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The Phoenix Pencil Company A Novel [electronic resource] : by King, Allison.aut; CloudLibrary;
A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic—of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life—holds the power to transform a young woman’s relationship with her grandmother, and to mend long-lost connections across time and space. Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self-proclaimed recluse, she's always struggled to make friends and, as a college freshman, finds herself escaping into a digital world, counting the days until she can return home to her beloved grandparents. They are now in their nineties, and Monica worries about them constantly—especially her grandmother, Yun, who survived two wars in China before coming to the States, and whose memory has begun to fade. Though Yun rarely speaks of her past, Monica is determined to find the long-lost cousin she was separated from years ago. One day, the very program Monica is helping to build connects her to a young woman, whose gift of a single pencil holds a surprising clue. Monica’s discovery of a hidden family history is exquisitely braided with Yun’s own memories as she writes of her years in Shanghai, working at the Phoenix Pencil Company. As WWII rages outside their door, Yun and her cousin, Meng, learn of a special power the women in their family possess: the ability to Reforge a pencil’s words. But when the government uncovers their secret, they are forced into a life of espionage, betraying other people’s stories to survive. Combining the cross-generational family saga and epistolary form of A Tale for the Time Being with the uplifting, emotional magic of The Midnight Library, Allison King’s stunning debut novel asks: who owns and inherits our stories? The answers and secrets that surface on the page may have the unerasable power to reconnect a family and restore a legacy. 
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Contemporary; Coming of Age; Historical; Epistolary; Asian American; Family Life;
© 2025., HarperCollins,

Invisible man / by Ellison, Ralph.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
Subjects: Banned book sanctuary.; Classics; Literary; African American men; Racism; African American men.; Racism.;
© 1994., Modern Library,

As Many Souls as Stars : A Novel. by Siegel, Natasha.;
'As Many Souls as Stars' is a romantic speculative novel about two women - a witch and an immortal demon - who make a Faustian bargain and are drawn into a cat-and-mouse chase across multiple lifetimes.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; FICTION / Fantasy / Historical; FICTION / Fantasy / Romance; FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Magical Realism; FICTION / Multiple Timelines; FICTION / Romance / Fantasy;

The adventures and memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / by Doyle, Arthur Conan,1859-1930,author.; Doyle, Arthur Conan,1859-1930.Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.; Doyle, Arthur Conan,1859-1930.Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character); Watson, John H. (Fictitious character); Classics; Literary; Private investigators;

Lord of the flies / by Golding, William,1911-1993.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.LSC
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Banned book sanctuary.; Classics; Literary; Airplane crash survival; Regression (Psychology); Islands; Boys;
© 2011, c1954., Faber and Faber,

The hero of this book : a novel / by McCracken, Elizabeth,author.;
After her mother's death, the narrator, a writer, recalls all that made her complicated mother extraordinary and even though she wants to respect her mother's nearly pathological sense of privacy, must decide whether chronicling this remarkable life is anact of love or betrayal.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Biography as a literary form; Grief; Mothers and daughters; Mothers;

An anthology of Indigenous literatures in English : voices from Canada / by Ruffo, Armand Garnet,1955-editor.; Vermette, Katherena,1977-editor.; Moses, Daniel David,1952-editor.; Goldie, Terry,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Over twenty years after the publication of its groundbreaking first edition, An Anthology of Indigenous Literatures in English continues to provide the most comprehensive coverage of Indigenous literatures within Canada available in one volume. Emphasizing the importance of orature within the tradition, the anthology presents traditional songs of the Southern First Nations and the Inuit before moving on to showcase a diverse array of graphic and short stories, poems, plays, letters, and essays crafted by exceptional writers from a wide variety of periods and backgrounds. Newly revised and expanded, the fifth edition introduces many new voices and selections, preserving the collection's traditional balance of historical and contemporary Indigenous literatures."--
Subjects: Canadian literature (English); Canadian literature (English); Canadian literature (English); First Nations;

The fellowship : the literary lives of the Inklings : J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams / by Zaleski, Philip.; Zaleski, Carol.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A stirring group biography of the Inklings, the Oxford writing club featuring J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Barfield, Owen, 1898-1997.; Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.; Williams, Charles, 1886-1945.; Inklings (Group of writers); Literature and society;

Wuthering Heights / by Brontë, Emily,1818-1848,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Classics; Literary; Foundlings; Rejection (Psychology); Rural families; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);

The Sword of Light : A Novel. by Graham, Heather.;
In her return to the romantasy genre, Heather Graham takes readers to ancient Ireland, where fabled powerful objects of myth appear just when an encroaching tide of northern invaders threatens their emerald island.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; FICTION / Fantasy / Romance; FICTION / Romance / Fantasy; FICTION / World Literature / Ireland / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology;

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