Barkman Ebook Reference Lists

Your friendly staff at Barkman Library has created a list for you of some of their favorites eBooks!
 
 

Nonfiction for DIY’s by Jennifer 

Money Secrets of the Amish - Lorilee Cracker : Overdrive
Canning & Preserving for Beginners - Various Authors : Hoopla
Whole Food Slow Cooked - Olivia Andrews : Hoopla
Broth - Vicki Edgson : Hoopla 
Healing Herbal Teas - Sarah Farr : Hoopla 
The Modern Organic Home - Natalie Wise : Hoopla 
Countertop Gardens - Shelley Levis : Hoopla 
One Magic Square - Lolo Hubein : Overdrive
Dad Hacks - Dan Marshall : Hoopla 



Books for the Family by Paula

 
My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero  
My Family Divided is a memoir about Diane Guerrero’s parent’s deportation and the struggles of undocumented immigrants and their american children.
 
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The life and adventures of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.
 
The Watsons Go To Birmingham  by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Watson family are drastically changed after they visit Grandma in 1963 Birmingham.
 
Beezus and Romona by Beverly Cleary
A humorous portrayal of the ups and downs of sisterhood.
 
Little House On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie.
 
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an older couple invites them on an adventure.
 
Creeper Family Vacation by Greyson Mann
The Creeper family is planning a month long family vacation.  Where will they go?
 
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
Fifteen year old Xander and his family move into an old abandoned house and discover that some of the room are portals to other places
 
The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
The adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat children.
 
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
When Mom is away on a business trip, Dad is in charge.  While picking up the milk for breakfast cereal, Dad finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.

 

Inspired by Mythology by Briggita

 
Lovely War - Julie Berry
When immortals Ares and Aphrodite are caught in a World War II-era tryst by the latter's jealous husband, she defends her actions by imparting the tale of four young humans who became connected during World War I.
 
Shadow of the Fox - Julie Kagawa
Yumeko, a yokai who has part of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, teams up with Kage Tatsumi, a samurai of the Shadow Clan, promising to take the samurai to the Scroll if he protects her from the army of demons also looking for the Scroll.
 
Tea's gift for death magic means that she is a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community, but when an older bone witch trains her to become an asha--one who can wield elemental magic--Tea will have to overcome her obstacles and make a powerful choice in the face of danger as dark forces approach.
 
The Tiger at Midnight - Swati Teerdhala
Esha, a legendary rebel who has been given the mission to assassinate the ruthless General Hotha, crosses paths with the general's freedom-seeking nephew, Kunal, initiating an impossible chain of events.
 
Sixteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate.
A mountain loses her heart. Two sisters transform into birds to escape captivity. A young man learns the true meaning of sacrifice. A young woman takes up her mother's mantle and leads the dead to their final resting place.
From fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge, these stories will beguile readers from start to finish. For fans of Neil Gaiman's Unnatural Creatures and Ameriie's New York Times–bestselling Because You Love to Hate Me.
 
New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant, author of the renowned Newsflesh series, returns with a novel that takes us to a new world of ancient mysteries and mythological dangers come to life. The ocean is home to many myths, But some are deadly...Seven years ago the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a mockumentary bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a tragedy. Now a new crew has been assembled. But this time they're not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life's work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this is a voyage to uncover the fate of the sister she lost. Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price.
 
My Ex From Hell - Tellulah Darling
Pass gym. Get revenge on the mean girl. Saving the world was never part of the curriculum. Prior to the Halloween dance, Sophie's biggest problems are the bitchy girls at her boarding school and her mouthy behavior landing her in detention. Then she meets bad boy Kai. And gets the kiss that rocks her world. That kiss reawakens Sophie's true identity: Persephone, Goddess of Spring. Now school is the least of her worries. She's key to saving humanity and target numero uno of Hades and Zeus. All she's gotta do is master her powers, land her bad boy crush, and save the world. She's totally screwed. Sassy girls. Swoony gods. What could go wrong?
 
One day Persephone is an ordinary high school junior working at her mom's flower shop in Athens, Georgia. The next she's fighting off Boreas, the brutal god of Winter, and learning that she's a bonafide goddess—a rare daughter of the now-dead Zeus. Her goddess mom whisks her off to the Underworld to hide until Spring.
There she finds herself under the protection of handsome Hades, the god of the dead, and she's automatically married to him. It's the only way he can keep her safe. Older, wiser, and far more powerful than she, Hades isn't interested in becoming her lover, at least not anytime soon. But every time he rescues her from another of Boreas' schemes, they fall in love a little more. Will Hades ever admit his feelings for her?
Can she escape the grasp of the god of Winter's minions? The Underworld is a very nice place, but is it worth giving up her life in the realm of the living? Her goddess powers are developing some serious, kick-butt potential. She's going to fight back.
 
