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  • Nothing to Lose

    by Lee Child

    Two lonely towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher never turns back. It's not in his nature. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets is big trouble. So in Lee Child’s electrifying new novel, Reacher—a man with no fear, no illusions, and nothing to lose—goes to war against a town that not only wants him gone, it wants him dead. It wasn’t the welcome... (more)
  • Mick Harte Was Here

    by Barbara Park

    It was a bike accident. His tire just hit a rock. And he skidded into the back of a passing truck. And that was it. When her brother, Mick, is killed, Phoebe Hate's world is suddenly turned upside down. How could someone like Mick die? Mick was one of the neatest kids you'd ever want to meet. He was the kind of kid who freaked his mom out by putting a ceramic eye in a defrosted chicken. And who would ever... (more)
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel

    by Jonathan Safran Foer

    Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history. Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key... (more)