Read It And Weep

Answering Shakespeare trivia comes with the job description for library director Lindsey Norris. But when the Briar Cree... (more)

Answering Shakespeare trivia comes with the job description for library director Lindsey Norris. But when the Briar Creek Community Theater mounts their newest production of the Bard, she has no intention of leaving the stacks for the stage. Unfortunately a villain is waiting in the wings. Former Broadway actress Violet La Rue is holding auditions for A Midsummer Night's Dream and everyone from the sour spinster librarian Ms. Cole to Lindsey's youthful library pages are trying out for parts. Brought in to play the mischievous Puck is the flirtatious professional actor Robbie Vine, who seems to have eyes for Lindsey. Before her blush has faded, the Bard's dream turns into a nightmare, when one of the cast is poisoned. Now Lindsey and her crafternooners must take center stage to unmask the culprit before the final curtain call. (less)

When a tattered, old tarot card falls out of Charlotte Torres's library book, she doesn't think much of it. It doesn't e... (more)

When a tattered, old tarot card falls out of Charlotte Torres's library book, she doesn't think much of it. It doesn't even bother her that there's a message written on the back: "Pass this card along or you'll be sorry!" But when horrible things start happening, things that seem like bad luck, but frighten Charlotte the most, she begins to believe in the power of the card and its message. She wants to get rid of it, but she doesn't want to pass it along and doom someone else to its curse. Will she be able to figure out a way to destroy the card for good? Or will the card destroy her life first? (less)

14-year-old Jamie is frustrated by the cruelty of the popular crowd at her school, especially nasty Sawyer; she writes a... (more)

14-year-old Jamie is frustrated by the cruelty of the popular crowd at her school, especially nasty Sawyer; she writes about it in her journal, giving all the characters fictional names and characterizing herself as a girl who is popular and cool. (less)