New Materials Received March 2010

Religion Social Sciences Science Literature Biography Reference

Professional Books on CD DVDs YA Fiction MS Fiction

Nonfiction

Call Number	Author	Title	Notes
294.6 P42		Pearls of Sikhism
294.6 S54		Sikh religion
378.198 R66	Rooney, John J.	Preparing for college
541.361 R52	Richardson, Gillian	Kaboom! Explosions of all kinds	Middle School Nonfiction.
813.4 C56aZYd	Dyer, Joyce	Awakening: a novel of beginnings
813.54 H44cZYp	Potts, Stephen	Catch-22: antiheroic antinovel
813.54 L43tZYj	Johnson, Claudia Durst	To kill a mockingbird: threatening boundaries	Literary criticism.
813.54 L43tZYm		Racism in Harper Lee's To kill a mockingbird
813.54 M93ZYm	Marler, Myrna Dee	Walter Dean Myers	Literary criticism.
883.01 A43	Alexander, Caroline	War that killed Achilles
B Dar	Heiligman, Deborah	Charles and Emma: Darwins' leap of faith	A biography of English naturalist Charles Darwin that provides an account of the personality behind evolutionary theory and the affect of his work on his personal life, such as his relationship with his religious wife.
B Ste	Arnold, Ann	Sea cows, shamans, and scurvy	Chronicles Georg Wilhelm Steller's experiences sailing from Avacha Bay in Siberia in search of the northwest coast of America.
B Swo	Schweitzer, Karen	Sheryl Swoopes	Middle School Nonfiction.
CD J-F Arm	Armstrong, William	Sounder	Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
CD J-F Sel	Selden, George	Cricket in Times Square	The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.
DVD 463 Gra		Grandfather, The	When his son's death brings old Count Albrit home to Spain, he meets his 2 charming granddaughters. But one is not his son's daughter, and not his true heir. The Count sets out to discover which one is worthy of his love and name.
DVD 664 Foo		Food, Inc.	Explores how large corporations and government agencies control agriculture and food processing, and how those practices affect human, environmental, and economic health.
DVD 973.931 Bus		Bush's war	Frontline. PBS.
DVD 973.931 Roa		Road to 9/11	Since September 11, 2001, Americans have wondered how their nation had become such an anathema in the Muslim world. View a detailed look at the forces that have shaped the Middle East to give an understanding of the current crisis.
DVD F Bea		Beauty and the beast	Disney special edition.

Pro 371.33 C73	Crane, Beverley	Using web 2.0 tools in the classroom	Professional Collection.
Ref 292.13 R65	Roman, Luke	Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology
Ref 363.73874 S82 2010		State of the world 2010: transforming cultures: from consumerism to sustainability
Ref 791.430973 E23	Eagan, Daniel	America's film legacy: the authoritative guide to the landmark movies in the National Film Registry

Fiction

Call Number	Author	Title	Notes
J-F 39	Lerangis, Peter	Viper's nest: 39 clues book seven	Amy and Dan travel to a distant land to follow in the footsteps of their most formidable ancestor yet, a military leader who teaches them the art of ancient warfare.
J-F Bat	Bateson, Catherine	Magenta McPhee	Thinking her father needs a new interest in his life after he is laid-off of work, teenaged Magenta, who envisions herself as a future fantasy author, decides to dabble in matchmaking which brings unexpected results.
J-F Fun	Funke, Cornelia	Igraine the brave	The daughter of two magicians, Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight; and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
J-F Hal	Hale, Shannon	Calamity Jack	In this graphic novel of "Jack and the beanstalk," Jack is a born schemer who climbs a magical beanstalk in the hope of exacting justice from a mean giant and gaining a fortune for his widowed mother, aided by some friends.
J-F Hun	Hunter, Erin	Forest of secrets: warriors series	The warrior cat Fireheart's determination to uncover the truth about another warrior's death leads him deep into danger, and reveals secrets that test the strength of clan loyalties.
J-F Mul	Mull, Brandon	Candy shop war	When fifth-graders Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon meet the owner of the new candy store in town and are given a magical candy that endows them with super powers, they find that along with its benefits there are also dangerous consequences.
J-F Nix	Nix, Garth	Superior Saturday: Keys to the kingdom series	Even as he grows stronger and closer to discovering the secret of his identity, Arthur must face further dangers and conflicts as he struggles to attain the Sixth Key from the powerful Saturday.
J-F Phi	Philbin, Joanna	Daughters, The	In NYC, three 14-yr-old daughters of celebrities watch out for each other as they try to balance ordinary high school events, such as dances, and family functions like walking the red carpet with their famous parents.
J-F Sim	Simcox, Victoria	Magic warble	Kristina gets an unusual Xmas gift and is transported to the magical land of Bernovem, where she is "the chosen one" of the dwarfs and fairies and must place the gift in its final resting place in order to save the kingdom from the evil Queen.
J-F Wil	Wilson, N.D.	100 cupboards	Twelve-year-old Henry York and his cousin Henrietta discover 100 hidden portals to other worlds in the bedroom wall of his aunt and uncle's house.

