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Paper Cage. By Tom Baragwanath. Feb. 2024. 320p. Knopf, $28 (9780593685105); e-book (9780593685112). This gritty debut novel is part thriller and part compelling analysis of the social tensions in a [...]

Perfect Paper Cranes. By Melissa Iwai. Ulus, by the author. May 2024. 32p. Harper, $17.99 (9780063208155); paper, $5.99 (9780063208148). PreS-Gr. 2. In this story from the Gigi and Ojiji series, [...]

The Federalist Papers. By Ryan Earley. 2023. 32p. illus. Seahorse/Lighthouse, lib. ed., $30.60 (9798887353128). Gr. 3-5.342.73. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution usually take the spotlight when studying government [...]

* Love across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World. By Anna Lekas Miller. June 2023.256p. Algonquin, $27 (9781643752334). 325. This eye-opening account brings personal stories to the [...]

Paper Cuts. By Ellery Adams. May 2023.304p. Kensington, $27 (9781496726476). The sixth entry in the Secret, Book, and Scone Society series features bookstore owner Nora Pennington, whose past catches up [...]

* Paper Planes. By Jennie Wood. Art by Dozerdraws. May 2023.216p. Maverick, paper, $14.99 (9781952303548). Gr. 7-11.741.5. Five years ago, at Leighton's ninth birthday party, she and Dylan cemented their [...]

Paper Valley: The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup. By P. David Allen II and Susan Campbell. Apr. 2023. 296p. illus. Wayne State Univ., paper, $26.99 (9780814349588); e-book (9780814349595). 333.7. [...]

Under the Paper Moon. By Shaina Steinberg. Apr. 2024. 304p. Kensington, $27 (9781496747808); e-book (9781496747815). During World War II, aeronautics heiress Evelyn Bishop, desperate to find her brother in a [...]

Simple Origami: Over 50 Pretty Paper Folding Projects. By Adeline Klam. Dec. 2022.224p. illus. Search, paper, $19.95 (9781800920835). 736.982. Any crafter who has tried origami knows not to assume that [...]

Origami and Kirigami for the Home: Paper Art Decorations, Gift Wrapping and Handmade Cards. By Wei You. Nov. 2022. 160p. illus. Bloomsbury/Herbert, paper, $20 (9781789940824); e-book (9781789940817). 736.982. Going far [...]

Crafting Authentic Paper Flowers: The Beginner's Guide to Creating Beautiful Lifelike Paper Blooms with Step-by-Step Projects. By Sophie Longhurst. Jan. 2022.144p. illus. CasematelWhite Owl, $22.95 (9781526784667); e-book, $9.99 (9781526784674). 745.92. [...]

The Oak Papers. By James Canton. Feb. 2021.256p. HarperOne, $27.99 (9780063037946). 583. In the opening pages, British writer Canton hints at an emotional upheaval that led him to seek solace [...]

Paper Doll Lina. By Robyn Lucas. Sept. 2021. 358p. AmazonlLake Union, paper, $14.95 (9781542030151). Lina Henry's children are teen stars who have developed their own sports and fitness app. There [...]

* Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis. By Jeffrey H. Jackson. Nov. 2020.336p. Algonquin, $27.95 (9781616209162); e-book, $21.95 (9781643751122). 940.53. Lucy Schwob and Suzanne [...]

* Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time. By Teju Cole. Oct. 2021. 288p. illus. Univ. of Chicago, $22.50 (97802266413551. 700.1. Novelist, essayist, and photographer Cole (Blind Spot, 2017) is [...]

* The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War. By Craig Whitlock. Sept. 2021.368p. Simon & Schuster, $30 (9781982159009). 958.104. 'I have no visibility into who the bad guys [...]

Paper Heart. By Cat Patrick. May 2021. 288p. Putnam, $17.99 (9781984815347). Gr. 6-9. Tess' best friend, Collete, has died in an accident, and Tess--twin sister of Frankie, the protagonist of [...]

