It’s one thing to read a good book. It’s another to hear an author talk about it, especially from the comfort of their own home. If you attended this past weekend’s virtual Salem Lit Fest and want to read the books you heard about, never fear! Abbot Public Library has many of the books by the authors who presented programs, and many of the ones we don’t have can be reserved from other libraries. See what authors and moderators participated in the festival, and if you missed any of the programs, many of them have been posted on Salem Lit Fest’s Facebook page.
As we move closer towards Halloween, and especially being a neighbor to Witch City, this may be a good time to start reading stories of witches and vampires. Rose Mortiz deals with family secrets and learning to understand her new powers in Zoraida Córdova’s Wayward Witch. More family secrets are revealed in The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson. Immanuelle Moore’s family is disgraced by her mother’s union with an outsider of a different race, and so she does her best to behave in her puritanical society until she finds herself in the forbidden Darkwood, where four powerful witches were once chased and killed by the first prophet. Estranged family members can also be found in The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman. In order to save Four Paths, May Hawthorne is stepping up when no one else seems to be, seeking help from her despised father. This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling steps away from familial problems. Hannah and her girlfriend instead must face the Hunters who are hunting them down to steal their magic. If you prefer fangs to broomsticks, Vampires Never Get Old (previously mentioned in Our Favorite YA Vampire Stories) is a collection of vampire stories which includes one by Zoraida Córdova.
Not long after Halloween is election day! In The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert, when Marva Sheridan is voting for the first time, she sees someone denied his right to vote and does everything she can to help. The whole book takes place in a single day! Natalia Sylvester gets even closer to the candidates than the voting booth in Running. Mariana Ruiz’s father runs for president and she sees the reality of his public life vs. his private life. For more political teen books, take a look at our Read. Think. Vote post.
This is just a small sampling of all the wonderful authors who spoke last weekend. Below is a list of all the books from this year’s Salem Lit Fest which can be checked out from Abbot Public Library or one of our partner libraries. If you don’t see a book here that was featured in the Salem Lit Fest events, feel free to contact one of our Reference Librarians at mar@noblenet.org or at 781-631-1481 (please only call during Curbside Pickup Service Hours).
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
- Up Verses Down by Calef Brown
- Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Cole Doyon in print, Overdrive ebook and audiobook, and hoopla audiobook, movie, and Readalong movie
- Seven Golden Rings by Rajani LaRocca
- Linus the Little Yellow Pencil by Scott Magoon
TEEN BOOKS
- Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova (print and ebook)
- Vampires Never Get Old by Zoraida Córdova (previously mentioned in Our Favorite YA Vampire Stories)
- The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
- The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman (print and e-audiobook)
- This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling
- Miss Meteor by Anna-Marie McLemore and Tehlor Kay Mejia
- Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
- Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams (print and ebook)
- Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
- All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban (print, Overdrive e-audiobook, and hoopla e-audiobook)
- Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve (print and e-audiobook)
- The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert (print, Overdrive ebook, and hoopla ebook and e-audiobook)
- Running by Natalia Sylvester (print and e-audiobook)
- The Midnight Lie (From the Winner’s Curse Trilogy) by Marie Rutkoski (print and e-audiobook)
- Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
- Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
- A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai
- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (print, Overdrive ebook and e-audiobook, hoopla e-audiobook)
- This Is My Brain in Love by I.W. Gregorio (print and ebook)
ADULT BOOKS
- Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian (print, book on CD, ebook, and e-audiobook)
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (print, book on CD, ebook, and e-audiobook)
- Mercy House by Alena Dillon (Overdrive ebook and hoopla ebook and e-audiobook)
- What We Will Become by Mimi LeMay (print, ebook, and e-audiobook)
- The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir (ebook and e-audiobook)
- Once More to the Rodeo by Calvin Hennick (print and e-audiobook on Overdrive and hoopla)
- The Body Papers by Grace Talusan (Overdrive ebook, hoopla ebook, and hoopla e-audiobook)
- Themes for English B: a Professor’s Education In and Out of Class by J.D. Scrimgeour
- Beach Read by Emily Henry (print and ebook – previously mentioned in our Summer Love post)
- Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman (Overdrive ebook and e-audiobook, and hoopla ebook and audiobook)
- The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames
- Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin (Overdrive ebook and e-audiobook, and hoopla audiobook)
- Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur (print and ebook on Overdrive and hoopla)
- Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin (ebook and audiobook)
- The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali (print, book on CD, and ebook)
- House on Fire Joseph Finder (regular print and large type print)
- The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan
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