Stay Home and Get Lost in a Good Book
GATHERING MIST BY MARGARET MIZUSHIMA
Deputy Mattie Wray is summoned to Washington’s Olympic peninsula for an urgent mission to find a missing child. With only a week before her wedding, Mattie is hesitant to leave Timber Creek, but her K-9 partner Robo’s tracking skills are needed in the search.
Secrets hide within the fog deep in the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest in Gathering Mist, the thrilling ninth installment in the Timber Creek K-9 mystery series, written by Colorado novelist Margaret Mizushima.
A CABOODLE OF CAT TALES BY DOLORES OLSON
A collection of short stories told from the viewpoint of cats and kittens, A Caboodle of Cat Tales is Colorado author Dolores Olson’s first book. The clever and captivating adventures always have a happy ending and stir the imagination of young readers.
EARTHQUAKE BY WILLIAM B. SCOTT
Rarely has an United States warrior’s life story been as varied and engaging as that of United States Air Force Brigadier General Robert F. Titus — call sign Earthquake. He began his 32-year military career as an 18-year-old Army paratrooper at the end of World War II. Written by William B. Scott, Earthquake presents Gen. Titus’s extraordinary life experiences and details how Titus worked to become an Air Force fighter pilot who flew more than 550 combat missions in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
ANYONE BUT HER BY CYNTHIA SWANSON
It’s 1979, and 14-yearold Suzanne is reckoning with the aftermath of her mother Alex’s shooting death during a robbery at Alex’s store, Zoe’s Records. A clairvoyant since childhood, Suzanne is not surprised when Alex’s ghost appears. But when Alex raises alarm bells about Suzanne’s father’s new girlfriend, what Suzanne can’t foresee is the lifelong repercussions as she heeds Alex’s warning.
Fast-forward to 2004, when the opportunity arises to rent the old Zoe’s Records space and turn it into a gallery, Suzanne jumps at the chance. But Suzanne nonetheless can’t shake the sensation that she’s being watched. Written by award-winning Denver author Cynthia Swanson, Anyone But Her is a psychological thriller that will keep you reading until the last page.
NEVER SUMMER: A THOUSAND RAINBOWS BY STAN NICHOLAS
For 13 years, Stan Nicholas — along with his mother, father, and three sisters — traveled from Iowa to the Pacific Northwest each summer in an old Chevy equipped with a cartop camper. They were seasonal migrant fruit harvesters who made more than half of his father’s annual teacher salary in one summer. In his autobiographical book, Nicholas writes, “I resented how hard I worked for that money and what I gave up by never experiencing a summer that a normal child got to enjoy. For my childhood there was never summer.” Nicholas’ reflections in Never Summer are combined with his analysis of societal expectations as well as comparisons to current-day issues.