Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2020 - December 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 Gratz, Alan Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livng in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together. |
By Gripe, Maria Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The glassblower and his wife live happily until the prophecy that their children will disappear comes true. |
By Haddix, Margaret Peterson Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Told from separate viewpoints, as Finn, Emma, and Chess Greystone and Natalie Mayhew, ages eight to thirteen, continue their quest to rescue their mothers they must return to the alternate dimension where truth is illegal. |
By Hanna Alkaf Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Retells a Malaysian folk tale in which a lonely girl, Suraya, inherits from her grandmother a pelesit, a ghostly demon, who proves to be a good companion, bringing both danger and hope. |
By Hargrave, Kiran Millwood Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Mila lives with her sisters, Pipa and Sanna, her brother Oskar, and their sled dogs in the forest where winter has held sway for five years, ever since their father disappeared; but now a strange scary man, flanked by twelve young boys, seems to have bewitched Oskar and taken him away--and Mila, convinced her brother is in danger, leads her sisters in a desperate journey across the frozen wild-lands to find their brother, and perhaps a way past an eternal winter. |
By Henkes, Kevin Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come, which unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they alway are. |
By Hesse, Monica Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Zofia, a teenage Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother and seeks to rebuild her shattered life"-- |
Could you survive the Ice Age: an interactive prehistoric adventure By Hoena, B. A Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The reader's choices determine whether three friends will survive after being mysteriously transported back in time to when the climate was cold and saber-toothed cats and wooly mammoths roamed the land. |
By Humphrey, Anna Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Daniel is not so sure about going to camp. There will be bugs. And uncomfortable beds. And leeches! Megabat can't WAIT to go to camp! There will be so much smooshfruit, and he loves a good sing-along. Daniel starts to think camp isn't so bad. He's made friends, and his bed isn't THAT uncomfortable. Megabat has made a new friend too. But his new friend wants him to go flying to spooky caves. And her mom is very toothy. As Daniel is getting into the swing of things and starting to enjoy camp, Megabat is getting himself into one tangle after another to avoid going into the scary woods. But can Megabat overcome his fears to help save his new friend? Kass Reich's adorable illustrations paired with Anna Humphrey's hilarious text make for another unforgettable Megabat adventure, one that will appeal to Megabat fans and newcomers!"-- |
Washington Irving's The legend of Sleepy Hollow and other stories By Irving, Washington Publishing Date: c1999 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J A collection of stories by Washington Irving, including "Rip Van Winkle," "The Spectre Bridegroom," and "The Bold Dragoon." |
By Jackson, Tiffany D Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When her friend Monday Charles goes missing and Monday's mother refuses to give her a straight answer, Claudia digs into her disappearance. |
By James, Anna Publishing Date: [2018] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Eleven-year-old Tilly Pages, who has found comfort in her grandparents' bookshop since her mother's disappearance, now learns that she can bookwander into stories, and decides to seek her mother. |
By Jonsberg, Barry Publishing Date: 2020 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Thirteen-year-old Rob, a painfully shy wallflower, receives a series of mysterious text messages challenging him to leave his comfort zone as he tries to impress new student Destry Camberwick. |
By Kadono, Eiko Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Thirteen-year-old half-witch Kiki travels to the town of Koriko where she makes new friends, overcomes challenges, and shares her magic with her community to make the world a brighter place"-- |
By Kelly, Erin Entrada Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Cash, Fitch, and Bird Thomas are three siblings in seventh grade together in Park, Delaware. In 1986, as the country waits expectantly for the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger, they each struggle with their own personal anxieties. Cash, who loves basketball but has a newly broken wrist, is in danger of failing seventh grade for the second time. Fitch spends every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade on Main. And Bird, his twelve-year-old twin, dreams of being NASA's first female shuttle commander. The Thomas children exist in their own orbits, circling a tense and unpredictable household, with little in common except an enthusiastic science teacher named Ms. Salonga. As the launch of the Challenger approaches, Ms. Salonga gives her students a project; they are separated into spacecraft crews and must create and complete a mission. When the fated day finally arrives, it changes all of their lives and brings them together in unexpected ways. |
By Kim, Jessica Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When eleven-year-old Yumi Chung stumbles into a kids' comedy camp she is mistaken for another student, so she decides to play the part. |
Diary of a wimpy kid: the getaway By Kinney, Jeff Publishing Date: 2017 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous creatures all threaten their vacation. |
Diary of an awesome friendly kid: Rowley Jefferson's journal By Kinney, Jeff Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous. |
By Lackey, Lindsay Publishing Date: 2019 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Red's inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby "Red" Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can't figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red's heart. But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she's quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother's chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs,"--Amazon.com. |
By Lough, Amber Publishing Date: [2020] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "In 1917 Russia, seventeen-year-old Katya joins the first all-female battalion to fight the Germans, but she soon finds that patriotism alone won't help her survive the realities of war"-- |