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We have added over 200 new titles so far
this year. Some of our recommended new books are
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FICTION:
Second Fiddle by Siobhan Parkinson -- a story of friendship,
loss, music and getting along, set in Ireland.
Benny and Omar by Eoin Colfer -- Two boys - one Irish one and
one Tunisian -- mix it up in a book that combines humor and tragedy in a North
African setting.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney -- A hilarious cartoon novel
about the life of an ordinary, somewhat oblivious, middle school boy.
Cover-Up by John Feinstein -- Is the NFL covering up steroid use
at the Super Bowl? A couple of kid reporters get together to find out the
truth.
Mississippi Jack by L. A. Meyer -- The most recent in the Jacky
Faber series about a young adventuress who gets involved with skirmishes on
the high seas and, in this book, with Mike Fink on the Mississippi River.
The Rogues by Jen Yolen and Robert Harris -- This is the fourth
exciting book that these authors have collaborated in writing about adventures
in Scotland. The book takes place in the mid-1700's during a period in
Scottish history known as the Highland Clearances and involves betrayal,
friendship, kinship, and rogues on the run from the militia.
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E. L. Konigsburg --
Art mysteries, the Holocaust, eccentric neighbors and precocious kids all
collide in Florida in a multilayered, complex and intertwining story of the
present colliding with past Nazi repression.
The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio by Lloyd Alexander -- A
fantasy book from the Mideast -- Camel pullers, treasure maps, villains and
searching for a treasure that may not exist keep Carlo Chuchio wandering the
desert in a humorous adventure.
Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli -- A sequel to Stargirl, this
continues the story of a sensitive non-conformist girl in high school. She
recently moved from an Arizona high school full of catty cliques to a new home
in Pennsylvania. She misses old friends and makes new ones while maintaining
her individualism.
Toby Wheeler Eight-Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Heldring --Toby
has only played pick up games in the gym and discovers when he joins the team
he is low man on the totem pole.
Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline Cooney -- An American family
takes in a refugee family from the violent African country of Sierra Leone,
where brutality is a way of life and blood (conflict) diamonds cause the
strife. Secrets, tension, and misunderstandings abound.
Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury -- A camping trip
by a scout troop in Hilo, Hawaii turns disasterous after an earthquake and
tsunami. The boys are left to their own devices and wits; will they survive?
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Pual Curtis -- The first child
born in a colony of freed slaves in Canada, Elijah has been coddled but soon
is made aware of the horrors of slavery in the United States in this moving,
horrifying, at times humorous, but always gripping tale.
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean -- A lifetime
fascination with the Antarctic and the doomed 1911 Scott expedition turns into
a real life adventure when a girl's lunatic uncle takes her on a nightmarish
trip to the frozen south.
Revolution Is Not A Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine -- In
a novel based loosely on the author's life, a girl watches as the Cultural
Revolution in China destroys everything in its path. She loses family, friends
and her way of life.
Venom by Marilyn Singer -- "The most famed toxic critters are
venomous. This means they must inject their poison--their venom
--into a victim by neans of fangs, teeth, spines, stingers, or spurs." This
book shows the incredible variety of venomous animals that populate our world.
Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel -- When dinosaurs were becoming
extinct and mammals were taking their place, Dusk, a member of a pre-bat
species has the urge to fly. Shunned and mocked by his colony, he becomes a
hero in the face of a newly emerged species of carnivors. Can he save his
colony?
Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back! by Michael Winerip -- Adam
continues to publish The Slash despite muggings, powerful enemies,
class politics and romantic rivals. Will he be able to keep the newspaper
going?
Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth -- Engaged at two, married at
nine, and widowed by thirteen. Leela faces forced confinement and being an
outcast in India because of her young husband's untimely death in this
powerful novel of a girl growing up in a traditional society.
The Castaways by Iain Lawrence -- The latest in the adventures
on the high seas of Tom Tin. He has escaped from the Australia bound convict
ship but heads for more danger on his adventure to redeem his father and
return to England.
The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy -- A recent transplant from
Connecticut with battling and controlling parents meets a free spirited
California girl and they become fast friends. Can their friendship survive the
next school year and the uncertanties of family?
Girl Overboard by Justina Chen Headly -- Rich and talented,
Syrah has to rethink her life, her friends, and rebuild her confidence after a
near fatal snowboarding accident that blows out her knee. She is left trying
to figure out her place in the world and her family.
The Way by Joseph Bruchac -- Cody LeBeau feels that there is
nothing special about him and is only brave in his daydreams. His kickboxing
uncle shows up and Cody learns a new way to deal with life. Will he use his
new understanding to do what is right?
Hiroshima Dreams by Kelly Easton -- Lin O'Neil discovers she has
the gift of second sight. She tries meditation and comtemplating Buddhism to
understand what her visions mean for her and her family.
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