Monday, January 25, 2010

New Books!

Check out these great new titles in the library!







Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered. ---From Novelist











When she wakes up one morning to find her double in her room, seventeen-year-old Kate, already at wit's end with college applications, finals, and extracurricular activities, decides to put her to work.--From Novelist








Fifteen-year-old Andrew Zansky, the second fattest student at his high school, joins the varsity football team to get the attention of a new girl on whom he has a crush.--Novelist







Beautiful vampire Charlotte finds herself slowly changing back into a human after the mysterious death of her best friend.---Novelist








Torn from their parents in a society increasingly controlled by the government, 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother, Whit, are incarcerated in a totalitarian prison where they discover they have incredible supernatural powers.---Novelist









The lives of Leticia, Dominique, and Trina are irrevocably intertwined through the course of one day in an urban high school after Leticia overhears Dominique's plans to beat up Trina and must decide whether or not to get involved.






High school sophomore Nora has always been very cautious in her relationships, but when Patch, who has a dark side she can sense, enrolls at her school, she is mysteriously and strongly drawn to him, despite warnings from her best friend, the school counselor, and her own instincts.







Madison, a senior at a suburban New York high school, tries to uncover who is responsible for the disappearance of her friends, popular students mentioned in the posts of an anonymous blogger, while she, herself, is being stalked online and in-person.






As the tragedy of a missing girl enfolds in her small town, fifteen-year-old Samara, who feels emotionally abandoned by her parents, begins to question her faith.







For a fee, "model teen" Oscar Banks has been secretly--and selectively-- sabotaging the subliminal messages that program the behavior of the residents of Candor, Florida, until his attraction to a rebellious new girl threatens to expose his subterfuge.







With his mother working long hours and in pain from a romantic break-up, eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a zany new student arrives at his small-town Missouri high school, keeping a big secret.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

New Arrivals at the Library 12-1-09


The Hunchback Assignments

by Arthur Slade

Modo is such an ugly young child that he is put on display as a freak. However, a mysterious gentleman named Mr. Socrates understands the boy’s potential. Mr. Socrates brings Modo home and raises him, training the boy to be a first-rate agent—but to what end?













Lips Touch: Three Times

by Laini Taylor

Kizzy’s first kiss may be her last; Anamique is cursed with a fatal voice, but when she meets her true love, the urge to end her silence becomes ever stronger; Esme is only fourteen, yet she carries within her a passion that stretches back across centuries. In three stories, the thrills, hazards, and mysteries of love are encapsulated in a kiss.











Once a Witch

by Carolyn MacCullough

When Tamsin was born, her grandmother prophesied that Tamsin would be one of the most Talented witches the family has ever seen. Seventeen years later, that prophecy seems dead-on—if you replace most with least. So, when a handsome stranger mistakes Tamsin for her enviously Talented sister, she’s hesitant to correct him.











Death on the River

by John Wilson

Jake, a Union soldier, only survives life in brutal Andersonville prison thanks to the criminal activities of Billy, an older captive. Once they are freed, Jake doesn’t know whether to find his own way back home or to continue leaning on Billy—who, while troublingly unscrupulous, is very resourceful.











Candor

by Pam Bachorz

Everything is perfect in the town of Candor, Florida. Teens respect their elders, do their chores, and enjoy homework—because they’re controlled by subliminal messages. Only Oscar, the son of the town’s founder, knows how to get kids out—for a price.












Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 3rd Case

by Shane Peacock

In broad daylight, a girl of high society vanishes on a crowded street. “Days pass, then weeks; the daring abduction remains an impenetrable mystery, without a ransom note, a single clue, or even public information.” The moment young Sherlock reads about it, he knows that it’s the case that will make his name.







from Junior Library Guild

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

43 new books in the Library!

New Fiction


The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson
Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson
Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn
Donut Days by Lara Zielin
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

Geek Charming by Robin Palmer
Girl to the Core by Stacey Goldblatt
Gorgeous by Rachel Vail
Help by Kathryn Stockett

I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder
Impossible by Nancy Werlin

Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
Lucky by Rachel Vail
Pop by Gordon Korman
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
Taken by Storm by Angela Morrison

Testimony by Anita Shreve
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart
Vamped by Lucienne Diver
Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd

Waves by Sharon Dogar
Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten
new in series
Betrayed by PC Cast
Chosen by PC Cast
Hunted by PC Cast
Untamed by PC Cast

