Lakeland Public Library discussion

Let's kick off the new year with some new books. Look no further than this list if you are starting your 2019 reading challenge or are just interested in finding a new book. All books will be arriving at the Lakeland libraries this month.

Come Find Me by Megan Miranda
Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Kennedy Jones and seventeen-year-old Nolan Chandler are drawn together by strange signals related to family tragedies, and find they are more connected than they could have imagined.

Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Echo Alkaev’s safe and carefully structured world falls apart when her father leaves for the city and mysteriously disappears. Believing he is lost forever, Echo is shocked to find him half-frozen in the winter forest six months later, guarded by a strange talking wolf—the same creature who attacked her as a child. The wolf presents Echo with an ultimatum: if she lives with him for one year, he will ensure her father makes it home safely. But there is more to the wolf than Echo realizes.

Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills
Loving her small community, school and best friends, Sophie develops an unexpected crush on a quiet, alluring new next-door neighbor, August, who seems to prefer keeping others at arm's length.

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
A talented young king journeys to his country's most magical places to vanquish a dark magical force within him that is challenging his efforts to forge new alliances and build a defense against a rising threat.

Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Solomon
Aspiring choreographer Sophie Orenstein would do anything for Peter Rosenthal-Porter, who’s been on the kidney transplant list as long as she’s known him. Peter, a gifted pianist, is everything to Sophie: best friend, musical collaborator, secret crush. When she learns she’s a match, donating a kidney is an easy, obvious choice. She can’t help wondering if after the transplant, he’ll love her back the way she’s always wanted.

Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus
Forced to return to the picturesque town where her aunt went missing as a teen and a homecoming queen was murdered five years earlier, Ellery navigates an anonymous assailant's threats about the school's homecoming events while uncovering dark community secrets.

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
Pulled out of Ellingham Academy by her overprotective parents, aspiring detective Stevie Bell makes a deal with the despicable Edward King in hopes of reuniting with her friends and solving the Truly Devious case.

The Wicked King by Holly Black
A sequel to The Cruel Prince finds Jude navigating the Faerie's constantly shifting political alliances while the wicked but alluring king, Cardan, does everything in his power to undermine her, before the acts of a mysterious traitor threaten the lives of everyone Jude loves.