The book that held her heart

The library has been infinite and unending, but as Livira finds herself separated from friends across time and space, it is only her book that can determine its fate. So many are lost: Livira in the far past, where Charlotte is interfering with events; Evar is with Mayland, trying to prevent his brother's quest to destroy the library and once again reunite with Livira; Yute and Kerrol find themselves in a strange world of prewar Nazi Germany, where books, and people, are in danger; and Arpix is trapped with others by King Oanold, who has Livira's book. The fate of all lies within the pages, and no one will be able to skip over the final words. The alternating points of view build a vivid setting for this character-driven tale. As the stories bounce between past and present, Lawrence ties together all the threads into a whole tapestry of lives. VERDICT Lawrence offers the final gut-wrenching book in his "Library Trilogy" (after The Book That Broke the World) with a storyline about the beginning of the Holocaust driving home the power of books to hold the past, present, and future.--Kristi Chadwick