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Staff Picks
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
What does it mean to be a woman who insists on being in the world where internet anonymity has made it easier than ever to be judged?
2017-05-30T09:49:10+00:00
Megan, Columbia Pike Branch Manager
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/shrill-notes-from-a-loud-woman/
As I Descended
A spooky retelling of Macbeth set at an isolated Southern boarding school, where secret couple Lily and Maria will stop at nothing to realize their ambitions, even reaching out to the spirit world.
2017-05-30T09:52:16+00:00
Megan, Columbia Pike Branch Manager
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/as-i-descended/
Pure Grit: how American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific
From Bataan to Corregidor to years spent as POWs, the story of army nurses trapped in the Philippines at the start of WWII is as inspirational as it is harrowing.
2017-05-30T09:55:18+00:00
Jennie, Collection Development
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/pure-grit-how-american-world-war-ii-nurses-survived-battle-and-prison-camp-in-the-pacific/
The Library at Mount Char
A weird and engrossing fantasy that's both hilarious and horrifying.
2017-05-30T09:58:07+00:00
Tracy, Shirlington Branch Manager
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/the-library-at-mount-char/
Guji Guji
It's not a story about starting out ugly and turning into a beautiful swan, it's a story about being valuable, clever and loved, whether you're a duckling or an alligator.
2017-05-30T10:02:45+00:00
Alex, Web Team
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/guji-guji/
Princeless: Save Yourself
In this madcap and hilarious adventure, Princess Adrienne gets bored waiting for a prince, so she escapes from her tower and starts a quest to rescue her similarly trapped sisters.
2017-05-30T10:08:32+00:00
Katherine, Westover Children's Librarian
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/princeless-save-yourself/
Crossing Stones
Exquisitely crafted, this verse novel about finding yourself on the homefront during WWI makes great use of poetic forms and visual layout.
2017-05-30T10:10:52+00:00
Jennie, Collection Development
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/crossing-stones/
Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire
Cilla's destined become a “Future Author Extraordinaire,” but when she starts her memoir, it’s clear some parts need to be rewritten. Can she change her own life story?
2017-05-30T10:15:33+00:00
Nico, Young Adult Librarian
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/cilla-lee-jenkins-future-author-extraordinaire/
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 1
Doreen Green has all the powers of a squirrel and a girl! Everyone should be reading this delightful, hilarious superhero series.
2017-05-30T10:19:05+00:00
Michelle, Collection Development
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-vol-1/
In the Bag
Told from multiple perspectives, this delightful romcom has mixed-up luggage, technology-based generational divides, and stinky cheese-based plot twists.
2017-05-30T12:00:52+00:00
Jennie, Collection Development
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/in-the-bag/
The Hour (DVD)
Set at the BBC in 1956, this cancelled-too-soon drama is Mad Men meets the Newsroom, if written by John LeCarre.
2017-05-30T12:04:48+00:00
Jennie, Collection Development
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/the-hour-dvd/
84, Charing Cross Road
20 years of correspondence between New York-based Hanff and her London bookstore of choice is so utterly charming, it’s become a classic.
2017-05-30T12:07:37+00:00
Catherine, Aurora Hills Branch
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/84-charing-cross-road/
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible
The smart, brave, and irrepressible Harriet realizes her Sleeping Beauty curse comes with temporary loop-hole and she has a few years of immortality to make the best of in this rollicking fairy tale adventure.
2017-05-30T12:09:52+00:00
Paula, Glencarlyn Branch Library
https://library.arlingtonva.us/testimonials/hamster-princess-harriet-the-invincible/
