HARLEM LIBRARY

The new arrivals this week include “Rosie Colored Glasses” by Brianna Wolfson. Willow is caught between two parents who are complete opposites. Rex is serious and tapes checklists of chores on Willow’s bedroom door. Rosie makes life fun and enchanting and meets Willow in the treehouse in the middle of the night to sneak candy. After Rex and Rosie divorce Willow finds navigating the world difficult under her mother’s spell. When Rosie’s behavior becomes turbulent and unpredictable Willow is faced with removing her Rosie colored glasses.

C.J. Box readers will want to pick up “The Disappeared.” Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two difficult cases. A British business woman never returned from a guest ranch and the British Embassy is pushing for answers. Joe is asked to intervene with the feds on an issue that is being blocked and affects the falconers. The more he digs into both cases the more apparent it is someone is trying to stop him. Could the two cases be connected?

Brad Parks is the author of “Closer Than You Know.” Raised in the foster care system Melanie has left the turmoil behind as she has a steady job, a loving husband, and a baby boy named Alex. When she goes to daycare to pick up Alex she discovers he’s been removed by Social Services. Her home has been raided by sheriff’s deputies who uncover cocaine. The evidence could send her to prison for years.

A new nonfiction book is “The Boy Crisis” by Warren Farrell, PhD and John Gray, PhD. This work is a “comprehensive blueprint for what parents, teachers, and policymakers can do to help our sons become happier, healthier men and fathers and leaders worthy of our respect.”

“The Which Way Tree” is by Elizabeth Crook. In the remote hill country of Texas a panther savagely attacks a family of homesteaders. The mother, a former slave, dies saving her daughter Samantha’s life. Samantha and her half-brother, Benjamin, survive although she is horribly scarred. This story, narrated by Benjamin, tells how Samantha along with a Tejano outlaw and a haunted preacher go on a quest to find and kill the infamous panther.

Sally Hepworth has written “The Family Next Door.” Essie appears to have an ideal life in the ideal neighborhood. But she holds within a deep secret shame. In a moment of maternal despair she once walked away from her newborn sleeping in a carriage in a park. Disaster was avoided but Essie still fears what lurks inside her. When a curious women named Isabelle moves in next door she raises many question about who she is. Although Essie’s friends warn her about Isabelle the two become friends. But is becomes clear that Isabelle’s presence will bring shocking secrets to light.

The Book Challenge for May is to read a book about an animal, either fiction or nonfiction. The library will be closed May 28 for Memorial Day.

The theme for the upcoming Summer Reading program is “Libraries Rock!” Registration begins May 29 and Family Fun Night is May 30, 6:30-8:00 P.M.

We are in need of empty coffee, Pringles, and oatmeal containers; empty cereal or shoe boxes; and aluminum pie tins. We would appreciate any of these items you could donate. Children ages preschool through elementary school are invited to participate. Adults are also invited to participate in the Letter by Letter game.