New books

The following new trade books have been added:

Children's Books

American Moments – Robert Burleigh (973 B961A)
And Then It Rained…and Then the Sun Came Out – Crescent Dragonwagon (813.69 D759A
Madlenka’s Dog – Peter Sis (813.69 S622M)
The Mission of Addition – Brian P. Cleary (513.211 C623M)
Nicaragua – Adriana Dominguez (972.85 D671N)
Pakistan – Kathleen W. Deady (954.91 D278P)
Sing-Along Song – JoAnn Early Macken (813.7 M155S)
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems – Joyce Sidman (811.7 S568S)
Teeth, Tails, & Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book – Christopher Wormell (513.211 W928T)
Thanksgiving Is… - Gail Gibbons (394.2649 G441T)
Wiggle – Doreen Cronin (813.69 C947W)

Young Adult Books

Catalogue of the Universe – Margaret Mahy (823.92 M216C)
Determined to satisfy her curiosity about her unknown father, eighteen-year-old Angela May embarks on an emotional journey that shapes and forever alters the way she looks at herself, her unconventional mother, and her devoted friend Tych.

Eldest – Christopher Paolini (813.7 P211E2)
After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire. Sequel to Eragon.

Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth – James Giblin (792.028 B725G)
Most people know the name John Wilkes Booth, but few likely have heard of his elder brother Edwin. Find out about the brothers through first-hand accounts. Learn how alike and how different they were, and how each made a lasting impression on American history.

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow – Susan Campbell Bartoletti (943.086 B292H)
The story of a generation of German young people who devoted all their energy to the Hitler Youth and the propaganda that brought Hitler his power, and the youths that resisted the Nazi movement. "I begin with the young. We older ones are used up. But my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What material! With them, I can create a new world."-Adolf Hitler, Nuremberg,1933. By the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 3.5 million children belonged to the Hitler Youth. It would become the largest youth group in history. Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members.

Invisible Allies – Jeanette Farrell (579 F245I)
Usually, microbes are equated with disease, but in fact most microbes are actually our allies. Learn how the microbes that are everywhere around us help us to survive every day.

A Nation Torn – Delia Ray (973.7 R263N)
Nonfiction book about the American Civil War.

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy – Jeanne Birdsall (813.7 B618P)
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

Sleeping Freshman Never Lie – David Lubar (813.7 L926S)
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.

A Thief in the House of Memory – Tim Wynne-Jones (813.69 W989T)
The death of an apparent stranger in the Steeple family's old home triggers troubling questions for sixteen-year-old Declan as he tries to make sense of his fragmented dreams, random memories, and unexplained coincidences, hoping to learn the truth about the mother who suddenly left when he was ten