Persephone's Orchard - Molly Ringle
The Greek gods never actually existed. Did they? Sophie Darrow finds she was wrong about that assumption when she's pulled into the spirit realm, complete with an Underworld, on her first day at college. Adrian, the mysterious young man who brought her there, simply wants her to taste a pomegranate. Soon, though she returns to her regular life, her mind begins exploding with dreams and memories of ancient times; of a love between two Greeks named Persephone and Hades. But lethal danger has always surrounded the immortals, and now that she's tainted with the Underworld's magic, that danger is drawing closer to Sophie.
 
Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it's also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks just like her shows up to fight the monster.
Gretchen is tired of monsters pulling her out into the wee hours, especially on a school night, but what can she do? Sending the minotaur back to his bleak home is just another notch on her combat belt. She never expected to run into this girl who could be her double, though.
Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But that all tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they're triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, destined to spend their lives hunting monsters.
These three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful Gorgon maligned in myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in this unique paranormal world where monsters lurk in plain sight.
 
The Chaos of Stars - Kiersten White
Sixteen-year-old Isadora, the mortal daughter of Isis and Osiris, is sick of being in the middle of family drama so she jumps at the chance to leave Egypt and start a new life in San Diego with her brother.
 
Silver Phoenix - Cindy Pon
No one wanted Ai Ling. And deep down she is relieved-despite the dishonor she has brought upon her family-to be unbetrothed and free, not some stranger's subservient bride banished to the inner quarters. But now, something is after her. Something terrifying-a force she cannot comprehend. And as pieces of the puzzle start to fit together, Ai Ling begins to understand that her journey to the Palace of Fragrant Dreams isn't only a quest to find her beloved father but a venture with stakes larger than she could have imagined. Bravery, intelligence, the will to fight and fight hard... she will need all of these things. Just as she will need the new and mysterious power growing within her. She will also need help. It is Chen Yong who finds her partly submerged and barely breathing at the edge of a deep lake. There is something of unspeakable evil trying to drag her under. On a quest of his own, Chen Yong offers that help... and perhaps more.
 
Everneath Series - Brodi Ashton
Regretting her decision to forfeit her life on Earth to become an immortal on Everneath, a world between Earth and Hell, teenaged Nikki is given the chance to return to the Surface for six months, in this story loosely based on the Hades and Persephonemyth.
 
Athena and Hermes' search for the cause of their unexpected, life-threatening illnesses leads them to Cassandra, a former prophetess, who may be key to a war started by Hera and other Olympians who have become corrupt anti-gods determined to destroy their rivals.
 
A demon slayer, the only female warrior in the King's army, must battle demon soldiers, an evil shaman, and the Demon Lord to find the lost ruby of the Dragon King's prophecy and save her kingdom.
 
Bull - David Elliott
A modern twist on the Theseus and Minotaur myth, told in verse.
 

Almost New- by Linda

 
Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson (10-28-2019) about a woman who begins caring for two children with remarkable disturbing abilities.
The Two Lives Of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (3-2-2020) Two Lives, Two Loves One impossible choice. #1 New York Times Bestselling Author.
Hindsight by Iris & Roy Johansen (1-6-2020) Investigator Kendra Michaelswith former blindness has left her with insightful observational skills. She must put her life on the line to catch a murderer.
Naked Came The Florida Man by Tim Dorsey (1-6-2020)  Gongo Crime Caper. Inimitable Serge A Storms, sees dead people & investigates a creepy urban myth that may be to real.
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky (9-30-2019) A single mother is on the run. Her 7 yr old son is haunted by a voice in his head.  You can swallow your fear or let our fear swallow us. Mill Grove , Pennsylvania. Just one highway into town and one highway out.
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman 9-23-2019 Takes place in 1941 Hoffman's exploration of the world good and evil and the constant contest between them.
No Judgements by Meg Cabot 9-23-2019 The Storm of the century is about to hit Little Bridge Island, Florida and it's sending waves crashing through  Sabrina Bree Becklams love life.
What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr 9-16-2019  A grandmother in her 60s emerges from a mental fog to find shes trapped in her  worst nightmare.
Blindside by James Patterson & James O Born 2-23-2020 A Detective Michael Bennet Thriller.
The Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben 3-16-2020  The man known as Wilde is a mystery to everyone including himself. Decades ago he was found as a boy living feral in the woods.