Staff Picks Archive - Peters Township Library

Red Clocks

By Leni Zumas

Red Clocks

By Leni Zumas

Recommended by Mary Kipling, Technical Services staff From Little, Brown and Company: Five women. One question. What is a woman for? In this ferociously imaginative...

Alex and Eliza: A Love Story

By Melissa De La Cruz

Alex and Eliza: A Love Story

By Melissa De La Cruz

Recommended by Shannon Pauley, Head of the Youth Services Department From Penguin Random House: 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution...

Carl’s Story

By Noretta Willig

Carl’s Story

By Noretta Willig

Recommended by Margaret Deitzer, Head of the Reference Department From Koehler Books: Carl’s Story begins in the woods near St. Mihiel, France, almost a century ago...

The Gate Keeper

By Charles Todd

The Gate Keeper

By Charles Todd

Recommended by Carol Johnson, Circulation Desk Staff From HarperCollins: On a deserted road, late at night, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge encounters a frightened woman standing...

The Wife Between Us

By Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

The Wife Between Us

By Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Recommended by Dianne Finnegan, Patron Services Coordinator From St. Martin's Press: When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you...

The Hate U Give

By Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

By Angie Thomas

Recommended by Shannon Pauley, Head of the Youth Services Department From HarperCollins: Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives...

Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen

Recommended by Sue Miller, Assistant Library Director From Penguin Books: 'No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had...

Young Jane Young

By Gabrielle Zevin

Young Jane Young

By Gabrielle Zevin

Recommended by Carrie Weaver, Public Relations Coordinator From Workman Books: Aviva Grossman, an ambitious congressional intern in Florida, makes the mistake of having an affair...

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

By Liza Mundy

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

By Liza Mundy

Recommended by Roz Rider, Circulation Desk Staff From Hachette Books: Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than...

Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

By Mark Whitaker

Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

By Mark Whitaker

Recommended by Mary Kipling, Technical Services staff From Simon & Schuster: The other great Renaissance of black culture, influence, and glamour burst forth joyfully in...

In Secret Service

By Mitch Silver

In Secret Service

By Mitch Silver

Recommended by Carol Johnson, Circulation Desk Staff From Simon & Schuster: 1964: James Bond's creator Ian Fleming, himself a World War II British Naval Intelligence officer,...

The Outsiders

By S.E. Hinton

The Outsiders

By S.E. Hinton

Recommended by Shannon Pauley, Head of the Youth Services Department From Penguin Random House: The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old...