Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore A Novel
by Robin Sloan
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 1/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 0/5, Language 1/5, Substance Use 1/5, Fear / Horror 2/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 2/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 3/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
The New York Times BestsellerA Winner of the Alex Award, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction, named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco ChronicleThe Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. But after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest.