Serving the residents of Highland Falls and Fort Montgomery, and as a courtesy, residents of West Point, New York

See our April 7, 2020 post for more information.

YOUNG ADULT: Chosen, by Kiersten White

One of Us is Lying, by Karen M. McManus

One of Us is Next (sequel), by Karen McManus

6 to 8 years old: The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill

3 to 6 years old: Clark the Shark, by Bruce Hale

Download these on the Overdrive or Libby app or go to library website.

For those of you who have relied on Sylvia for book recommendations, don’t worry——she hasn’t forgotten about you! Every week we will post her book recommendations with a short description.

• Good Girls Lie, by J.T. Ellison—Boarding school for daughters of the rich. Only the best & brightest are accepted. Secrets & lies in this dark, twisty novel.
• Almost Just Friends, by Jill Shalvis—Family drama with quirky characters, secrets & romance. Fun easy read.
• The Secrets We Kept, by Lara Prescott—Tale of 2 secretaries turned spies at the height of the Cold War. Their mission: to get Dr. Zhivago out of Russia. Good interesting read.
• The Wild One (a Peter Ash novel), by Nick Petrie—Peter does not do well in enclosed spaces so getting on a plane is not something he would do except when a grandmother asks him to find her grandson in Iceland. Lots of action. Snow blizzard & Oh so cold! Really like this one.

* Borrow these titles on eBook and/or eAudiobook with your library card—click on blue
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* Use Overdrive or Libby app to download the eBook or audiobook

Join us for our first virtual book club!

Email us at hfl@rcls.org with your Name & email address and we will email you an invite to join us on Zoom (Zoom app needs to be downloaded before the meeting).

Book to be discussed: Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson

Date & Time: May 5, 2020 (Tuesday) @ 1 pm

A diabolically entertaining tale of betrayal, deception, temptation, and love filled with dark twists leavened by Joshilyn Jackson’s trademark humor, Never Have I Everexplores what happens when the transgressions of our past come back with a vengeance.

You can borrow the eBook or eAudiobook through our library website or the Libby and Overdrive apps.

For those of you who have relied on Sylvia for book recommendations, don’t worry——she hasn’t forgotten about you! Every week we will post her book recommendations with a short description.

• The Chelsea Girls, by Fiona Davis—New York 1950’s theater district, glamour & The Chelsea Hotel.
• The Other Mrs., by Mary Kubica—Old creepy house off the Maine coast. Murder, creepy, twisty thriller!
• Eight Perfect Murders, by Peter Swanson—Fun mystery, keeps you guessing.
• All the Ways We Say Goodbye, by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White—Historical fiction adventure from WWII to the 1960’s. Great read!

* Borrow these titles on eBook and/or eAudiobook with your library card—click on blue
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* Use Overdrive or Libby app to download the eBook or audiobook

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While the HFL staff  prepares their own recorded story times online, enjoy stories by some celebrities!

Click on the link  below to enjoy:

Story Time-Online  

Here are a couple of puzzles that HFL staff, Fran and Karen, have been working on recently and wanted to share with all of you!

Thanks to those who helped complete this puzzle so everyone was able to enjoy it!

We can still enjoy the community feel of doing puzzles!

Share photos of puzzles you have completed or are in the process of working on by sending them to hfl@rcls.org and we will post them on our website, FB, and Instagram so we can all enjoy them!