Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2013 - February 2013
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.
NEW RELEASE The Christmas tugboat: how the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree came to New York City By Matteson, George Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: E Call Number: E A New York Harbor tugboat captain and his family take the tug up the Hudson River to pick up and tow the barge carrying the enormous Christmas tree that will be displayed at Rockefeller Center. |
NEW RELEASE By Schwartz, Corey Rosen Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: E Call Number: E In this twist on "The Three Little Pigs," Pig One and Two neglect their ninja school martial arts training and are no match for the wolf, but Pig Three's practice and dedication saves the day. Includes glossary of Japanese martial arts terms. |
NEW RELEASE By Smith, Lane Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: E Call Number: E When a schoolgirl gets separated from her tour of the White House and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself. |
NEW RELEASE By Stead, Philip Christian Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: E Call Number: E Bear, with the help of his animal friends, remembers the story he had hoped to tell before the onset of winter. |
NEW RELEASE By Stewart, Sarah Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: E Call Number: E A little girl moves to the United States from Mexico with her family and writes letters to her aunt in Mexico about her new life. |
NEW RELEASE Rabbit and Robot: the sleepover: the sleepover By Bell, Cece Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: RDR Call Number: RDR Rabbit is excited about the sleepover he has carefully planned for his friend Robot, but Robot has some different ideas about how things should go. |
NEW RELEASE By Macaulay, David Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: RDR Call Number: RDR Follows the planning, construction, and ultimate testing in battle of a typical fortress with adjoining town built by the English during the Middle Ages. |
By Cann, Kate Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: YA Call Number: YA A new manager brings many changes to Morton's Keep, capitalizing on its gothic atmosphere and history, but Rayne sees ominous signs indicating that the one thing that has not changed is the evil presence she had thought was destroyed. |
By Cann, Kate Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: YA Call Number: YA A new manager brings many changes to Morton's Keep, capitalizing on its gothic atmosphere and history, but Rayne sees ominous signs indicating that the one thing that has not changed is the evil presence she had thought was destroyed. |
NEW RELEASE By Cooper, Michelle Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA "In this third installment to the Montmaray Journals, Sophie and her family come together to support the war effort during World War II, meanwhile fighting to protect their beloved Montmaray"-- |
By Fforde, Jasper Publishing Date: Classification: YA Call Number: YA "Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions of the death of the world's last dragon begin, all signs point to Jennifer--and Big Magic"-- |
NEW RELEASE By Gier, Kerstin Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Sixteen-year-old Gwen, the newest and final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve, searches through history for the other time-travelers, aided by friend Lesley, James the ghost, Xemerius the gargoyle demon, and Gideon, the Diamond, whose fate seems bound with hers. |
By Hornby, Nick Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: YA Call Number: YA At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically. |
NEW RELEASE By Kincaid, S. J. Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet. |
NEW RELEASE By Oppel, Kenneth Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA When his grieving father orders the destruction of the Dark Library, Victor retrieves a book in which he finds the promise of not just communicating with the dead, but entering their realm, and soon he, Elizabeth, and Henry are in the spirit world of Chateau Frankenstein, creating and growing a body. |
By Russell, Randy Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: YA Call Number: YA When high school junior Jana Webster dies suddenly, she finds herself in Dead School, where she faces choices that will determine when, she, a Riser, will move on, but she strives to become a Slider instead, for the chance to be with the love of her life--even if it means killing him. |
NEW RELEASE By Schrefer, Eliot Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle. |
By Sharenow, Rob Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: YA Call Number: YA In 1936 Berlin, fourteen-year-old Karl Stern, considered Jewish despite a non-religious upbringing, learns to box from the legendary Max Schmeling while struggling with the realities of the Holocaust. |
By Smith, Andrew Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Still mourning the recent death of his mother, seventeen-year-old Troy Stotts relates the events of the previous year when he and his two closest friends try to retaliate against the sheriff's son, who has been bullying them for years. |
NEW RELEASE The curiosities: a collection of stories By Stiefvater, Maggie Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA An anthology of darkly paranormal stories, with comments by the authors on their writing process. |