Perfect on Paper. By Sophie Gonzales. Mar. 2021.352p. St. Martin's/Wednesday, $18.99 (9781250769787). Gr. 9-12. Darcy Phillips is great at one thing, and that's romance. Other peoples' romances, that is. She [...]

The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man's Search for Justice. By Carey Gillam. Mar. 2021.338p. Island, $30 (9781642830569). 340. Journalist and research director Gillam centers this book [...]

* The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story. By Thao Lam. Illus. by the author. Sept. 2020.40p. Owlkids, $17.95 (9781771473637). Gr. 1-3. In an author's note, Lam (My Cat Looks like [...]

Lotte's Magical Paper Puppets: The Woman behind the First Animated Feature Film. By Brooke Hartman. Illus. by Kathryn Carr. Oct. 2020. 40p. Page Street, $18.99 (9781624149412). Gr. 1-4.920. More than [...]

The Paper Girl of Paris. By Jordyn Taylor. May 2020. 368p. HarperTeen, $17.99 (9780062936622). Gr. 8-11. When Alice inherits an apartment in Paris from her grandmother, she begins to uncover [...]

* The Paper Daughters of Chinatown. By Heather B. Moore. Sept. 2020. 384p. Shadow Mountain, 526.99 (9781629727820). During the 1800s, many Chinese immigrants in California worked for gold mining companies [...]

Paper Chains. By Nicola Moriarty. Sept. 2019. 336p. Morrow, paper, $15.99 (9780062413543). Moriarty's latest (after Those Other Women, 2018) mixes the strong ties of friendship with suspense. Hannah and India [...]

* Better Living through Origami: 20 Creative Paper Projects for a Beautiful Home. By Nellianna van den Baard and Kenneth Veenenbos. 2018.128p. illus. F&W/SewandSo, paper, $22.99 (9781446307120); e-book, $18.79 (9781446376683). [...]

* Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist. By Julie Leung. Illus. by Chris Sasaki. Sept. 2019. 40p. Random/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99 (97815247718741. Gr. 1-3.700.92. When [...]

The Fine Art of Paper Flowers: A Guide to Making Beautiful and Lifelike Botanicals. By Tiffanie Turner. Aug. 2017. 264p. illus. Watson-Guptill, $25 (9780399578373). 745.54. Turner has spent years perfecting [...]

Stationery Fever: From Paper Clips to Pencils and Everything in Between. By John Z. Komurki and Luca Bendandi. Ed. by Angela Nicoletti. 2016. 208p. illus. Prestei, $39.95 (9783791382722). 651.2. Stationery [...]

A Paper Son. By Jason Buchholz. Jan. 2016. 304p. Tyrus, $24.99 (9781440591617); paper, $16.99 (9781440591624); e-book (9781440591631). The rain will not stop falling on San Francisco. But as the city [...]

A History of the Paper Pattern Industry: The Home Dressmaking Fashion Revolution. By Joy Spanabel Emery. 2014. 272p. illus. Bloomsbury, paper, $34.95 (9780857858313); e-book (9781472577467). 646.4. Students of fashion and [...]

Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990. 2017. Gale [galexom/c/makmg-of-modern-law-amencancivil-Nberties-union-papers-1912-1990]. American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990 is a critically important module in Gale's Making of Modern Law [...]

* The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors. By Drew Daywalt. Illus. by Adam Rex. Apr. 2017. 48p. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (9780062438898). PreS-Gr. 1. It's a game played on playgrounds [...]

Paper Girls, v.2. By Brian K. Vaughan. Illus. by Cliff Chiang. 2016.128p. Image Comics, paper, $12.99 (9781632158956). 741.5. Gr. 10-12. Three young teens--Erin, Mac, and Tiffany--find themselves hurtling through time [...]

Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan. By Ruth Gilligan. Jan. 2017.352p. Tin House, paper, $15.95 (9781941040492). Persecuted and barred from advancement in their Russian hometown, a Jewish girl and her [...]

