notorious conflict in Ireland, a mysterious body found preserved in a bog, blackmail, what more could one ask for in a book? Set in the backdrop of the 1980s in Northern Ireland, this is the story of Fergus, a boy who finds the body of a young girl in a bog. As it turns out, her body is from a much earlier time and was the result of a mysterious murder. The girl (named Mel by Fergus) unfolds alongside Fergus' as he navigates the tumultous times, dealing with a brother in jail and being blackmailed into delivering packages containing bomb-making materials.

Book of the Month: October

The Good Neighbors,Book One: Kin
Holly Black, Ted Naifeh

In Holly Black's first graphic novel, sixteen-year-old Rue Silver, whose mother disappeared weeks ago, believes she is going crazy until she learns that the strange things she has been seeing are real, and that she is one of the faerie creatures, or Good Neighbors, that mortals cannot see. The harrowing, but beautiful illustrations compliment the spare, but concise writing. Readers will anxiously await the next book in the series.

The Good Neighbors: Kin