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 Kisner, Adrienne Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Brynn Haper's life has one steadying force--Rachel Maddow. She watches her daily, and after writing to Rachel for a school project--and actually getting a response--Brynn starts drafting e-mails to Rachel but never sending them. Brynn tells Rachel about breaking up with her first serious girlfriend, about her brother Nick's death, about her passive mother and even worse stepfather, about how she's stuck in remedial courses at school and is considering dropping out. Then Brynn is confronted with a moral dilemma. One student representative will be allowed to have a voice among the administration in the selection of a new school superintendent. Brynn's archnemesis, Adam, and ex-girlfriend, Sarah, believe only Honors students are worthy of the selection committee seat. Brynn feels all students deserve a voice. When she runs for the position, the knives are out. So she begins to ask herself: What Would Rachel Maddow Do? |
By Lu, Marie Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: YA Call Number: YA "The Nightwalkers are terrorizing Gotham City, and Bruce Wayne is next on their list.... Bruce will walk the dark line between trust and betrayal as the Nightwalkers circle closer"-- |
By McMann, Lisa Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Seventeen-year-old Kendall, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, lives with her parents on a potato farm in a tiny community in Montana, where two teenagers go missing within months of each other, with no explanation. |
By Schwab, Victoria Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: YA Call Number: YA When a new monster, who feeds on chaos and brings out its victim's inner demon, emerges from the shadows, Kate finds herself lured home to face a monster she thought she killed, a boy she thought she knew, and a demon all her own. |
By Stamper, Vesper Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: YA Call Number: YA Liberated from Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in 1945, sixteen-year-old Gerta tries to make a new life for herself, aided by Lev, a fellow survivor, and Michah, who helps Jews reach Palestine. |
NEW RELEASE By Ellenport, Craig Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 302.3028 ELL "Though short and sweet, 140-character Twitter posts, or tweets, have become standard parts of world communication, from the Oval Office on down. Inside, read how this amazing company began and how it grew rapidly while creating an all-new way for people, including celebrities, athletes, politicians, and more, to speak to the world. Social media companies have changed the way that people in every generation communicate." -- Amazon.com. |
Biofuel energy projects: easy energy activities for future engineers By Alkire, Jessie Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 333.9539 ALK "Kids will explore one of Earth's important energy resources with Biofuel Energy Projects. They'll read about the history of biofuel, where it comes from, and how we use it. They'll make candles out of butter, create ethanol from different types of sugar, and more. Projects include color photos and easy-to-follow instructions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO."--Publisher's description. |
By Mason, Tyler Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 362.2908 MAS Learn more about the biggest scandals to rock the sports world, from the Steroid Era of baseball to point shaving in basketball. |
By Spilsbury, Louise Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 363.379 SPI Explains how a forest fire can form and spread. |
The girl who drew butterflies: how Maria Merian's art changed science By Sidman, Joyce Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 595.7092 SID "Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."-- |
Noodleheads find something fishy By Arnold, Tedd Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 741.5973 ARN Brothers Mac and Mac are outwitted by Cousin Meatball, three fish, and even a fishing rod when they set out to learn something new. Includes author's note on tales of fools and the motifs found in this story. |
By Chanani, Nidhi Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 741.5973 CHA "Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions--the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film. But is this the real India? And what is that shadow lurking in the background? To learn the truth Pri must travel farther than she's ever dared and find the family she never knew"--Back cover. |
Lights! Camera! Alice: the thrilling true adventures of the first woman filmmaker By Rockliff, Mara Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 791.4302 ROC Meet Alice Guy-Blaché. She made movies--some of the very first movies, and some of the most exciting! Blow up a pirate ship? Why not? Crawl into a tiger's cage? Of course! Leap off a bridge onto a real speeding train? It will be easy! Driven by her passion for storytelling, Alice saw a potential for film that others had not seen before, allowing her to develop new narratives, new camera angles, new techniques, and to surprise her audiences again and again. With daring and vision, Alice Guy-Blaché introduced the world to a thrilling frontier of imagination and adventure, and became one of filmmaking's first and greatest innovators. |
By Grill, William Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 919.8904 GRI Tells the story of the shipwreck of the Endurance in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the survival of all 28 members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.-- |
Claiming my place: coming of age in the shadow of the Holocaust By Price, Planaria J. Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 940.5318 PRI The true story of a young Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust by escaping to Nazi Germany and hiding in plain sight. |
Thirty minutes over Oregon: a Japanese pilot's World War II story By Nobleman, Marc Tyler Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 940.5428 NOB "In this important and moving true story of reconciliation after war, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, a Japanese pilot bombs the continental U.S. during WWII--the only enemy ever to do so--and comes back 20 years later to apologize."--Provided by publisher. |
Code girls: the true story of the American women who secretly broke codes in World War II By Mundy, Liza Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 940.5486 MUN "A nonfiction chronicle of the courageous efforts of remarkable young women recruited by the US government to crack German and Japanese military codes during World War II."--Provided by publisher. |
NEW RELEASE By Hopkinson, Deborah Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: JNF Call Number: J 973.0496 HOP "Carter G. Woodson was born ten years after the end of the Civil War, to parents who had both been enslaved. Their stories were not the ones written about in history books, but Carter learned them and kept them in his heart. Carter's father could not read or write, but he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day, and from this practice, he learned about the world and how to find out what he didn't know. Many years later, when he was a student at Harvard University (the second African-American and the only child of enslaved parents to do so), one of his professors said that black people had no history. Carter knew that wasn't true--and he set out to make sure the rest of us knew as well"--Provided by the publisher. |
By Beevor, Lucy Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J004.09 BEE Explore the history and development of the computer and find out how a computer works. Learn about the inventors who helped influence the invention of the computer. |
By Hudak, Heather C. Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JNF Call Number: J005.25 HUD Who wants to be an app developer? In this title, prospective app developers will meet pioneers in the app development field, examine the history of app development, learn what app developers do, the software they use, where they work, and mobile devices' effects on the industry. |