Evermore by Alyson Noel

Merchant of Death by DJ MacHale
Soldiersof Halla by DJ MacHale

Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer
Demonata # 8: Wolf Island by Darren Shan

new in graphic novels
Batman RIP by Grant Morrison
Pride of Bagdhad by Brian K. Vaughan
Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 by Tim Hamilton

new in non-fiction

Columbine by David Cullen
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Rock 'n' Roll Soldier by Dean Ellis Kohler
Theodore Roosevelt by Michael L. Cooper
Young Men and Fire by Norman MacLean

Monday, October 5, 2009

New for October at the Library

Time of the Witches by Anna Myers

from Junior Library Guild: "Salem, Massachusetts: Drusilla, the Putman family's servant knows that her mistress is unwell. Mistress Putnam has attempted suicide and constantly mourns her stillborn babies. When Mistress Putnam decides it is time to "sound out witches...who do our family harm" Drusilla doesn't know whether to be afraid for Mistress Putnam, or of her."



Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater


from Junior Library Guild: "When Grace was little, a yellow-eyed wolf saved her life. Years later, she meets Sam, a teenage boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. He's the wolf who saved her; Grace knows it. And now it is her turn to save him - because each werewolf gets only so many seasons as a human, and this fall might be Sam's last.



Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
From Junior Library Guild: "Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district-twelve tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Now there are rumors of rebellion among the districts, and Katniss and Peeta are horrified to discover that they are the faces of the rebellion."



The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge
from Junior Library Guild: "The Lost have the ability to send their senses off into the distance. They might "taste the peach in your hand, overhear a conversation in the next village, and smell cooking in the next town..." When all the lost except one are killed, the only survivor, a young girl named Arilou, is suspected of their murder."



Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick
from Junior Library Guild: "When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an Army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero. Matt is haunted by a hazy memory of an Iraqui boy being shot - and the sense that he is somehow responsible for the boy's death."





The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum by Cadace Fleming
"There's a sucker born every minute" is frequently attributed to P.T. Barnum, but was actually stated by a competitor amazed at how many people fell for Barnum's "humbugs". From his American Museum and exhibits, including the Living Skeleton and Tom Thumb, to his famous three ring-circus, Barnum certainly was America's greatest showman. "




Sharp Shot by Jack Higgins
from Junior Library Guild: "Teen twins Rich and Jade are finally enjoying a moment at home while their father, John Chance, is off on a spy mission. Then a man from their father's past shows up and says "If they find me, they'll kill me. I thought Chance would help." Suddenly Rich and Jade are on the run and don't know whom to trust. "

Friday, August 28, 2009

Welcome back!

It's a new year, and we're happy to present our first list of brand NEW books for the 2009-2010 school year. I was able to preview many of these titles over the summer - good stuff!

Here's a run down of our new fiction and it's a big list!


Absolute Maybe - Lisa Yee

The Awakening - Marley Gibson
Bones of Faerie - Janni Lee Simner
Boy Minus Girl - Richard Allen
Destroy all Cars - Blake Nelson
Eternal - Cynthia Leitich Smith
Fade - Lisa McMann (sequel to Wake)

Fragile Eternity - Melissa Marr (sequel to Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange
Game - Walter Dean Myers
Graceling - Kristin Cashore
If I Stay - Gayle Forman
Nation - Terry Pratchett
Need - Carrie Jones
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith
Raven - Allison Van Diepen
Skeleton Creek - Patrick Carman


Sucks to be Me - Kimberly Pauley

Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
Wondrous Strange - Lesley Livingston

New Series books



Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series
Bk 1 - Eighth Grade Bites - Heather Brewer
Bk 2 - Ninth Grade Slays - Heather Brewer

Bk 3 "Mortal Instruments" series: City of Glass - Cassandra Clare

Bk 3 "Luxe" series - Envy - Anna Godbersen

Bk 1 "Gone" series - Gone - Michael Grant

The Secret Circle series
Vol 1 - Bk 1: The Initiation and Bk 2: The Captive Pt 1
Vol 2 - Bk 3: The Captive Pt 2 and Bk 4: The Power

New Nonfiction
Encyclopedia of the End - Deborah Noyes
Still I Rise - Roland Owen Laird
Wicked Intentions: the Sheila Labarre Story- Kevin Flynn

Monday, June 15, 2009

reminder - all materials due JUNE 17

Just a reminder to students that all books, flash drives, magazines, dvds and cds are due back to the Media Center by Wednesday, June 17.

Faculty and staff are reminded to return all Media Center materials no later than Wednesday, June 24.

Thanks and have a great summer!