Monroe Free Library

Witch and Yale historian Diana Bishop discovers an enchanted manuscript, attracting the attention of 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. The orphaned daughter of two powerful witches, Bishop prefers intellect, but relies on magic when her discovery of a palimpsest documenting the origin of supernatural species releases an assortment of undead who threaten, stalk, and harass her.

Collects tales of Dr. Donald Blake who, after finding an old wooden staff, transforms into the Norse god Thor, fighting for justice in Midgard and beyond.

On the thirteenth floor of a corporate tower, high-tech visionary Douglas Hall and his high-strung colleague Whitney have opened the door to a virtual world--circa 1937 Los Angeles. But when the powerful leader of their secret project is discovered slashed to death, Hall himself becomes the prime suspect.

Buzz is excited when a toy store owner hires him to sell science kits at her store. After trying a few different sales tactics, Buzz finds a hit with a science show with goo, but then he faces a new problem. The goo won't stop growing! What will he do with all that goo?

Bellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan's provocative new novel, When She Woke, tells the story of a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed-their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crimes-and then released back into the population to survive as best...

New York City is being threatened by a villainous bug who has inhabited the body of a farmer. The mission is to locate and exterminate the bug before it destroys the planet.

Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk. --

""Ryan Britt is the Virgil you want to guide you through the inferno of geekery." --Lev Grossman, author of the bestselling Magician's trilogy Pop Culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or superhero that didn't need further analysis. Essayist Ryan Britt got a sex education from dirty pictures of dinosaurs, made out with Jar-Jar Binks at midnight, and figured out how to kick depression with a Doctor Who Netflix-binge....

"With her friends scattered by combat and her mother held captive by the Premier, Talin is forced to betray her fellow Strikers and her adopted homeland. She has no choice but to become the Federation's most deadly war machine as their newest Skyhunter."--

Alien nation: Shipwrecked extraterrestrials find jobs and try to blend into Earth culture. A veteran police detective and his extraterrestrial partner discover a trail of murder leading to a terrifying drug epidemic. Enemy mine: Sworn enemies from different planets crash land on a deserted planet and soon discover they can only survive if they overcome their personal hatred.