One for the Books: Let’s Hear it for Librarians

They’re teachers, they’re advisers, they’re know-it-alls. They’re a veritable fountain of information. They’re trained to know what you want to read and where to find what you want to know. They’re our librarians. Here are three novels I enjoyed recently that feature librarians, as well as a must-read nonfiction account of what it’s like to stand up to censorship.

 “The Boxcar Librarian” by Brianna Labuskes is set during the Depression era in Montana. There are three separate storylines that eventually come together, all featuring “the Company” vs. its overworked miners and their union.