Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2015 - February 2015
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 Cass, Kiera Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA "Sixteen-year-old America Singer is living in the caste-divided nation of Ill©♭a, which formed after the war that destroyed the United States. America is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Ill©♭a's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her"-- |
By Clare, Cassandra Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: YA Call Number: YA When Jace vanishes with Sebastian, Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world and Clary infiltrates the group planning the world's destruction. |
It's not summer without you: a summer novel By Han, Jenny Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever. |
By Han, Jenny Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different. |
We'll always have summer: a summer novel By Han, Jenny Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: YA Call Number: YA The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her. |
The dangerous days of Daniel X By Patterson, James Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence Earth and another planet are at stake. |
The Dangerous days of Daniel X By Patterson, James Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence of Earth and another planet are at stake. |
By Pierce, Tamora Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Residents of the island of Starns send for help from Winding Circle temple, and when prickly green mage Rosethorn and young stone mage trainee Evvy respond, Evvy finds that the problem is with a long-dormant volcano and tries to use her talents to avert the looming destruction. |
The awakening and the struggle By Smith, L. J. Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Presents the first two volumes in the Vampire Diaries series, in which popular and beautiful high school senior Elena finds herself torn between two vampire brothers, the dark and brooding Stefan who wants to protect her from the horrors of his past and the dangerously attractive Damon, who is determined to use her to get revenge on his brother. |
By Vaught, Susan Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Follows the intertwining adventures of Leyr Mab, high prince and heir to the throne, Aron Brailing, a farm boy with a destiny greater than he can imagine, and Dari Ross, a mysterious halfling with ties to a powerful race of shapeshifters long believed to be extinct. |
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths By D'Aulaire, Ingri Publishing Date: c1962 Classification: JNF Call Number: J 292.13 DAU A re-telling of the myths of ancient Greece for children. |
Ida M. Tarbell: the woman who challenged big business-- and won By McCully, Emily Arnold Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J070.92 MCC Tarbell was the catalyst for exposing the truth behind corruption and unfair business practices. She investigated and published works about the Standard Oil Trust for McClure's Magazine that informed the world of shady business dealings and skyrocketed her into the public eye. She wrote inspiring and engaging biographies on public figures, her most notable on Abraham Lincoln. Although largely forgotten as the country forged into the 20th century, her writing of the truth lives on. |
By Mitchell, Don Publishing Date: c2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J323.119 MIT Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, traces the events surrounding the KKK lynching of three young civil rights activists who were trying to register African Americans for the vote. |
Separate is never equal: Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation By Tonatiuh, Duncan Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J379.263 DUN Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California. |
Veo Navidad: un libro de adivinanzas ilustradas By Wick, Walter Publishing Date: c1995 Classification: JNF Call Number: J394.8 WIC Rhymes invite the reader to find hidden objects in photographs of Christmas items. |
By San Souci, Robert D. Publishing Date: 1996 Classification: JNF Call Number: J398.2 SAN A Filipino monkey secures the fortune of his rather dimwitted young owner in this variation of a traditional tale. |
Eat your science homework: recipes for inquiring minds By McCallum, Ann Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JNF Call Number: J507.8 MCC Introduces recipes and fun science facts, including black hole swallow-ups, munch on molecules with atomic popcorn balls, and invisible ink snack pockets. |
How to make a planet: a step-by-step guide to building the Earth By Forbes, Scott Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J550 FOR Makes abstract concepts about planet Earth's formation easier to understand by presenting the information in a how-to guide. |
By Stefoff, Rebecca Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J550 STE Gr 6–8—In these excellent surveys, Stefoff explores the historical relationships between science and pseudoscience. Though she explains the scientific method in detail and injects healthy doses of skepticism into her accounts, rather than just denigrate pseudosciences as superstition, she shows how, for instance, alchemy split into equally serious practical and spiritual approaches before the former evolved into modern chemistry. In contrast, along with similarly shared ancient origins, astrology and astronomy continue to coexist as active pursuits, and so do conventional and alternative medicine. There are even still a few geocentrists around, Stefoff notes. Each volume is heavily illustrated with period images and modern photographs, and each closes with particularly generous lists of further resources.—John Peters, Children's Literature Consultant, New York City |
By Albright, R. N. Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JNF Call Number: J572.86 ALB Discusses the work of four scientists whose discoveries led to an understanding of DNA's structure and the way it functions. - (Baker & Taylor) |