Wheaton Public Library: Grow with Us!
You probably won’t be surprised to hear this, but most of the staff at the Wheaton Public Library LOVE to read. Knowing this, we’ve wanted to get a staff blog off the ground for awhile now, and the pandemic has Read more
Ever since she was a small child, August Landry, the main character of One Last Stop, has spent virtually all her free time helping her mother investigate a family member’s unsolved disappearance. As a result, she’s never really had friends Read more
Set in a Nigerian town, this book opens with a mother finding her son’s body on her front porch. This was no natural death and who took the time to wrap him in a cloth and place him in front Read more
The Address Book explores the fascinating and little-known history of street addresses. It covers a wide range of locations and time periods, ranging from ancient Rome, 19th-century London, and Gilded Age Manhattan to modern-day Florida, Japan, South Africa, and India. Read more
Action Park is a memoir written by Andy Mulvihill, whose father, Gene, founded the titular amusement park in 1978. Located in New Jersey, Action Park was known for its innovative rides with lax safety standards, and was popularly known by Read more
In Before She Knew Him, artist Hen and her husband Lloyd have just moved to the suburbs to get a new start after her recovery from a manic episode during which she became obsessed with the unsolved murder of a Read more
in The Hating Game, Lucy is the executive assistant to the CEO of a publishing company. When her company merges with another, the heads of both companies are kept on as co-CEOs, and Lucy is forced to start sharing an Read more
Lucy Knisley takes us on a tour of her life through her interactions with food. The influences food has had on her life as she grew up. From her mom’s home cooking, to fancy restaurants, hidden bakeries in European cities, Read more
In Junji Ito’s newest collection of graphic short horror stories people mysteriously disappear only to turn up sewn together in massive clusters. A baby cries from within a grave, carried to term by his already dead mother. The Nanzan UFO Read more
Most mystery readers love a good series. It’s fun to get to know a character, while secure in the knowledge that there will be more adventures after you’ve turned the last page. Few series, however, have as many titles to Read more
In Spoiler Alert, Marcus, star of the fictional hit TV show Gods of the Gates, deals with his frustration with the showrunners by secretly writing and posting fanfiction about his own character. He becomes close to another fanfiction writer, April, Read more