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.
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By Adler, C. S. Publishing Date: c1996 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J While thirteen-year-old Suki tries to conquer her fears with the help of her friend, she meets other people who have far more serious obstacles to overcome than she does. |
Falcon Quinn and the crimson vapor By Boylan, Jennifer Finney Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Born in the reality stream but with both the heart of a monster and the heart of a guardian, thirteen-year-old Falcon Quinn is not sure what path to follow until he fastens an amulet with a red jewel around his neck. |
By Ehrlich, Esther Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister. |
By Funke, Cornelia Caroline Publishing Date: [2014] Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Eight--year-old Emma and her little dog, Tristan, take a magic carpet ride to the distant land of Barakash to help a genie recover his stolen magical nose ring. |
By Houts, Michelle Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Left in charge of her home and infant sibling when her parents are called away at Christmastime, Bettina disregards a family custom about leaving out rice pudding for the nisse, who make their magic known when the baby disappears. |
By Ibbotson, Eva Publishing Date: c2004 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany. |
La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow: Rip Van Winkle By Irving, Washington Publishing Date: 2001 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The legend of Sleepy Hollow: A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman. Rip Van Winkle: A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world. |
By Lester, Alison Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Sophie Scott is only nine years old, but she's going to Antarctica on an icebreaker with her dad, the ship's captain. During the voyage to Mawson Station and back, Sophie keeps a diary. She sees icebergs, penguins, seals and whales. She makes new friends, wonders at the southern lights and even becomes stranded in a blizzard! |
By Lichtenheld, Tom Publishing Date: 2000 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J A collection of made-up facts, educated guesses, and silly pictures about pirates. |
By Martin, Ann M. Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Struggling with Asperger's, Rose shares a bond with her beloved dog, but when the dog goes missing during a storm, Rose is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels, even if it means leaving her routines in order to search for her pet. |
By Pashley, Hilton Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J "Twelve-year-old Jonathan is half-angel, half-demon, and the only one of his kind. But he has no idea of his true identity, and now a rogue archdemon wants him for his own sinister purpose"-- |
Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban By Rowling, J. K. Publishing Date: c2000 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths. |
Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte By Rowling, J. K. Publishing Date: 2008 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him. |
By White, E. B. Publishing Date: c1952 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J When he discovers that he is destined to be someone's dinner, Wilbur the pig is desolate until his spider friend Charlotte decides to help him. |
By White, E. B. Publishing Date: 1980, c1952 Classification: JFIC Call Number: J The life of Wilbur, the pig, is saved by a girl who talks to animals and a spider who weaves strange messages. |
By Beebe, Katy Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: E Call Number: E After painstakingly handcrafting a replacement copy of a library book, a medieval monk tries to protect it from a hungry bear with a taste for literature. Includes historical note on illuminated manuscripts. |
By Brown, Margaret Wise Publishing Date: 1995 Classification: E Call Number: E Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to many different things. |
By Daly, Cathleen Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: E Call Number: E After her parents get divorced, Emily finds comfort in making and learning about art. |
The turn-around upside-down alphabet book By Ernst, Lisa Campbell Publishing Date: c2004 Classification: E Call Number: E An alphabet book in which each letter becomes three different objects as the book is turned different directions, as when A becomes a bird's beak, a drippy ice cream cone, and the point of a star. |
You can't have too many friends By Gerstein, Mordicai Publishing Date: 2014 Classification: E Call Number: E When Duck's jellybeans win a prize at the fair, the king comes and "borrows" some but after much time passes Duck, accompanied by many of his friends, arrives at the castle to get them back. |
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