Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
April 2019 - June 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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By Almond, David Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When Bert discovers a tiny boy angel in his pocket, he takes the angel home to his wife and they happily raise him as their own son. |
By Arnold, Elana K. Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When Bat's older sister Janie gets a part in the school play, and can't watch him after school, it means some pretty big changes. For one, someone else will have to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons. |
By Bruchac, Joseph Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian. |
By Buckley, Michael Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J After their parents awake from a sleeping spell, Daphne and Sabrina become caught in the middle of a war between the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming's Everafter army and learn a shocking secret about a deadly enemy. |
By Cowell, Cressida Publishing Date: 2005 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as his Viking training continues and his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure. |
How to cheat a dragon's curse: the heroic misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III By Cowell, Cressida Publishing Date: 2007, c2006 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Reluctant hero Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III must rescue his best friend, Fishlegs, from the deadly disease Vorpentitis. The only cure is rare and almost impossible to find ... a potato. But where will Hiccup find such a thing? |
By Cowell, Cressida Publishing Date: 2006, c2005 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Recounts the further escapades of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he continues his Viking training during which he escapes from a boatload of Roman soldiers and searches for his kidnapped dragon. |
By Creech, Sharon Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When his father brings home an ailing, newborn donkey, Louie names the animal Winslow and takes care of him, but everyone, including Louie's quirky friend Nora, thinks Winslow is not going to survive. |
By DiCamillo, Kate Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, twelve-year-old Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and her eccentric grandmother) and find a way home. |
By Donovan, Gail Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Finch has trouble paying attention in school. He's just too busy dreaming about uncovering a dinosaur fossil and naming a new species after himself--until he digs up a note in the fifth-grade class garden with the word HELP on it. He is determined to come to the aid of the mystery note-writer. But when the quest turns out to be harder than expected, Finch risks losing two things that he really wants --his best friend Noah, and a field trip to Dinosaur State Park. |
By Goldsack, Gaby Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Retold in verse and accompanied by Caroline Pedler's evocative illustrations, this [Christmas carol] is a story to provoke thought about the meaning of Christmas and leave the reader with a warm Christmas glow."--Cover back. |
By Goldsack, Gaby Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J After you've written your own letter to Santa, this story will take you on an enchanting journey to discover the secrets of Santa's workshop. |
By Gratz, Alan Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever. |
By Hiaasen, Carl Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Billy Dickens discovers that his mysterious father lives in Montana, so this summer Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, and save his own father. |
By Keene, Carolyn Publishing Date: c2003 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Diamonds are a girl's best friend--or are they? There's more excitement on this cruise ship than Nancy bargained for!" |
By Korman, Gordon Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J As they continue their search for the 39 Clues in China, fourteen-year-old Amy is faced with a terrible dilemma when her eleven-year-old brother Dan suddenly disappears--keep on searching for the next Clue or try to find her brother. |
By LaFleur, Suzanne M. Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Ignored by her parents since her "perfect" older sister, Julia, had a baby, Cassie, twelve, foregoes her summer plans to join Julia and baby Addie on a road trip. |
NEW RELEASE By Lee, Yoon Ha Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces. |
By Love, Damien Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Alex, nearly thirteen, flees with his grandfather across snowy Europe to escape the human and mechanical assassins that pursue them, trying to retrieve a powerful object. |
By MacLachlan, Patricia Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming grief... Perhaps with time, patience, and their father's gentle words in their hearts, hope will spark once more." -- |
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