The Champions

January 24th, 2025 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

By Kara Thomas

Year of Publication: 2024

A summary from Goodreads: 

From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybrook. When a mysterious accident befalls a member of the all-star high school football team, the town’s deadly history stands to repeat itself—and the price of discovering the truth is higher than anyone could imagine.It was the deaths of five cheerleaders that made the town of Sunnybrook infamous. Eleven years later, the girls’ killer has been brought to justice, and the town just wants to move on. By the time Hadley moves to Sunnybrook, though, the locals are more interested in the Tigers, the high school’s championship-winning football team. The Tigers are Sunnybrook’s homegrown heroes–something positive in a town with so much darkness in its past.Hadley could care less about football, but shortly after she gets assigned to cover the team’s latest championship bid for the school newspaper, one of the Tigers is poisoned at a party, and almost immediately after, Hadley starts getting strange emails warning her to stay far away from the football team.It’s becoming clear Sunnybrook’s golden boys have secrets, and after a second player is mysteriously killed, Hadley’s beginning to suspect that someone wants the team to pay for their sins. Or does this new target on the football team have something to do with what happened to the cheerleaders all those years ago?As an outsider in Sunnybrook, Hadley feels like she’s the only one who can see the present clearly, but it looks like she’s going to have to dig up the darkness of the past to get to the bottom of what’s happening now. Luckily, there are still some Sunnybrook High grads who never left–people who were around eleven years ago—and if she can just convince them to talk, she might be able stop a killer before another Tiger dies.

Goshen Public Library call number: YF THOMAS (BOOK-YA)

Chinese New Year

January 23rd, 2025 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

By Grace Jones

Year of Publication: 2018

A summary from Goodreads: 

Learn about the diverse and vibrant festivals that are celebrated around the world. This series encourages children to consider religious beliefs and cultural practices via easy to read text and informative, full color images.

Goshen Public Library call number: J394.261 JONES (BOOK-J)

Making Bread Out of Straw: How to Succeed with Almost Nothing By Helping Others, Thinking Creatively, and Ignoring Obstacles

January 22nd, 2025 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

By Cinzi Lavin

Year of Publication: 2024

A summary from Goodreads: 

If you have several thousand dollars with which to launch your dream, a master’s degree in your subject matter, and some decent connections, there are a lot of books about success that can help you. However, Making Bread Out of Straw is about making something out of nothing.

If you don’t have $10,000 (or even $1,000), no network of influential acquaintances, no memberships in exclusive social clubs or alumni organizations, and you may not have even been formally educated in your field, yet you believe you are capable of achieving amazing things, this book will profoundly change the way you think.

Award-winning musical dramatist Cinzi Lavin shares her own circumstances, which dictated that if she wanted to enjoy success, it would take more than hard work, luck, ambition, or even talent. In fact, she credits her success to three humanity, creativity, and the ability to recognize that most obstacles are only illusions.

With engaging storytelling, Lavin explains how you can achieve the life you want, even if you feel held back by the situation in which you find yourself. As a failed piano student who later performed by invitation at the White House, she outlines indispensable philosophies, clever tips, and practical strategies which can be powerfully leveraged to further your goals.

Anyone can achieve success by helping to create a generosity-based society, by utilizing their creativity, and by choosing their own path. Embracing the unconventional, wasting nothing, and making life good for everyone are all part of the art of Making Bread Out of Straw.

Goshen Public Library call number: 658.11 LAVIN (BOOK)

God Of The Woods

January 21st, 2025 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

By Liz Moore

Year of Publication: 2024

A summary from Goodreads: 

Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.

Goshen Public Library call number: F MOORE (BOOK)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

January 20th, 2025 by Goshen Public Library No comments »

Year of Release: 2012

A summary from the back of the DVD: 

An award-winning, all-star cast, led by Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and Tom Wilkinson, lights up this “buoyant comedy laced with genuine emotion”(Peter Travers, Rolling Stone). When seven cash-strapped seniors decide to “outsource” their retirement to a resort in far-of India, friendship and romance blossom in the most unexpected ways. Smart, life-affirming and genuinely charming, THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL is a “true classic that reminds us that it’s never too late to find love and a fresh beginning at any age”(Rex Reed, The New York Observer).

Goshen Public Library call number: DVD-A (VISUAL MATERIAL)