Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions

These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.

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Consumed

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.

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Consumed

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.

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The FitzOsbornes at war

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"--

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The Last Dragonslayer

By Fforde, Jasper

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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"--

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Sapphire blue

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.

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Slam

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.

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Insignia

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.

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Such wicked intent

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.

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Dead rules

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.

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Endangered

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.

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The Berlin Boxing Club

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.

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Ghost medicine

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.

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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.

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