Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions

These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.

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Crossing Ebenezer Creek

By Bolden, Tonya

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

When Mariah and her young brother Zeke are suddenly freed from slavery, they set out on Sherman's long march through Georgia during the Civil War. Mariah wants to believe that the brutalities of slavery are behind them forever and that freedom lies ahead. When she meets Caleb, an enigmatic young black man also on the march, Mariah soon finds herself dreaming not only of a new life, but of true love as well. But even hope comes at a cost, and as the treacherous march continues toward the churning waters of Ebenezer Creek, Mariah's dreams are as vulnerable as ever.

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Hell and high water

By Landman, Tanya

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

Set in the 18th-century, Caleb is the mixed race son of a poor puppeteer. When his father is wrongfully accused of theft and sentenced to transportation, Caleb is forced to seek out his estranged aunt in Devon. When a body washes up on a nearby beach, a shattered Caleb finds himself involved in a plot that places him and his newfound family in mortal danger.

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Private Peaceful

By Morpurgo, Michael

Publishing Date: 2004

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.

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La Belle Sauvage

By Pullman, Philip

Publishing Date: [2017]

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

Shares the story of how Lyra Belacqua and her daemon Pantalaimon came to be living at Jordan College.

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The Ship of the Dead

By Riordan, Rick

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

Magnus and his friends set sail for the farthest borders of Jotunheim and Niflheim in pursuit of Asgard's greatest threat, Loki's demonic ship full of zombies.

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The strange & beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender

By Walton, Leslye J.

Publishing Date: 2014

Classification: YA

Call Number: YA

Born with bird wings, Ava Lavender is well aware that love has long made fools of her family. When pious Nathaniel Sorrows mistakes her bird wings for angel wings, 16-year-old Ava faces the man's growing obsession, which comes to a head with the rain and feathers that fly through the air during a nighttime summer solstice celebration.

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