Paper Bag Princess Day is March 1st!
Noon

We LOVE The Paperback Princess, Robert Munsch’s classic book for girls about courage, self-reliance, and autonomy. Join Jen on March 1 at noon for a special storytime featuring The Paperback Princess.

Princess Elizabeth knows she doesn’t need a prince to save her—and that being a hero can take many different forms.

New Release
Penitence by Kristin Koval

Thirteen-year-old Nora Sheehan has just shot and killed her beloved older brother, Nico. This isn’t a spoiler—the book opens with Nora, nearly catatonic, in a jail cell in Lodgepole. Colorado with two police officers arguing in the next room about what to do with her.

Nora’s parents, Angie and David, turn to Martine, a local attorney who is about to retire. Martine, a former friend of Angie’s mother, is also the mother of Julian, Angie’s high school boyfriend, who is now a successful criminal defense attorney living in New York City.

And then “the plot thickens,” as the old cliche goes.

As the book continues, the reader learns that Nico had juvenile Huntington’s disease. The relationships between the characters are slowly revealed, both complicating and explaining the current situation, particularly when Martine asks Julian to help her with Nora’s defense.

Guilt over an accident which happened years ago, secrets, grudges, unresolved feelings, and betrayals influence the characters as the book explores the juvenile justice system, love, family loyalties, and the possibility of forgiveness and redemption.

—Sally