Month: April 2025

What’s New for Teens this April

Posted on by Ashley Barnes

New month, new books to enjoy at the Pratt! Here’s a look at the latest Young Adult books available from the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

The Corruption of Hollis Brown
By K. Ancrum
Book | eBook

This Ends in Embers
By Kamilah Cole
Book | eBook | eAudio

Give Up the Night
By P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
Book

Renegade Girls
By Nora Neus
Book

Watch Me
By Tahereh Mafi
Book | eBook

If We Were a Movie
By Zakiya N. Jamal
Book | eBook | eAudio

She Waits For You Beyond the Dark
By Kristen Simmons
eBook

The Summer I Ate the Rich
By Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Book | eBook | eAudio

The Floating World
By Axie Oh
Book | eBook | eAudio

The Queen’s Spade
By Sarah Raughley
Book | eBook

Somadina
By Akwaeke Emezi
Book | eAudio

The Family I’m In
By Sharon G. Flake
Book | eBook

What’s New at the Pratt this April

Posted on by Ashley Barnes

Spring into a new book this April! Enjoy these books, just added to the Pratt Library’s collection.

The Fate of the Day
By Rick Atkinson
Book | eBook | eAudio

The Matchmaker
By Aisha Saeed
Book | eBook | eAudio

Their Monstrous Hearts
By Yigit Turhan
Book | eBook

Great Big Beautiful Life
By Emily Henry
Book | eBook | eAudio

Julie Chan is Dead
By Liann Zhang
Book | eBook | eAudio

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)
By Jesse Q. Sutanto
Book | eBook | eAudio

The Maid’s Secret
By Nita Prose
Book | eBook | eAudio

Black Power Scorecard
By Andre M. Perry
Book | eBook | eAudio

The Ephemera Collector
By Stacy Nathaniel Jackson
Book | eBook

No Ordinary Love
By Myah Ariel
Book | eBook | eAudio

The Next Day
By Melinda French Gates
eBook | eAudio

Flirting Lessons
By Jasmine Guillory
Book | eBook | eAudio

Matriarch
By Tina Knowles
Book | eBook | eAudio

Strangers in Time
By David Baldacci
Book | eBook | eAudio

Say You’ll Remember Me
By Abby Jimenez
Book | eBook | eAudio

Happy National Poetry Month!

Posted on by Ashley Barnes

The April, join the Enoch Pratt Free Library in celebrating National Poetry Month by checking out the work from these wonderful poets. Love these picks? Find more Poetry recommendations from Pratt Librarians in our catalog here.

Bluff: Poems
By Danez Smith
Book | eBook | eAudio

Sonnets For a Missing Key
By Percival Everett
Book | eBook

Washing My Mother’s Body
By Joy Harjo
Book

Paper Boat
By Margaret Atwood
Book | eBook | eAudio

Call Us What We Carry
By Amanda Gorman
Book | eBook | eAudio

Rangikura
By Tayi Tibble
Book | eBook | eAudio

There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die
By Tove Ditlevsen
Book

The Unboxing of a Black Girl
By Angela Shanté
Book

Love is a Dangerous Word
By Essex Hemphill
Book

Lover Girl
By Raegan Fordemwalt
Book | eBook

Invisible Strings
Edited by Kristie Frederick Daugherty
Book

A Good Cry
By Nikki Giovanni
Book | eBook | eAudio

The Moon That Turns You Back
By Hala Alyan
Book | eBook | eAudio

Doggerel: Poems
By Reginald Dwayne Betts
Book | eBook

Glory, Too
By Nikki Grimes
Book