Orem Library

Jacky Hart has found a hidden talent in the performing arts, and she's a triple threat onstage! She wants nothing more than to act and sing all summer--but her parents have other plans for her.

When Mittens the kitten digs a hole under the fence in the yard, he meets a new friend--Max the dog.

"Teach children to read with comics! Kids will love these laugh-out-loud books with very easy text in speech balloons. They'll adore the zany cast of characters-- cookies, birds, dinosaurs, ghosts, giants, monsters, and more!"--Container.

What was it like growing up as a son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? This picture book memoir, "My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." by Martin Luther King III, provides insight into one of history's most fascinating families and into a special bond between father and son.

"This photo-illustrated book for beginning readers tells about where badgers live, what they eat, and how they protect themselves. Includes a labeled diagram, picture glossary, and index."--

In the vein of Fiona Barton's The Widow and Renée Knight's Disclaimer, a psychological thriller about a war reporter who returns to her childhood home after her mother's death but becomes convinced that all is not well in the house next door--but is what she's seeing real or a symptom of the trauma she suffered in Syria?The One Person You Should Trust Is Lying to You.Kate has spent fifteen years bringing global injustice home: as a decorated war...

Ella Mentry School counselor Dr. Brad believes wisecracking A.J. may be a genius and subjects him to some very weird tests to find out for sure.

20 classic poems by Issa, Shiki, Basho, and other great Japanese haiku masters presented in English, Japanese characters, and Romaji with interpretations. "My First Book of Haiku Poems introduces children to inspirational works of poetry and art that speak of our connection to the natural world, and of their own ability to see an entire universe in the tiniest parts of it. It pairs fresh interpretations of 20 classic poems by Issa, Shiki, Basho,...

When thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro's army of young literacy teachers, her mother screeches to high heaven, and her father roars like a lion. Lora has barely been outside of Havana -- why would she throw away her life in a remote shack with no electricity, sleeping on a hammock in somebody's kitchen? But Lora is stubborn: didn't her parents teach her to share what she has with someone in need? Surprisingly,...

When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better--until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday.