Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2018 - January 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 Lè‚, Minh Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: E Call Number: E A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy. |
By Litwin, Eric Publishing Date: 2016 Classification: E Call Number: E Groovy Joe is a fun-loving dog with a tub full of ice cream--which he shares with his unexpected dinosaur guests. |
By Lloyd-Jones, Sally Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: E Call Number: E Three goldfish live in a small bowl, in an apartment building, in the middle of a big city, until one summer they get to go on vacation--in a fountain, with lily pads, and reeds, and other neighborhood goldfish. |
By Reynolds, Aaron Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: E Call Number: E A platypus and a beaver who love surfing encounter a shark -- with unexpected results. Using just the one word "dude" this almost wordless picture book shows how much gnarly fun the dudes have surfing together. |
By Ruzzier, Sergio Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: E Call Number: E Fox and Chick are unlikely friends, but somehow they seem to get along together, even though Fox is calm and thoughtful, and Chick is hyperactive and flighty. |
Vernon is on his way: small stories By Stead, Philip Christian Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: E Call Number: E Today is a very nice day. There has never been a day so nice as this, except for maybe yesterday. Join Vernon and his friends Skunk and Porcupine on a series of three enchanting adventures entitled Waiting, Fishing, and Gardening, as they comb the forest floor for trinkets and go fishing in their own unconventional way. |
By Stevens, Janet Publishing Date: 1996, c1995 Classification: E Call Number: E Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road. |
A busy creature's day eating: an alphabetical smorgasbord By Willems, Mo Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: E Call Number: E "A busy creature eats his way through the alphabet!"-- |
By Willems, Mo Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: E Call Number: E "The Pigeon is dirty and he needs a bath, but he won't go willingly"-- |
By Wood, Audrey Publishing Date: 1995 Classification: E Call Number: E A rhyming story of Silly Sally, who is joined by various animals as she travels to town--backwards and upside down. |
By Woodson, Jacqueline Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: E Call Number: E Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider. |
By Yolen, Jane Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: E Call Number: E As winter's chill spreads, different animals settle into their cozy homes for a long sleep. |
By Carriger, Gail Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: YA Call Number: YA In her alternate England of 1851, while taking her friend Sidheag by train to her werewolf pack in Scotland, sixteen-year-old Sophronia uncovers a plot that threatens to dissolve all of London into chaos and must decide where her loyalties lie once and for all. |
By Dessen, Sarah Publishing Date: 2000 Classification: YA Call Number: YA After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous. |
By Dessen, Sarah Publishing Date: c2006 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life. |
By Grant, Michael Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: YA Call Number: YA As the young residents of Perdido Beach begin to better comprehend the truths of who they are and their relationships to one another, the Darkness finds a new way to be born, bringing their understanding of fear to a new level. It's been one year since all the adults disappeared. Gone. Despite the hunger, despite the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new world they've built, though, is perhaps the worst incarnation yet of the enemy known as the Darkness: fear. Within the FAYZ, life breaks down while the Darkness takes over, literally--turning the dome-world of the FAYZ entirely black. A will to survive and a desire to take care of those they love endures in this ravaged band, even in the bleakest moments. But in darkness, the worst fears of all emerge, and the cruelest of intentions are carried out. After so many months, is all about to be lost in the FAYZ? |
By Grant, Michael Publishing Date: 2013, c2008 Classification: YA Call Number: YA In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not. |
By Grant, Michael Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Conditions worsen for the remaining young residents of a small California coastal town isolated by supernatural events when their food supplies dwindle and the Darkness underground awakens. |
By Grant, Michael Publishing Date: 2011 Classification: YA Call Number: YA It happens in one night: a girl who died now walks among the living; Zil and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido Beach, and amid the flames and smoke, Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the most:Drake. But Drake is dead--or so they thought. Perdido Beach burns and battles rage: Astrid against the Town Council; the Human Crew versus the mutants; and Sam against Drake, who is back from the dead and ready to finish where he and Sam left off. They say that death is a way to escape the FAYZ. But are the kids of Perdido Beach desperate enough to believe that death will set them free. |
By Grant, Michael Publishing Date: 2012, c2011 Classification: YA Call Number: YA A deadly, flu-like epidemic and a plague of flesh-eating creatures threaten the lives of the children at Perdido Beach while Sam, Astrid, Caine, and Diana each struggle with doubts and uncertainties. |