Adult Recommendations

The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington by Charles Rosenberg

Traitor or Patriot? Could someone be both? During the American Revolution it was hard to tell who was who. While the British regarded General George Washington as a traitor, the Rebels saw him as their leading patriot for freedom and liberty from the oppressive Crown.

The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington is author Charles Rosenberg’s first attempt at writing alternate history – focusing on the fictional kidnapping and trial of the famous war general.

Rosenberg’s descriptions of life in Colonial America and life in London, during the war, give the reader a real sense of life in the late 1700s. And while fiction, Rosenberg draws inspiration from evidence that suggests the British were in fact attempting to abduct Washington, making the novel seem that much more realistic. 

A fun and entertaining read, especially for those who enjoy reading about early american history.

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: a Modest Bestiary

Fables are relateable, more than one would think, to our daily life.

Talking animals delivering morals is the stuff of old fables, and yet David Sedaris has managed to channel all of the universal wisdom of Aesop into a modern day volume of witty short stories.

The characters are animals with problems that are painfully human. From a couple seeking cross-species connections, to the owl who can no longer identify with his family, there is a story for nearly the entire spectrum of awkward human emotions. I highly recommend this title for anyone seeking a bit of humor in his or her humanity this holiday.

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

To the residents of Shaker Heights, Ohio the small suburb might be the most perfect place on Earth – wealthy, privileged and liberal enough to know that there are others not as fortunate.

When Mia, a talented artist with a mysterious past, arrives in the Cleveland suburb with her daughter Pearl, they upend the serenity of this carefully constructed and ordered community. And soon the bubble of perfection that is Shaker Heights begins to deflate as the burden of secrets and misunderstanding alter and destroy what was always believed to be true.

With great sensitivity, the author portrays people who discover that life is messy and unpredictable and that no matter how much you want, or how hard you try, you cannot make someone be something they are not. Nor should you want to.

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