Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2020 - March 2020
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 Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: E Call Number: E The man in the moon outwits the police in several escapades on Earth with the help of his waxing and waning powers and the friendship of a 300-year-old scientist. |
The Mellops go diving for treasure By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: E Call Number: E "One day Mr. Mellops finds a dusty old trunk in his attic, and before they know it, the family are embarking on a journey of discovery. But treasure is not the only thing waiting for these intrepid pigs below the ocean's surface"--Publisher's description. |
By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: [2015] Classification: E Call Number: E While on a caving expedition, Mr. Mellops and his four sons find stalagmites and stalactites, evidence of cavepigs living thousands of years ago, and a smuggler's den. |
By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: [2011] Classification: E Call Number: E While on a family picnic Mr. Mellops notices the mountain water has an awful taste, like oil. Soon, the intrepid Mellops embark on a quest that takes them to the library, the museum and eventually an oil field! |
By Ungerer, Tomi Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: E Call Number: E Three robbers terrify the countryside until they are subdued by the charm of a little orphan girl named Tiffany. |
The legend of the candy cane: the inspirational story of our favorite Christmas candy By Walburg, Lori Publishing Date: [2012] Classification: E Call Number: E With the help of young Lucy, a mysterious stranger called Mr. Sonneman tells the story of the candy cane to the people of a small prairie town during Christmas time at the turn of the century. Includes a history of the candy cane. |
Down by the river: a family fly fishing story By Weiner, Andrew Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: E Call Number: E One beautiful autumn day, Art sets out with his mother and grandfather for a fishing trip. Fishing days are Art s favorite. He loves learning the ropes from Grandpa the different kinds of flies and tackle and the trout that frequent their favorite river. |
By Wenzel, Brendan Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: E Call Number: E In simple text a set of animals, each one linked to the previous one by some trait of shape, color, or pattern, greet and interact with one another. |
By Ying, Victoria Publishing Date: [2017] Classification: E Call Number: E Meow? Meow? MEOW! Using this one word expressed in a lot of different ways and expressive art, this almost wordless picture books shows a feisty young kitten who gets frustrated when her family is too busy to play. |
By Chokshi, Roshani Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Set in a darkly glamorous world The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence and dangerous but thrilling adventure. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, seeks him out for help, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. To find the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin will need help from a band of experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. A historian who can't yet go home. A dancer with a sinister past. And a brother in all but blood, who might care too much. Together, they'll have to use their wits and knowledge to hunt the artifact through the dark and glittering heart of Paris. What they find might change the world, but only if they can stay alive. |
By Clare, Cassandra Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: YA Call Number: YA High Warlock Magnus Bane learns that a demon-worshipping cult, the Crimson Hand, is wreaking havoc across Europe, threatening more than just his romantic getaway with new boyfriend, Alec Lightwood. |
Sightwitch: the true tale of the twelve paladins By Dennard, Susan Publishing Date: 2018 Classification: YA Call Number: YA Sightwitch Sister Ryber Fortiza embarks on a mission deep underground to rescue her fellow Sisters, where she meets Kullen Ikray, a captain with no memory of his identity, who joins her in the search of answers that will alter the Witchlands's fate. |
By Dennard, Susan Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: YA Call Number: YA After an explosion ruins his ship, Prince Merik tries to expose his sister's treachery while fighting for the weak on the streets of the royal capital. Meanwhile, Aeduan, a Bloodwitch, and Iseult, a Threadwitch, form an unlikely alliance and travel together looking for Safiya, who has been shipwrecked with the Empress of Marstok in a land of pirates and is living every moment balanced on a knife's edge, trying to keep the pirates from unleashing war upon the Witchlands. -- |
By Dragt, Tonke Publishing Date: 2015 Classification: YA Call Number: YA On the night of his final vigil before being knighted, Tiuri answers a request to deliver an urgent letter to a distant kingdom across the Great Mountains--a journey that will threaten his life and teach him the true meaning of what it is to be a knight. |
By Josephson, Kalyn Publishing Date: [2019] Classification: YA Call Number: YA After their mother's death when the Illucian empire invaded, Princess Anthia and her sister Princess Caliza start a rebellion to bring back the magical elemental crows that were taken from her people. |
By Kagawa, Julie Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: YA Call Number: YA Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser. Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. But destiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught. As Ember struggles to accept her future, she and her brother are hunted by the Order of St. George. Soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian has a mission to seek and destroy all dragons, and Talon's newest recruits in particular. But he cannot kill unless he is certain he has found his prey--and nothing is certain about Ember Hill. Faced with Ember's bravery, confidence and all-too-human desires, Garret begins to question everything that the Order has ingrained in him--and what he might be willing to give up to find the truth about dragons. |
By Knudsen, Michelle Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: YA Call Number: YA ""He is young. He is hot. He is also evil. He is ....... the librarian. Cynthia's best friend, Annie, falls head over heels for the new high-school librarian, but after meeting Mr. Gabriel, Cyn realizes something isn't quite right. Maybe it's the creepy look in the librarian's eyes... or the blood and horns and bat-like wings that appear when he thinks no one is looking. He's a demon... and now Cyn has to save her best friend from the clutches of the evil librarian, who also seems to be slowly sucking the life force out of the entire student body!"-- |
By Manoa, J Publishing Date: [2016] Classification: YA Call Number: YA Odin must find a way to work with General Delgado and Solar Flare Director Clancy Braxton to prevent the disaster coming from Wendell and his powers. |
By Riordan, Rick Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: YA Call Number: YA "In his penultimate adventure, a devastated but determined Apollo travels to Camp Jupiter, where he must learn what it is to be a hero, or die trying"-- |
By Stiefvater, Maggie Publishing Date: 2009 Classification: YA Call Number: YA When music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians, his talent attracts Nuala, a faerie muse who fosters and feeds on creative energies, but soon he finds himself battling the Queen of the Fey for the very lives of Deirdre and Nuala. |