Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2014 - December 2014
These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.
Additional information about each title can be found in the catalog (click on the title). For older acquisition lists choose from Select another list. To request any of these titles please contact your local library branch.
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By Ada, Alma Flor Publishing Date: c1994 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Third grader Maria Isabel, born in Puerto Rico and now living in the U.S., wants badly to fit in at school; and the teacher's writing assignment "My Greatest Wish" gives her that opportunity. |
NEW RELEASE He laughed with his other mouths By Anderson, M. T. Publishing Date: c2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "In this sixth Pals in Peril adventure, Jasper Dash is off into the universe to search for his long lost father!"-- |
NEW RELEASE By Blackwood, Gary L. Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J In 1835, when his father is put in a Philadelphia debtor's prison, 12-year-old chess prodigy Rufus Goodspeed is relieved to be recruited to secretly operate a chess-playing automaton named The Turk, but soon questions the fate of his predecessors and his own safety. |
By Burr, Claudia Publishing Date: 1993 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Account of the celebration which took place at Chapultepec Castle upon the arrival on Mexican soil of the new viceroy, Albuquerque, in the year 1702 as described by a page who escapes from a painting on a folding screen and later returns to his rightful place in the painting. |
By Cameron, Ann Publishing Date: 2005 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember. |
NEW RELEASE By Clements, Andrew Publishing Date: [2014?] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Sixth-grader Alton Barnes loves maps, and when his portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders that he must obey to get the maps back but, with the help of a popular classmate, he just might succeed before his teacher, principal, or someone else learns he has been studying and mapping things about them. |
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 By Curtis, Christopher Paul Publishing Date: 1995 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963. |
NEW RELEASE By Dowell, Frances O'Roark Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J In a series of letters to her cousin, twelve-year-old Arie Mae relates her life in a mountain valley of North Carolina in the 1920s. |
By Dreser, Elena Publishing Date: 1994 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J This story describes Manuela and her beautiful brown skin. |
NEW RELEASE By Egan, Kate Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Mike attempts to convince his parents that he is responsible enough to be allowed to ride his bicycle to the magic shop all by himself. |
Sophie Hartley and the facts of life By Greene, Stephanie Publishing Date: [2013] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Sophie, 10, doesn't want to turn into a moody teenager like her older brother and sister, and she certainly doesn't want to see The Movie (about gross adolescent body changes) at school. On the other hand, she doesn't want to be considered immature by her classmates"-- |
3 complete novels: an Eva Ibbotson collection By Ibbotson, Eva Publishing Date: 2001 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J |
By Ibbotson, Eva Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When the Hag of Dribble, an orphan boy, and a troll called Ulf are sent to rescue a princess from an ogre, it turns out to be far from the routine magical mission they expect. |
Victoria, May blossom of Britannia By Kirwan, Anna Publishing Date: 2001 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J In 1829, nine-year-old Victoria begins a journal chronicling her life as an English princess. Includes information on the reign, marriage, and family life of Queen Victoria and English civilization during that period. |
Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor By Lasky, Kathryn Publishing Date: c1999 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health. |
Marie Antoinette : Princess of Versailles By Lasky, Kathryn Publishing Date: c2000 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France. |
NEW RELEASE The misadventures of the family Fletcher By Levy, Dana Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor. |
By Machado, Ana Maria Publishing Date: 2008, c1989 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Camilón, the gluttonous little pig asks all his friends for food, but it's not just for him. |
By Mateos, Pilar Publishing Date: 2004 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Jeruso works as a bike messenger for a store. He dreams of directly working with the store's customers, but his boss refuses to let him. When getting ready to deliver a package to a customer, he notices that the package on his bicycle is gone. He suspects that some of the people from the neighborhood have stolen it. However, the people turn out to be nice and try to help him. Ultimately, Jeruso realizes that he had forgotten to pick up the package from the warehouse. |
By Mateos, Pilar Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J What will the witch do when she says her magic words and nothing happens? |
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