The Girl from Everywhere

by Heidi Heilig

Nix has spent her life sailing aboard her father's ship, the Temptation.  It's not your average boat, though.  As a Navigator, Nix's father can steer the Temptation through space and time.  As long as he has a map, he can take them there - even fantastical, supposedly imaginary places.    

Nix has spent the last 16 years traveling back and forth through time as her father desperately tries to get back to the love of his life, Nix's mother, who died in Hawaii in  the 1860s.  If he succeeds, what will happen to Nix?  Since her mother died in childbirth, what does that mean for her very existence?

Nix's father gets an offer he can't refuse - the promise of a map that is from exactly the place and time he wants to return to.  But can you actually go back and change the past?  At what cost? 

This book is an intriguing combination of fantasy, time-travel and historical fiction with a bit of romance thrown in.     


The sequel, The Ship Beyond Time, was released earlier this year.

History Is All You Left Me

by Adam Silvera

Griffin is a sixteen-year-old boy suffering in the aftermath of the loss of his ex-boyfriend Theo, who has just died in a drowning accident in California. On top of grieving the death of his first love, Griffin is also struggling with worsening symptoms of his OCD, the deterioration of his friendship with another boy, Wade, and an inevitable confrontation with Jackson -  the boy who stole Theo away from him.

Chapters alternating between present day and "history" weave together beautifully to tell the story of Griffin and Theo's beginning and end, and everything in between. Equal parts funny, romantic, heart-breaking and profound, you'll be thinking about this book long after you've finished reading.

Book of the Month: April - Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct

By S.E. Green

What would you do if you had urges to kill? How would you feel if a local serial killer was sending you morbid messages? Most of us would be horrified, not Lane, the protagonist of Killer Instinct, book one of the Killer Instinct series by S.E. Green.

Lane spends her days keeping up her good grades, her afternoons working at the local animal hospital and her evenings hunting local criminals. Using her skills in Aikido and special knowledge of what makes a killer tick Lane is trying to bring justice to her town. The local news has nicknamed her the "Masked Savior" for all of the "good deeds" she has been doing.

Lane is trying her best to quell her own dark urges since she herself might just be a serial killer as well. Are we born a killer or is it something we become? This question is something Lane asks herself regularly.

I listened to this book through my RPL Hoopla account as a streaming audio book. It is read by Emily Woo Zeller, I really like the tone and production of this audio book. Zeller is a well established audio book narrator and has interpreted teenager Lane well. It is also available in print, you can place a hold by clicking here: Killer Instinct.

Please note that this book contains strong language and sexual content.