The Season of Migration: A Novel by Nellie Hermann ’96
The Season of Migration: A Novel by Nellie Hermann ’96 Farrar, Straus and Giroux, January 2015 Vincent van Gogh is one of the most popular painters of all time, and yet we know very little about the difficult period in his youth when he and his brother, Theo, broke off all contact. In The Season of Migration, Nellie Hermann conjures a profoundly imaginative, original and heartbreaking vision of Van Gogh’s early years. In startlingly beautiful and powerful language, Hermann transforms our understanding of Van Gogh and the redemptive power of art. Nellie Hermann was born in Boston and lives...
Read MoreDuck & Goose Go to the Beach, by Tad Hills ’81
Duck & Goose Go to the Beach by Tad Hills ’81 Schwartz & Wade Books, April 2014 Duck and Goose have shared, explored, learned and quarreled in a long series of picture books, every time returning to the importance of their friendship. Duck & Goose Go to the Beach is the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling Duck & Goose series. Duck wants to go on an adventure. Goose doesn’t. He doesn’t see the point. After all, why would they go anywhere when they’re happy right where they are? But then Goose sees the ocean and loves it. Who doesn’t? Well, Duck, for...
Read MoreDrop It, Rocket!, by Tad Hills ’81
Drop It, Rocket! by Tad Hills ’81 Random House Children’s Books, July 2014 Rocket, the beloved dog from the New York Times bestselling picture books How Rocket Learned to Read and Rocket Writes a Story, is back in a Step 1 leveled reader. Rocket is ready to find new words for his word tree with his teacher, the little yellow bird. He finds a leaf, a hat, and a star . . . but when he finds a red boot, he doesn’t want to let go. What will make Rocket drop it? With predictable patterns, simple words, lots of repetition, and bright, colorful illustrations, this Step into Reading...
Read MoreAddiction on Trial: Tragedy in Downeast Maine, by Steven Kassels ’68
Addiction on Trial: Tragedy in Downeast Maine by Steven Kassels ’68 AuthorHouse, October 2013 When Downeast local Annette Fiorno is found at the bottom of a ravine, outsider and relapsed drug addict Jimmy Sedgwick is accused of murder. Unassuming Maine lawyer Rob Hanston and big-shot attorney Shawn Marks form an unlikely legal team as they attempt to discredit the overwhelming evidence. Addiction on Trial, the first in a series of Shawn Marks thrillers, sends a powerful message of societal discrimination toward drug addicts and explores common misperceptions about what drug addiction really...
Read MoreMagic Marks the Spot The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Book One, by Caroline Carlson ’02
Magic Marks the Spot The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Book One by Caroline Carlson ’02 HarperCollins Children’s Books, September 2013 Hilary Westfield has always dreamed of being a pirate. She can tread water for 37 minutes. She can tie a knot faster than a fleet of sailors. She particularly enjoys defying authority, and she already owns a rather pointy sword. There’s only one problem: The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates refuses to let any girl join their ranks of scourges and scallywags. But Hilary is not the kind of girl to take no for an answer. To escape a...
Read MoreWaltzing with Bracey: A Long Reach Home, By Brenda Gilchrist ’47
Waltzing with Bracey: A Long Reach Home By Brenda Gilchrist ’47 Bauhan Publishing, 2012 In this brave and thoughtful memoir, Brenda Gilchrist tells the story of learning to claim her place in the world—Deer Isle, Maine—and a wonderfully bossy little corgi, Bracey, who helps her to do so. After a girlhood spent abroad in various world capitals, Gilchrist never felt entirely at home anywhere, or indeed, particularly confident about who she was. Her family’s Deer Isle summer cottage might qualify as an anchor of sorts. But there are so many ghosts up there—so many august forebears to...
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