Get Your Bookish Summer Started With These Great Reads
School’s almost out, the pool is open and most importantly, Summer Reading has started! Get a jump start on your bookish summer with these great new releases!
A motley crew of senior citizens and a day care join forces to save the community center building they share in Clare Pooley’s delightfully madcap romp, "How to Age Disgracefully." Christmas is coming early this year when movie star Kate Price returns to her hometown to write a screen play and to reconnect with her high school best friend in the heartwarming holiday romance, "Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous" by Mae Marvel.
As we mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied landing at Normandy, "When the Sea Came Alive" by Garrett M. Graff collects the voices of 700 people who were involved in the invasion, resulting in a fresh look at the heroism and devastation. Explore the role of three pioneering women who ran department stores and forever changed the face of fashion and commerce in Julie Satow’s fascinating history, "When Women Ran Fifth Avenue."
Viola player Tate hopes a summer at orchestra camp will boost their skills and confidence. While there, they meet virtuoso Eli, who helps Tate improve their musical skills and offers advice about coming out as nonbinary. "Camp Prodigy" by Caroline Palmer is an effervescent and affirming middle grade graphic novel.
A trip to the gelato shop ends with the daughter of an American diplomat fake-dating a Scottish celebrity in an attempt to throw off the paparazzi. As the fauxmance continues, real feelings start to develop in Sabrina Fedel’s frothy teen homage to "Roman Holiday," "All Roads Lead to Rome."