Today's new books

New in the CMC today:

From the Check It Out! series of science-related books for young readers:

Materials - Clint Twist
Find out how materials are alike and different, the places they come from, and the many ways we use them every day.





Light and Sound - Clint Twist
Examines facts about different kinds of energy.






Electricity - Clint Twist
Learn all the ways that electricity is used today.






The Somebodies - N.E. Bode
Continuing her magical adventures, Fern travels with Howard to an underground city to save the Anybodies from the horrible Blue Queen, who sucks the souls out of books.

Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself - Kris Bordessa
Introduction to U.S. history of the Colonial period, with projects to help readers in their understanding.

Dairy Queen: A Novel - Catherine Gilbert Murdock
After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.

Incantation - Alice Hoffman
During the Spanish Inquisition, sixteen-year-old Estrella, brought up a Catholic, discovers her family's true Jewish identity, and when their secret is betrayed by Estrella's best friend, the consequences are tragic.

Enna Burning - Shannon Hale
Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and her loved ones in grave danger. Enna and Princess Isi became fast friends in The Goose Girl, but after Isi married Prince Geric, Enna returned to the forest. Enna's simple life changes forever when she learns to wield fire and burn anything at will. Enna is convinced that she can use her ability for good-to fight Tira, the kingdom threatening the Bayern borders-and goes on secret raids to set fire to the Tiran camps and villages. But as the power of the fire grows stronger, she is less able to control her need to burn. In her recklessness she is captured by the Tiran army and held captive by a handsome, manipulative young captain who drugs her to keep her under his influence.

The Green Glass Sea - Ellen Klages
It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father--but no one will tell her exactly where he is. When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he's working on a top secret government program.

The Braid - Helen Frost
Two Scottish sisters, living on the western island of Barra in the 1850s, relate, in alternate voices and linked narrative poems, their experiences after their family is forcible evicted and separated with one sister accompanying their parents and younger siblings to Cape Breton, Canada, and the other staying behind with other family on the small island of Mingulay.

And, two more books for the Big Book collection:

Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? - Martin Waddell
When bedtime comes Little Bear is afraid of the dark, until Big Bear brings him lights and love.

Polar Bear, Polar, What Do You Hear? - Bill Martin
Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper.