Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Harper Lee’s long awaited sequel to the American classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.  Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, now age 26, returns home to her aging father, Atticus.  Set against a backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil transforming the South, her homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her.  Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt.  Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision.  It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning.

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne

When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy Austrian household.  But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1936 and the Second World War is fast approaching.  And this is no ordinary house, as Pierrot will soon discover.  As he is thrown into an increasingly dangerous new world – a world of terror, secrets, and betrayal – will Pierrot maintain his innocence? Or will he, like so many others, find himself transformed?  From the author of the New York Times bestselling number one The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes another extraordinary story of World War II.

The Diviners by Libba Bray

In 1926, Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring hometown and shipped off to New York City – and she’s ecstatic.  The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult.  Evie worries he’ll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble.  But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer; all while other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps.  Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray opens a brand-new historical series with The Diviners, where the glittering surface of the Roaring Twenties hides a mystical horror creeping across the country.

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown.  It has been boarded updecades, but the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II.  This takes Henry back to the 1940s, when his world was a jumble of confusion and excitement.  At Ranier Elementary, Henry meets Keiko Okabe, a young Japanese American student.  A close friendship and innocent love is swept through the evacuations to internment camps, the war, and the promises made between the two.  Forty years later, Henry Lee is certain some of these belongings are Keiko’s and searches for memories.  Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history, this novel is an extraordinary story of commitment, hope, forgiveness, and the human heart.