Harlem Library

The Summer Reading Program “Build Better World” kicks off this week. Tonight is the Family Fun Night from 6:30-8:00 filled with stories, games, snacks and fun! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is now open for children who wish to participate in the summer reading program. Stop by the library to sign up or you may also register via email or Facebook. This summer we also have a Letter by Letter game for adults to play. Come to the library to pick up your game board and instructions.

The weekly programs for children begin next week. The Read to Me program meets on Tuesdays at 10 A.M. beginning June 6 for infants through preschoolers and their parents/caregivers. The Readers Club meets on Thursdays at 1 P.M. beginning June 8 for children who have completed kindergarten through grade 6. Clifford the Big Red Dog will make a visit to the library June 12 at 1 P.M. thanks to Montana PBS. Call the library at 353-2712 for more information.

“The Women in the Castle” is a novel by Jessica Shattuck. WWII is over and Marianne von Lingenfels returns home to what once was her husband’s family grand castle now in ruins. Marianne’s resister husband was murdered following the failed plot to assassinate Hitler. But before he died she promised she would find and protect the fellow resistance widows. First Marianne rescues the young son of her childhood friend from a reeducation home. Then they travel to Berlin to find her mother who is held by Red Army soldiers. In a refugee camp they find Ania and her two sons . This is the story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined.

James Patterson’s new work is “The Black Book.” A murder leads investigators to an exclusive brothel that serves Chicago’s most powerful citizens. The most important piece of evidence is missing: the madam’s black book. With a mad scramble to find the book, no one’s motives can be trusted. Don’t miss this thriller filled with influence, corruption, and power.

A new nonfiction selection is “Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War” by Daniel J. Sharfstein.

“The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley” is by Hannah Tinti. Loo has spent her young life moving from place to place on the run with her father, Samuel Hawley. Now that Loo is a teenager Samuel decides to settle down in his late wife’s hometown seeking a normal life. But when Loo investigates the mother she never knew she uncovers her parent’s hidden past that is made real by the twelve scars her father carries on his body. Each scar from a bullet he took in his criminal career.

Thomas Perry is the author of “The Old Man.” Dan Chase appears a harmless retiree in Vermont. But in his past Chase was sent to Libya to covertly assist a rebel army. When the plan fell apart Chase’s course of action triggered results he never could have anticipated. Now he comes face to face with an Afghan agent that once again awakens Chase’s survival instincts.

Three new inspirational fiction stories include “The Sisters of Sugarcreek” by Cathy Liggett, “The Seekers” the first in the Amish Cooking Class series by Wanda E. Brunstetter, and “The Ebb Tide” by Beverly Lewis.