Events
Helen Thorpe takes a compassionate, thorough look at the complicated issue of immigration rights through the eyes of four teenage girls, two who are in the United States legally, two who are not. Just Like Us is sure to provoke thought and discussion on both sides of the debate.
This month’s selection is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. This award-winning book describes the adventures of an autistic teenage boy as he attempts to solve the mystery of the death of his neighbor’s poodle. Written in first-person perspective and including drawings and diagrams, you’ll be drawn into the mind of an incredibly intelligent, creative, unique character. This book is 20% off at Old Firehouse Books for the month of April.
Sail the skies in an airship and explore an alien world with this month’s selection, Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder. This excellent entry into the steampunk genre showcases the author’s talent for world-building. He uses the laws of physics to explain airbikes and an artificial sun that powers the world with mind-bending imagination.
Join us as the Gardens of Spring Creek visit to discuss the staff’s favorite gardening books! We’ll also have a short demonstration of planting. Spring is coming, and gardening weather is almost here. This is a perfect way to get the resources you need for a successful summer garden.
Join us for a discussion of The Sister by Poppy Adams. This book features two sisters, one of whom stayed in their crumbling old English home, the other who escaped into the world, but is now returning. The otherworldly atmosphere and eerie, gothic tone make this book a must-read. This book is 20% off at Old Firehouse Books for the month of April.
Come hear a local, world-renowned diamond expert’s fascinating chronicle of the $108 million theft at the Antwerp Diamond Center on February 15, 2003. If you love reconstructing and deconstructing crimes or want to hear about the inside of one of the world’s most lucrative industries, you are in for a treat. Greg Campbell is an award-winning journalist who pursues this story through contradictory explanations and deceptions. Like a finely cut gem, this well-polished, multifaceted book sparkles.
Since the well-known Wyoming mystery author C.J. Box will be appearing at the store on May 1, we’re preparing by reading his first novel, Open Season. This fast-paced outdoors mystery introduces Joe Pickett, a game warden who is cursed by the need to do the right thing instead of the easy thing. You’ll feel like you’re in Saddle String, Wyoming, riding Joe’s patrol with him and trying to solve the mystery of a dead poacher that a lot of people don’t want solved. This book will be 20% off at Old Firehouse Books for the month of April.
