NCW Libraries

"A novel about a woman who one day comes home to find her attic is magic and producing an endless supply of interchangeable husbands"-- Provided by publisher. "When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem--she's not married. She's never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone,...

"Yiyo Pilloconejillo ya no quiere ser un conejito! Sus orejas son demasiado grandes y está cansado de comer zanahorias cocidas. Sería mucho más divertido ser un oso, un pájaro o un cerdo. . . ¿verdad? (¿Cómo resultó? ¡ESTABA EQUIVOCADO!) Sigue leyendo mientras Yiyo se va de casa e intenta determinar quién es, y a dónde pertenece, en esta simpatiquísima historia de autodescubrimiento. ¡Este adorable y divertido libro ilustrado es un regalo...

Three unlikely thieves, or reivers, 11-year-old Lucius Priest and two of his family's retainers, set out from Mississippi for Memphis in 1905 in a stolen motorcar.

"The attack on the Tanpopo base begins! The Yozakura family quickly discovers the enemy's top fighters--the Nijibana Rainbow Flowers--all have powers bestowed upon them by the Cherry Blossom Leaf Hazakura serum, and they are almost exactly like the Yozakura family's Bloomings! Shinzo clashes with Kurosawa while Shion and Kengo tackle Cha-Cha and Aonuma. Meanwhile, Kawashita spares no effort in setting up his mysterious Seed-Sowing Project"-- Provided...

"The riotous, raucous, and deeply resonant debut novel from "one of the best story writers in the English language today" (Financial Times), Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With his acclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporary Irish literature's most daring stylists. Praised by Oprah Daily as...

Duane the polar bear and the other animals of the very, very far north find their friendships deepening as they are challenged by the arrival of a contentious weasel and an unexpected departure.

"Meet Enid: a lesbian who's a serial dater and deaf in one ear. She works at The Space Agency as an information architect, and when she's not obsessing over true crime podcasts, she's managing her crippling phobia of bald people. While she tries not think about her teenage years, she can't seem to stop obsessively watching her childhood YouTube channel. But as Enid fumbles her way through her first serious relationship and navigates a new family life...

It is hard for Chihuahua Ember to decide which is worse: a pack of pugs who announce that they are aliens, or the dog park which is filled with large and overexcited dogs--but he is convinced that he and his animal friends must stop the pugs to save the world (for themselves).

Claire, an aspiring artist and part-time serial killer, realizes someone is watching her-someone who knows about her murderous hobby-and she, while attending a weekly bereavement support group after losing her father, must finish off her blackmailer before they reveal all.

Joining Squiggle at school, Johnny Boo discovers there is so much to learn, and after solving the mystery of "two plus two," he and Squiggle try to figure out how the Mean Little Boy got bigger--and grew a mustache!