Patch Picks: Librarians' Choice

This week five librarians from Grosse Pointe Public Library made the Patch Picks selections. The books include fiction, non-fiction and children's selections from five different librarians.

Thank you for the suggestions!

Librarian's Choice 

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt : champion of freedom

Recommended by James Moffet, Assistant Director of GPPL, this book is written by Conrad Black. This biography features one of the presidential greats in U.S. history. 

• All Creatures Great and Small

Recommended by John Clexton, Ewald Branch Coordinator, this book is written by James Herriot. This book is about a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire and explores his early career. 

• The Book of Tomorrow

Recommended by Danis Houser, Technical Services Librarian, this book is written by Cecelia Ahern. This fiction pick mystery, intrigue and family secrets told through the journey of a English teenager whose father commits suicide in face of unpaid debt. The teen eventually finds a book that she discovers she is writing herself, helping determine the future.

• H.I.V.E. : Higher-Institute-of-Villainous-Education

Recommended by Jane Marsden, Youth Services Librarian, this book is written by Mark Walden. This fiction book is about four highly intelligent characters who are aiming to ban together to escape the hidden academy they're attending for "training budding evil geniuses."

• A Long Way From Chicago

Recommended by Kathleen Gallagher, Youth Services Librarian, this book is written by Richard Peck. This youth aimed book is about a boy recounting his summer visits to his grandmother in Illinois during the Great Depression. 

Want to suggest a list? Submit your idea in the comment box or email editor at Sara.Martin@patch.com.