Browsing: Animals

This NPR Best Book of 2020 recounts a scientist’s journey to Russia’s remote eastern wilderness in search of the world’s largest owl. “Terrifically exciting… Even on the hottest summer days this book will transport you to a land of dark and snowbound forests” (New York Times bestselling author Helen Macdonald).

“Riveting… intelligent” (Booklist): Bakus are the robot pets that revolutionized the world — and when 12-year-old Lacey Chu repairs one, she gains admission to the elite academy of her dreams! “A feast for the imagination” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

Pine Grove baker May and her niece, Chelsea, attempt to solve a groom’s murder, investigate a body found in the woods, and set out to clear a family friend’s name. Can the amateur sleuths get to the core of these mysteries?