WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. June's pick teams up with the Transforming Health Summer Read project to select A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold.  Klebold, mother of one of the Columbine shooters, pens her account of living with grief in the hope that others can recognize a child struggling with mental health issues.  The Pick of the Month is available at local libraries and Midtown Scholar in Harrisburg.  Learn More at TransformingHealth.org.

WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. May's pick is The Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep. In this stunning story of an Alabama Serial Killer, Cep reveals the origin of a true-crime novel that the To Kill a Mockingbird author never published.

Signed copies are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg. Cep will visit the Midtown Scholar Bookstore on June 18th for a book signing and discussion.

WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. March's pick is The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein. Rothstein examines the history of how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas across the country.

Rothstein will be at Midtown Scholar Bookstore on March 27th for a discussion and book signing.

WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. February's pick is Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James. This epic fantasy novel which has been dubbed "an African Game of Thrones" explores what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child.

The Pick of the Month is available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.

WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. January's pick is Homer's The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson. This fresh, authoritative version of the Greek epic comes alive in an entirely new way, in the first English translation by a woman.

Signed copies of the Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.

WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. December's pick is Underdogs: The Philaelphia Eagles' Emotional Road to Super Bowl Victory by Zach Berman. As a Philadelphia Enquirer beat reporter covering the Eagles, Berman brings unique scope to this unlikely story through his on the ground reporting.

Signed copies of the Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.

WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. November's pick is Our Towns by James and Deborah Fallows. This positive and provocative view of America was compiled over five years as the husband and wife authors travelled across the country in a single engine prop airplane.

WITF's Pick of the Month is available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.

WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. September's pick is An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream but are ripped apart when Roy is arrested for a crime his wife knows he didn't commit.

Singed copies of the Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.

AUTHOR EVENT

Tayari Jones will make an appearance at The Midtown Scholar during the Harrisburg Book Festival on Thursday, October 11th with a discussion on the book, audience Q&A and book signing.

WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. August's pick is the children's book The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates. A longtime illustrator, June Bates makes her authorial debut alongside her eleven-year-old daughter with this timely and timeless picture book about acceptance.

"A subtle, deceptively simple book about inclusion, hospitality, and welcoming the 'other.'" --Kirkus Reviews

"A boundlessly inclusive spirit...This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion." --Booklist

"This sweet extended metaphor uses an umbrella to demonstrate how kindness and inclusion work...A lovely addition to any library collection, for classroom use or for sharing at home." --School Library Journal

Signed copies of the Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.

It's the WITF and Midtown Scholar Pick of the Month! May's Pick teams up with the Transforming Health Summer Read project to select Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opaite Epidemic by acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones. Using Portsmouth, Ohio as a case study, Quinones details how the unfettered prescribing of pain medications, and an influx of heroin, is bringing communities to their knees.

The WITF Pick of the Month is available at local libraries and Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.