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.
By Magoon, Kekla Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Caleb Franklin and his younger brother, Bobby Gene, spend an extraordinary summer their new, older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city. |
The miscalculations of Lightning Girl By McAnulty, Stacy Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J A lightning strike made Lucy, twelve, a math genius but, after years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers. |
By McGhee, Alison Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Brother chronicles life with his frequently-annoying Sister, from the time she is born until she is ten and he leaves for college, through a series of letters and drawings. |
Fergus and Zeke at the science fair By Messner, Kate Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom, and they do everything the students do--listening at storytime, painting masterpieces during art class, and keeping their own special journals. But when it's time for the school science fair, the mice aren't sure just how to get involved. Lucy wants to time them as they run through a maze, but they want to do an experiment, not be an experiment. Then Zeke comes up with a great idea: since Lucy is training animals for her experiment, maybe he and Fergus can do the same thing! Unfortunately, the only animals available are the students themselves. Can Fergus and Zeke turn the tables and train Lucy in time for the science fair?-- |
Secrets of the dragon sanctuary By Mull, Brandon Publishing Date: c2009 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The magical preserve Fablehaven provides refuge to numerous mystical species: centaurs, trolls, satyrs, ogres, fairies, minotaurs, brownies, imps, nymphs, and many others. But some beings are too large and powerful to be confined to regular enchanted refuges. These mightiest of creatures dwell inside the dragon sanctuaries. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"-- |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: 1995 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: [2016] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Jack and Annie travel back in time to 1925 Nome, Alaska, where they meet Balto, the famous sled dog, and help save the town from illness"-- |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c1999 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: 2000 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War where they meet Clara Barton. |
Danger in the darkest hour; SE #1 By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "The magic tree house has taken Jack and Annie back in time to England in 1944. England is fighting for its life in World War II. Before long, Jack and Annie find themselves parachuting into Normandy, France, behind enemy lines. The date is June 5. Will the brave brother and sister team be able to make a difference during one of the darkest times in history?"-- |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c1998 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie back two thousand years to ancient China where they must find the original copy of an old legend before the Imperial Library is burned down by the evil Dragon King. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: 2000 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: [2012] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c1997 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle. |
Earthquake in the early morning; #24 By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: 2001 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c1997 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to the Wild West, where they experience excitement and danger and try to solve a riddle. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: [2002] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African rainforest, where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to communicate with them. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: c2003 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Jack and Annie travel in their Magic Tree House back to a Hawaiian island of long ago where they make friends, learn how to surf, and encounter a tsunami. |
By Osborne, Mary Pope Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Jack and Annie are magically transported to mid-1800's Thebes where they are saved from a dangerous accident by Florence Nightingale!"-- |