Staff Picks: Realistic Teen Fiction

The Best Man by Richard Peck

Archer Magill navigates making new friends, thwarting school bullies, serving in wedding parties, and dealing with family emergencies in a story that chronicles a young man's event-filled transition from elementary to middle school. The Best Man is a relatable book that emphasizes positive male role models of various generations.  

Richard Peck was a Newbery Award winning author, former teacher, and the first children's book author to receive the National Humanities Medal.

Find more realistic teen fiction and great teen reads in all genres at forsythpl.org/teens or ask a staff member for book recommendations. You can also use this form for personalized reading suggestions. 

Alicia Cavitt

Information Specialist. 

Staff Picks The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

 

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

In Eva Jurcyzyk’s debut novel, The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, a career librarian finds herself in charge of a university’s rare books department when her boss suffers a sudden stroke. Liesl Weiss is more than qualified to take care of the department’s daily operations, but when a valuable manuscript goes missing, old office rivalries come to light, and university donors express frustrations, it’s no longer business as usual. Since the university refuses to involve the police in the search for the missing books, Liesl finds herself in the position of questioning and scrutinizing her long-time coworkers and friends, including her former lover. I really enjoyed this debut novel. Eva Jurczyk is a writer and librarian living in Toronto, and her love of rare books and libraries really shines in this intriguing story.   

If you love books and libraries, check out The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.  

Alicia Cavitt

Information Specialist

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