This Week’s Literary Picks from Your Local Library

Are you in need of some new reading material for the weekend? 

Rather than relying on an interesting cover to pull you in, check out this week’s recommendations from the . 

Here are this week’s suggestions, written by public services assistant Rachel Vaughn:

So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger

In 1915 Minnesota, Monte Becket, a down-on-his-luck writer, meets Glendon Hale, a charismatic outlaw, and decides to join him in his quest to find and reconcile with the family he abandoned years ago. With a vengeance-bent former Pinkerton agent hot on Hale’s trail, the two men journey west and encounter larger-than-life characters along the way.

Kraken by China Miéville

A rare specimen of giant squid mysteriously disappears from within the walls of London’s Natural History Museum and Billy Harrow, the museum’s young cephalopod specialist, unknowingly holds the key to finding it. Billy soon discovers that London is home to an underground network of supernatural factions he knew nothing about – and all of them want to get their hands on Billy and his knowledge. Why is this squid so important to so many? This squid just happens to be a powerful embryonic god whose powers could end the world.

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

Sixth-grader Tommy’s strange classmate, Dwight, begins dispensing predictions and advice through an origami Yoda finger puppet. Dwight has always been known as a weird outsider, but Yoda always seems to know just what to say. As they try to decide what’s really going on, Tommy and his friends share their encounters with Dwight and Yoda. A finger puppet can’t really predict the future! Or can he? (After you’re done reading, make your own Origami Yoda! Instructions are included.)