Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
May 2015 - June 2015
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 DiCamillo, Kate Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Forging an instant bond with spaghetti-loving horse Maybelline, horseless cowboy Leroy Ninker inadvertently risks eternal loneliness when he forgets a vital third rule about Maybelline's care. |
By Dumon Tak, Bibi Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J After his grandfather presents him with a donkey, Mikis falls in love with the creature, but his grandparents tell him that the donkey is a working animal, not a pet. However, they let Mikis choose her name -- Tsaki -- and allow them to spend Sundays together. Eventually, both Mikis and his grandfather learn what it means to care for another creature. |
NEW RELEASE The world within: a novel of Emily Brontë By Eagland, Jane Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Fourteen-year-old Emily would rather spend her days dreaming of adventures and wandering the moors, but when her father falls sick, and her sister Charlotte is sent away to school reality comes crashing in. |
By Ellis, Deborah Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she's just a cat. Or is she? She was once a regular North American girl, but that was before she died and came back to life as a cat. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don't know what to do with him. It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. As the soldiers begin to panic and disaster seems certain, the cat knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. But what can a cat do? What can any one creature do? |
NEW RELEASE Princess Academy: the forgotten sisters By Hale, Shannon Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Miri is eager to return to her beloved Mount Eskel after a year at the capital, but the king and queen ask her to first journey to a distant swamp and start her own miniature princess academy for three royal cousins, but once there she must solve a mystery before she can return home. |
NEW RELEASE By Lai, Thanhha Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Assisting her grandmother's investigation of her grandfather's fate during the Vietnam War, Mai struggles to adapt to an unfamiliar culture while redefining her sense of family. |
NEW RELEASE By Messner, Kate Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail. |
NEW RELEASE By Morpurgo, Michael Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Follows the experiences of a young man who after years of being told not to ask his World War II veteran grandfather about his injuries learns how his grandfather survived a torpedo attack on his ship. |
By Reeve, Philip Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "When Oliver's explorer parents go missing, he sets sail on the rescue mission with some new, unexpected friends"-- |
By Rundell, Katherine Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Will must find her way after she's plucked out of a wonderful life in Zimbabwe and forced to go to boarding school in England"--Provided by publisher. |
NEW RELEASE By Agee, Jon Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: E Call Number: E Very strange noises that keep awakening the Wimbledon family one night have an even stranger source. |
NEW RELEASE By Ferrell, Sean Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: E Call Number: E Adam doesn't like his stuffed koala because of its terrible eyes, terrible face, and terrible paws, but each time he tries to get rid of it, Koala comes back until Adam realizes that Koala is on his side. |
By Gay, Marie-Louise Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: E Call Number: E Answers many of the questions the author receives from children on writing, including where she gets her ideas, how she learned to draw, and how many books she can write in one day. |
By Jeffers, Oliver Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: E Call Number: E "From an Astronaut who's afraid of heights, to a Bridge that ends up burned between friends, to a Cup stuck in a cupboard and longing for freedom, this series of interconnected stories and characters explores the alphabet"-- |
Strongheart: the world's first movie star dog By McCully, Emily Arnold Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: E Call Number: E When silent movie director Larry Trimble decides to put Strongheart, a police dog, into his movies as the lead actor, he must first train him to play with toys and walk like a regular dog, but Strongheart becomes a sensation until his military training leads to trouble, and possibly the end of his career. Includes author's note on the real Strongheart. |
By Princesse Camcam Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: E Call Number: E An act of tender compassion is given (and repaid) in secret during an icy winter night. |
No sword fighting in the house By Hill, Susanna Leonard Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: RDR Call Number: RDR While jousting on cows in the backyard, Art and Lance flatten their mother's daffodils just before the big daffodil contest. |
By Clare, Cassandra Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: YA Call Number: YA "Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian--but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance.."-- |
By Dashner, James Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape. |
By Dashner, James Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: YA Call Number: YA After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race. |
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