New Books @theLibrary
November 2018
We are getting new books @theLibrary all the time! If these new titles are checked out, please put them on hold using our catalog. If you have questions, please ask! We love to help @theLibrary!
All Summer Long, by Hope Larson GRAPHIC NOVEL. Realistic Fiction. "Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's been acting kind of weird lately anyway. So it's up Bina to see how much fun she can have on her own..."250L. | Big Bad Ironclad, by Nathan HaleGRAPHIC NOVEL. Non-fiction. What do you now about the Civil War? "This covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War... this book is filled with surprisingly true facts and funny, brave characters that modern readers will easily relate to." 280L | Black Panther, by Ta-Nehisi Coates GRAPHIC NOVEL. Superhero. "When a superhuman terrorist group called "The People" sparks a violent uprising, the land of Wakanda, famed for its incredible technology and proud warrior traditions, will be thrown into turmoil; but can its king, the Black Panther, save it from this fate?" |
All Summer Long, by Hope Larson
Big Bad Ironclad, by Nathan Hale
GRAPHIC NOVEL. Non-fiction. What do you now about the Civil War? "This covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War... this book is filled with surprisingly true facts and funny, brave characters that modern readers will easily relate to." 280L
Black Panther, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Children of Blood and Bone by T. Adeyemi FANTASY. How does one resist the government? "Seventeen-year-old Zâelie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy." 670L | A Face Like Glass by Frances HardingeFANTASY. What if emotions were a matter of life or death? "When Neverfell, who has no memory, arrives in Caverna, her facial expressions make her very dangerous to the people who live with blank faces or pay dearly to learn to simulate emotions." 920L | May B by Caroline Starr Rose HISTORICAL FICTION. Novel in verse. Survival. Could you survive when abandoned on the prarie with winter approaching? "When a failed wheat crop nearly bankrupts the Betterly family, Pa pulls twelve-year-old May from school and hires her out to a couple new to the Kansas frontier." 680L |
Children of Blood and Bone by T. Adeyemi
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
FANTASY. What if emotions were a matter of life or death? "When Neverfell, who has no memory, arrives in Caverna, her facial expressions make her very dangerous to the people who live with blank faces or pay dearly to learn to simulate emotions." 920L
May B by Caroline Starr Rose
PS. I Still Love You by Jenny Han ROMANCE. Sequel To All the Boys I've Loved Before "Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren't. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean's feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?" 640L | Invisible Emmie by Terri LibensonREALISTIC FICTION. "Crushes. Humiliation. Drama. Middle school. This is the story of two totally different girls--quiet, shy, artistic Emmie and popular, outgoing, athletic Katie--and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day, when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands" 640L. | I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly GRAPHIC NOVEL. "Fifth grader Barbara Thorson has a sharp tongue, no friends, and says she is a giant killer. It is her way of dealing with the problems in her life, particularly her mother's terminal cancer, but her insistence that the giants are coming threatens the relationships she has wanted for so long." Watch the movie, too! |
PS. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
Invisible Emmie by Terri Libenson
REALISTIC FICTION. "Crushes. Humiliation. Drama. Middle school. This is the story of two totally different girls--quiet, shy, artistic Emmie and popular, outgoing, athletic Katie--and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day, when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands" 640L.