YA-F Bro	Brooks, Martha	Mistik Lake	After Odella's mother leaves her, her sisters, and their father in Manitoba and moves to Iceland with another man, she then dies there, and the family finally learns some of the many secrets that have haunted them for two generations.
YA-F Car	Carbone, Elisa	Jump	Two teenaged runaways meet at a climbing gym and together embark on a dangerous and revealing journey.
YA-F Coo	Cooney, Caroline	Enter three witches	After her father is killed for being a traitor, fourteen-year-old Lady Mary, who is a ward of Lord and Lady Macbeth, is sent to the scullery, where she works as a maid and uncovers the couple's secret plans. Includes lines from Shakespeare's play.
YA-F Fan	Fantaskey, Beth	Jekel loves Hyde	As seventeen-year-old Jill Jekel and classmate Tristen Hyde work together on a chemistry project, hoping to win a scholarship for her and a cure for his curse, they also uncover family secrets and a chemistry of their own.
YA-F Fan	Fantaskey, Beth	Jessica's guide to dating on the dark side	Jessica, adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses as a foreign exchange student while courting her.
YA-F Fra	Franklin, Emily and Brendan Halpin	Half-life of planets	Liana is a girl with a reputation: she loves to kiss. She's also an apsiring planetary scientist. Hank is a boy with Asperger's syndrome. He's funny--sometimes without intending to be--and more than a little awkward.
YA-F Goi	Going, K.L.	King of the screwups	Liam Geller is popular but can't seem to do anything right in the eyes of his father; so he goes to live with his homosexual, rocker uncle who helps him to understand that there is much more to him than his father will ever see.
YA-F Haw	Hawkins, Rachel	Hex Hall	When Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, she is exiled to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.
YA-F Hil	Hill, Bonnie	Taurus eyes	Logan McRae is spending her summer at the camp of her dreams--thanks to her discovery of a special book called 'Fearless Astrology.' Far away from home and her friends, she now has a new set of challenges.
YA-F Ing	Ingold, Jeanette	Paper daughter	When her father, a respected journalist in Seattle, is killed in a hit-and-run accident, Maggie Chen, a high school intern at her father's newspaper, searches for clues to the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death.
YA-F Mar	Marr, Melissa	Wicked lovely	Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see fairies, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle by Keenan, the terrifying but alluring Summer King, who determines that she must become his queen and save summer from perishing.
YA-F Mey	Meyer, Carolyn	Bad queen	In 18th-c France, Marie Antoinette rails against the etiquette that governs her life even as she tries to fulfill her greatest obligation, giving birth to the next king, but she finds diversion in spending money on clothing, parties, and gambling.
YA-F Res	Resau, Laura	Red glass	Sophie has been frail since her premature birth, but finds her true strength during a trip through Mexico, where the orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother.
YA-F Spr	Springer, Nancy	Possessing Jessie	Jessie, blaming herself for her selfish, manipulative brother Jason's death, tries to comfort her mother by dressing and talking like him, but soon his spirit is taking over her life, while Jessie's best friend desperately tries to save her.
YA-F Zie	Ziegler, Jennifer	How not to be popular	Sugar Magnolia Dempsey is tired of leaving friends behind every time her hippie parents decide to move, but her plan to be unpopular at her new Texas school backfires when other students join her on the path to "supreme dorkdom."

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