The Perfection of the Paper Clip: Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental Genius, and Stationery Obsession. By James Ward. Apr. 2015. 304p. illus. Touchstone, $24 (9781476799865); e-book (9781476799889). 651. If Bill [...]

Paper Butterflies. By Lisa Heathfield. Oct. 2017. 272p. Carolrhoda/Lab, $18.99 (9781512482416). Gr. 9-12. June narrates her story from the ages of 10 to 24, detailing the brutal physical and psychological [...]

The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South. By John T. Edge. May 2017. 384p. illus. Penguin, $28 (9781594206559). 641.5975. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, compellingly [...]

Standish, David. The Art of Money: The History and Design of Paper Currency from around the World. 2000. 132p illus. index. Chronicle, paper, $1995 (0-8118-2805-0). 769.5. Most folks don't pay [...]

Biddle, Steve and Biddle, Megumi. Handmade Flowers from Paper and Fabric. 2000. 160p. illus. index. David & Charles; dist. by Sterling, paper, $19.95 (0-7153-0985-4). 745.5943. Nine years after this book's [...]

Chin, Tung Pok and Chin, Winifred. Paper Son: One Man's Story. Oct. 2000.208p. illus. Temple, $59.95 (1-56639-800-2); paper, $19.95 (1-56639-801-0). 973.04. Paper Son gives us a rare, first-hand account of [...]

Badalucco, Laura. Kirigami: The Art of 3-Dimensional Paper Cutting. July 2000.160p. index, illus. Sterling, $24.95 (0-8069-4490-0). DDC: 736. Once used to make votive offerings to the gods, Japanese paper folding [...]

Stuckey-French, Elizabeth. The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa. June 2000. 240p. Doubleday, $22 (0-385-49893-4). In the title story, Cherry goes on a road trip with her two children [...]

LaFosse, Michael G. Origamido: Masterworks of Paper Folding. 2000. 144p. index. illus. Rockport/Quarry, $35 (1-56496-639-9). DDC: 736. Don't dismiss the Japanese art of paper folding as a 'kids only' craft. [...]

Look What You Can Make with Paper Bags. Ed. by Judy Burke. 1999.48p. illus. Boyds Mills, paper, $5.95 (1-56397-717-6). DDC: 745.54. Gr. 3-5, younger with adult help. Creative kids will [...]

Garza, Carmen Lomas. Making Magic Windows: Creating Papel Picado/Cut-Paper Art. 1999. 61 p. Children's Book Press, paper, $9.95 (0-89239-159-6). DDC: 745.54. Gr. 3 and up. Working in the Mexican folk [...]

Wells, Rosemary. Yoko's Paper Cranes. Sept. 2001. 32p. illus. Hyperion, $15.99 (0-7868-0737-7); lib. ed., $16.49 (0-7868-2602-9). Ages 3-7. In the latest gentle book about the Japanese kitten Yoko, Wells shows [...]

Frayn, Michael and Burke, David. The Copenhagen Papers: An Intrigue. May 2001. 144p. illus. Holt/Metropolitan, $20 (0-8050-6752-3). 822. Englishman Frayn is best known in the U.S. for his wild comedy [...]

* Chandler, Raymond. The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Nonfiction, 1909-1959. Ed. by Tom Hiney and Frank MacShane. Apr. 2001. 288p. index. Atlantic Monthly; dist. by Publishers Group West, [...]

Baker, Nicholson. Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper. Apr. 2001. 288p. illus. index. Random, $23.95 (0-375-50444-3). 025.2. Is it the librarian's job to preserve books as intrinsically valuable [...]

A Very Merry Paper Christmas: 25 Creative Ornaments & Decorations. Sept. 2016.144p. illus. Lark, paper, $17.95 (9781454708803). 745.594. These 25 cards, decorations, and ornaments are intended to evoke a nostalgic, [...]