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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I lived on Butterfly Hill

By Agosín, Marjorie

Publishing Date: [2014]

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

When her beloved country, Chile, is taken over by a militaristic, sadistic government, Celeste is sent to America for her safety and her parents must go into hiding before they "disappear."

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Rise of the jumbies

By Baptiste, Tracey

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinee when local children from her Caribbean island home begin to disappear, and she is forced to go deep into the ocean to seek the help of a dangerous jumbie who rules the waves.

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Greetings from witness protection

By Burt, Jake

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Thirteen-year-old Nikki Demere is an orphan and a kleptomaniac, making her the perfect girl to portray the Trevors' daughter in witness protection, but she soon learns that the biggest threat to her new family's security comes from her own past.

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The journal of curious letters

By Dashner, James

Publishing Date: 2010

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Thirteen-year-old Atticus "Tick" Higginbottom begins receiving mysterious letters from around the world signed only "M.G.," and the clues contained therein lead him on a journey to the perilous 13th Reality and a confrontation with evil Mistress Jane.

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Halfway normal

By Dee, Barbara

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Twelve-year-old cancer survivor Norah struggles to fit in at middle school after two years of treatment, but she finds her voice with the help of new friend Griffin, who shares her love of mythology.

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Eugenia Lincoln and the unexpected package

By DiCamillo, Kate

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives, Eugenia Lincoln tries to get rid of the instrument by selling it, destroying it, and giving it away, but nothing works.

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Before it's too late

By Driscoll, Sara

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

With a serial killer targetting women resembling FBI special agent Meg Jennings, Jennings and her K-9 partner Hawk race the clock before he can kill again.

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Ben Franklin's in my bathroom

By Fleming, Candace

Publishing Date: [2017]

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

When ten-year-old Nolan and his little sister, Olive, find Ben Franklin in their kitchen, they do their best to guide Ben through the new world he helped form.

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Brave Red, smart frog: a new book of old tales

By Jenkins, Emily

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Seven classic fairy tales, interwoven and retold, retain the spirit of the original lore in contemporary language.

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Coyote tales

By King, Thomas

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Two tales, set in a time when animals and human beings still talked to each other, display Thomas King s cheeky humor and master storytelling skills. Freshly illustrated and reissued as an early chapter book, these stories are perfect for newly independent readers.

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Threads of blue

By LaFleur, Suzanne M

Publishing Date: [2017]

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Mathilde escapes war-torn Sofarende and reunites with Megs and the other children who are working for the army to retake Sofarende from the enemy, but Mathilde must come to terms with her past treasonous actions and determine what she must do in order to prove her friendship to Megs.

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Princess Cora and the crocodile

By Schlitz, Laura Amy

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Unhappy queen-in-training Cora receives a pet crocodile from her fairy godmother, who disrupts her mundane daily routine.

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Riding lessons

By Smiley, Jane

Publishing Date: [2018]

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

When Ellen meets Ned, a beautiful colt who hurt his leg on his way to becoming a racehorse, she becomes determined to behave at school and at home so she can have more time at the ranch.

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The secret sheriff of sixth grade

By Sonnenblick, Jordan

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Maverick Falconer is just starting middle school and he wishes he were a hero like his father because maybe then he could deal with his mother's drinking and series of abusive boyfriends, not to mention the kids who bully him in middle school (pretty much the same ones who bullied him in elementary school)--but as the year passes he begins to realize that other kids have problems too, and maybe if they can all survive sixth-grade things will get better.

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The purloining of Prince Oleomargarine

By Twain, Mark

Publishing Date: [2017]

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

"Based on a set of unfinished Mark Twain notes for a children's story, this is the tale of Johnny, a young boy with a magical ability to speak to animals who sets off to rescue a stolen prince"--

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Shai & Emmie star in Break an egg

By Wallis, Quvenzhané

Publishing Date: [2017]

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

When Shai Williams, who plans to become a star on Broadway, loses the lead role in the third-grade musical at her performing arts elementary school in Atlanta, she learns an important lesson about adaptability, from her mother, aunt, and grandmother, all actresses.

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Stringbean's trip to the shining sea

By Williams, Vera B

Publishing Date: c1988

Classification: JFIC

Call Number: J

Stringbean describes his trip to the west coast in a series of postcards.

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