November 2008
Here is a list of some of our new arrivals!
Car Science: Diagrams, cutaways, computer graphics, and text offer an illustrated examination of how cars work
The Explorer’s Gazette: Explore new lands and oceans, daring flights, and deep water dives with history's most important explorers.
The Making of America: An illustrated history of the United States, from just before the arrival of Europeans through the early twenty-first century, grouped in eight time periods, each with profiles of people who had a significant influence on the age, and including photographs, maps, illustrations, time lines, and a selection of historical documents.
Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster: A collection of cartoons from the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes."
The Encyclopedia of Immaturity: The Encyclopedia of Immaturity speaks directly to this subject, offering hundreds of games, tricks, tips, facts and activities.
Ripley’s Believe it or Not: special edition: A collection of strange and unusual feats from "Ripley's Believe it or Not," and includes facts about a man who eats everything--including airplanes--raining shrimp, and other seemingly unbelievable things.
Math Doesn’t Suck: Actress and math theorem coauthor Danica McKellar teaches math concepts introduced in middle school, the period when many young girls lose interest in math, using entertaining examples.
The Hunger Games: In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
People of the Book: Rare book expert Hanna Heath discovers a number of tiny artifacts hidden within the binding of a fifteenth-century Hebrew manuscript and begins to unravel the mysteries behind its past.
The Key to Rondo: Through an heirloom music box, Leo, a serious, responsible boy, and his badly-behaved cousin Mimi enter the magical world of Rondo to rescue Mimi's dog from a sorceress, who wishes to exchange him for the key that allows free travel between worlds.
Secrets of my Hollywood Life: on location: Life is good for Hollywood princess Kaitlin Burke, ready to star in a movie by her favorite director, but an old love and a scheming new publicist complicate her already hectic existence.
Fire Star: David Rain is faced with the most perilous task yet when Gwilanna returns, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar, unless David and her friends can stop her.
The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney: While spending the summer with her grandmother, Devon met Lexi, whom she lied to by saying she was popular and had a boyfriend; now her new friend attends her school and Devon must try to cover up her untruths.
No More Dead Dogs: Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Iron Man: iron armory: The Armored Avenger uses all of his powerful weapons to battle evil villains, including the Technopirates and the Living Laser.
Spider-Man: fiercest foes: Spider-Man takes on Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, and Venom, and Harry Osborn decides whether to put on the costume of the Goblin.
Mother, Please Don’t Die: Thirteen-year-old tomboy Megan McCaffery is just beginning to enjoy growing up when her mother is diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, turning Megan's life upside down.
Iron Thunder: the battle between the monitor & the Merrimac: Thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll takes his place as head of the family after his father dies fighting for the Union; but his job at the local ironworks, where he helps build an iron ship for the Union army, and his loyalty come into question when he is approached by Confederate spies to sell secrets about the ship to the South.
Zoey Dean’s Talent: Eighth-grader Kristy Armstrong decides to make her mark at clique-ruled Bel Air Middle School by following in her top talent agent-mother's footsteps and catapulting a new student into stardom, which jeopardizes her relationships with best friends Marisol and Dee.
The Final Warning: While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, the Uber-Director, who wants to auction them off to the highest bidder.
Playing for Pizza: After losing an important game for his team, NFL backup quarterback Rick Dockery is fired, but his agent finds him an opportunity to play for the Panthers of Parma, and even though he has never been to Europe, he moves to Italy hoping for a second chance.
Marley: a dog like no other: Follows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever that gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures.
The Night I Disappeared: Since moving to Chicago, seventeen-year-old Jamie Tessman has been plagued by mind-slips and vivid daydreams about her best friend Webb. When her daydreams begin blocking out reality, her mother, and her new friend Morgan see that she gets help from Morgan's psychiatrist aunt.
Nights in Rodanthe: Adrienne Willis, abandoned by her husband, flees to Rodanthe, North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn, where she meets Paul Flanner, a doctor who has just sold his practice, and together, with a storm rolling in, they discover a new love.