The Weather of the Future

In The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet Heidi Cullen outlines the weather scenarios we can expect over the next 40 years as the result of climate change, and she offers steps we can take now to respond to our changing climate.

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Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat

Hal Herzog's book Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat describes the complex relationships of humans and animals.

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Little Princes

Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal follows author Conor Grennan as he travels to Nepal and volunteers at an orphanage. While he is volunteering he learns that the children are not orphans; their families have paid a steep price and for the promise that their children will be taken to safety away from Nepal's civil war. The book is a true story that follows Grennan's work to reunite the children with their families.

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The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni is a story of self-discovery, family bonding and the unlikely friendship of two social outcasts and their desperation to be heard. Told from the point of view of 17-year-old Sebastian Prendergast who has lived in semi-rural Iowa with his eccentric grandmother in a geodesic dome.

L.A. Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
Finalist for a Minnesota Book Award
One of Oprah Magazine's Great Reads to Pick Up
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection

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Stealing Buddha’s Dinner

In Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen, the glossy branded allure of Pringles, Kit Kats, and Toll House Cookies becomes an ingenious metaphor for Nguyen's struggle during the 1908's to become a "real" American, a distinction that brings with it the dream of the perfect school lunch, burgers and Jell- O for dinner, and a visit from the Kool-Aid man.

The 2009-2010 Great Michigan Read
Winner of the PEN/Jerard Award
A Chicago Tribune Best Book of 2007
Kiriyama Prize Notable Book
Asian American Literature Award Finalist

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The Outside Boy

The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins is a novel about an Irish gypsy boy's childhood in the 1950's.

Booklist Editors’ Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2010
School Library Journal, Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2010

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Miral

Miral by Italo-Palestinian journalist Rula Jabreal is an autobiographical novel of a Palestinian girl growing up amid the intifada. Made into a motion picture released in March 2011, directed by Julian Schnabel.

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