An eleven-year-old girl sets up her own lending library in competition with the New York Public Library and finds herself involved in more than she bargained for.
When a new book arrives at the library with a secret code written inside, Derek, with the help of his friends, follows the clues from one novel to the next and makes a discovery that may help him get past a terrible loss.
Text and photographs introduce a visit to the library, and explains some of things a patron can do in the library such as performing research and using the computer, along with checking out books. Written in English and Spanish.
Vivi Calderon becomes the target of a stalker after she finds a stash of incriminating notes, written by a young woman who was killed in suspicious circumstance years earlier, hidden between the pages of library books.