Cranston Public Library

"For thirty years, since the publication of his first novel Americana, Don DeLillo has lived in the skin of our times. He has found a voice for the forgotten souls who haunt the fringes of our culture and for its larger-than-life, real-life. figures. His language is defiantly, radiantly American." "Now, to a new century, he has brought The Body Artist. In this novel, he inhabits the muted world of Lauren Hartke, an artist whose work defies the limits...

Eve comes face to face with the king who has been ruthlessly hunting her--and learns a shocking truth about who she really is.

Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. Will Celaena find the strength to not only fight her inner demons, but to take on the evil that is about to be unleashed?

"Distraught over her stalled academic career, Alba is walking through Cambridge, England, when she finds herself in front of 11 Hope Street. A beautiful older woman named Peggy greets Alba and invites her to stay, on the house's usual conditions: she has ninety-nine nights to turn her life around. This is no ordinary house. Past residents -- including Virginia Woolf and Dorothy Parker -- have hung around to help newcomers... literally, in talking...

The alternating narratives of art tutor Samuel Godwin and governess Charlotte Agnew, who work for the wealthy Farrow family in 1898 England, reveal the secrets that almost everyone in the household is hiding.

Seventeen-year-old Brittany was born into a secret community of werewolves, but when she fails to transform at her appointed time, she fears that she will never truly belong.

"Chrissie is eight years old and she has a secret: she has just killed a boy. The feeling of it made her belly fizz like soda pop. Across her neighborhood, Chrissie's playmates and their parents are tearful and terrified. But Chrissie rules the roost - she's the best at wall-walking, she knows how to get free candy, and now she has a secret, thrilling power she doesn't get to experience much at home, where food is scarce and attention scarcer. Twenty...

"When Kelly Medina gets a call from her son's pediatrician to confirm her upcoming appointment, it is a case of mistaken identity, but when Kelly happens to bump into the single mother, who shares her name, outside the pediatrician's office their unlikely friendship brings Kelly a renewed sense of purpose that may cost her." --

"The coming of age story of Rebecca Leavitt as she searches for her identity in the Northwest Territories of Canada"--

A studious girl and a quiet, straight-A boy start a controversial podcast together that challenges their courage and forces them to confront issues in the form of backlash and censorship.