Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2018 - January 2019
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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The button war: a tale of the Great War By Avi Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Patryk and Jurek are as much friends as rivals in the small Russian-occupied Polish village where they live. When, in August 1914, Patryk finds an old button on the forest floor, Jurek becomes wildly jealous. Not long after, World War I comes to Poland, bringing one invading army after another to the village. Jurek devises an exciting dare among the seven boys in their pack: whoever steals the best military button will be Button King. The boys agree. The contest is on. The competition escalates from stealing uniform buttons on a wash line to looting the bodies of dead soldiers to setting up an ambush. Leading the charge is Jurek, who will do anything to be Button King. It's only Patryk who tries to stop Jurek's increasingly dangerous game before it leads to deadly consequences. |
The house of one thousand eyes By Barker, Michelle Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Life in East Germany in the early 1980s is not easy for most people, but for Lena, it's particularly hard. After the death of her parents in a factory explosion and time spent in a psychiatric hospital recovering from the trauma, she is sent to live with her stern aunt, a devoted member of the ruling Communist Party. Visits with her beloved Uncle Erich, a best-selling author, are her only respite. But one night, her uncle disappears without a trace. Gone also are all his belongings, his books, and even his birth records. Lena is desperate to know what happened to him, but it's as if he never existed. The worst thing, however, is that she cannot discuss her uncle or her attempts to find him with anyone, not even her best friends. There are government spies everywhere. But Lena is unafraid and refuses to give up her search, regardless of the consequences. This searing novel about defiance, courage, and determination takes readers into the chilling world of a society ruled by autocratic despots, where nothing is what it seems."-- |
By Barron, T. A Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The dragon Basil, now grown mighty in strength, size, and courage, addresses and seeks the cause of a new series of crises that threaten the stability of Avalon, while his friend Merlin is distracted by problems with his son, Krystallus. |
By Barron, T. A Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Basil, a small, flying lizard who is searching for others like himself, discovers that there is more to him than he knows, as he becomes engaged in Avalon's great war between the evil Rhita Gawr and the forces of good. |
Merlin's dragon: Ultimate magic By Barron, T. A Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The dragon Basilgarrad leads the ultimate battle to save the land of Avalon, and finally must decide whether to obey his dear friend Merlin's request, even though it means giving up his powers as a warrior. |
By Birdsall, Jeanne Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The Penderwick family return to Arundel for Rosalind's wedding, but Lydia, who has only heard stories of the grand estate, is eager to explore the place where her older siblings had endless adventures. |
Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world By Blake, Ashley Herring Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school"-- |
By Brown, Peter Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm where she befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill. |
By Buckley, Michael Publishing Date: 2005 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead. |
By Burt, Jake Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Even though he suffers from social anxiety, twelve-year-old Addison agrees to help his best friend achieve social media fame while at a nationally-televised NBA game. |
By Charles, Tami Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter. |
The truth as told by Mason Buttle By Connor, Leslie Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J As he grieves his best friend Benny's death, Mason and his friend Calvin, who are targeted by the neighborhood bullies, create an underground haven for themselves, but when Calvin goes missing Mason finds himself in trouble. |
More deadly than war: the hidden history of the Spanish flu and the First World War By Davis, Kenneth C Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "A nonfiction account of one of the most deadly outbreaks of disease in human history--the Spanish Flu"-- |
By Derevlany, John Publishing Date: [2016] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J For over 100 years, the kingdom of Knighton was a peaceful place, until The Book of Monsters escaped from his prison. Stuffed to the spine with page after page of the most fearsome monsters imaginable, The Book of Monsters fights the Nexo Knights team by summoning bad guys from within. And now, the Book of Monsters from the LEGO Nexo Knights television series and toys can be in your hands! Look inside to learn all about the vile villains who threaten Knighton and about the valiant Nexo Knights who fight to stop them! Part guide book, part artifact: this is the real-life Book of Monsters, the archenemy of the Nexo Knights team! |
By Diehl, J. H Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When Alice's dad moves out, leaving her with her troubled mother, she does the only thing that feels right: she retreats to her family's old Renaissance tent in the backyard, determined to live there until her dad comes home. In an attempt to keep at least one part of her summer from changing, Alice focuses on her quest to swim freestyle fast enough to get on her swim team's record board. But summers contain multitudes, and soon Alice meets an odd new friend, Harriet, whose obsession with the school's science fair is equal only to her conviction that Alice's best stroke is backstroke, not freestyle. Most unexpected of all is an unusual babysitting charge, Piper, who is mute--until Alice hears her speak. |
By English, Karen Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Third-grader Gavin and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new boy in their class, Khufu. He doesn't look or act like other kids. When Gavin's bike goes missing, they think Khufu stole it, but did he?"-- |
Eleanor Roosevelt's in my garage By Fleming, Candace Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When Eleanor Roosevelt and Fala turn up in ten-year-old Nolan's bedroom closet, his mother, taking Mrs. Roosevelt for the new baby sitter, leaves him and his little sister Olive with her. |
Hazy Bloom and the pet project By Hamburg, Jennifer Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Hazel 'Hazy' Bloom uses her tomorrow power--her ability to see visions of things that happen one day in the future--to try to convince her parents she's ready for a pet iguana"-- |
By Hanlon, Abby Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Dory, nicknamed Rascal, has her first loose tooth, but her excitement turns to concern when imaginary evil robber Mrs. Gobble Gracker captures the tooth fairy. |
The island at the end of everything By Hargrave, Kiran Millwood Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When the Phillipine government takes over Culion, an island for people with leprosy, Ami is put in an orphanage on another island, where she finds a friend willing to help her return before her mother dies. |
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