July 31st, 2010

New Books

Here is a list of new books at the Library! They have been reccommended by either patrons, the librarians, or outside critics.

Alma the Younger

By H.B. Moore

Summary: 

The story of Alma the Younger who fought to destroy the Church of God, the Church his father served, but in an encounter with an angel was transformed by the Savior’s amazing grace.

 

Beatrice and Virgil

By Yann Martel

           Summary:

Henry, a writer, receives a curious letter from an elderly taxidermist who wants Henry to help him write a play about a donkey and a howler monkey–Beatrice and Virgil–but Henry feel increasingly uncomfortable as he learns more about the odd world of the taxidermist and his perilous plans for Beatrice and Virgil. 

Birthmarked

By Caragh M. O’Brien

Summary:

Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone, a midwife who dutifully delivers at least three babies a month and hands them over to the Enclave, a community within walls where the children are adopted and live with conveniences which are not available to the outside world, begins to question her loyalty to the group after her mother is brutally taken away from her by the people she serves.

Dark Fire

By Chris D’Lacey

Summary:

Bestselling author David Rain returns to help Lucy and the Pennykettle dragons try to find and destroy a drop of dark fire before it is discovered and used to birth a darkling, while in the Arctic, enshrouded in mist, hide dragons that have at last returned to Earth.

Deliver Us From Evil

By David Baldacci

Summary:

Operative A Shaw teams up with British vigilante Regina Campion to track down Evan Waller, who is plotting to sell nuclear weapons to Islamic fundamentalists, and as they try to stop Waller, Shaw and Regina find themselves falling for one another, which only makes their mission more dangerous as Waller makes Regina his next target.

Heart of the Matter

By Emily Giffen

Summary:

 Nick Russo, pediatric plastic surgeon and husband of Tessa, a stay-at-home mom, is called in to treat a six-year-old burn victim; but as he becomes involved in the case, he also finds himself attracted to the child’s mother, Valerie.

Kingdom Keepers III: Disney in Shadow

By Ridley Pearson

Summary:

The Kingdom Keepers, five teens who have been transformed into Holographic Hosts at Florida’s Disney World, mount a search for Wayne, their missing Imagineer mentor, and find themselves fighting for their lives in imaginary worlds that have become real.

Mockingjay

By Suzanne Collins

Summary:

Katniss Everdeen, having survived the Hunger Games twice, learns she and her family and friends are in danger because the Capitol holds her responsible for the unrest and races against time to protect those she cares about and the people of District 12.

The Monstrumologist

By Rick Yancey

Summary:

In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr. Warthrop, a scientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover and attempt to destroy a pod of Anthropophagi.

Trackers 

By Patrick Carmen

Summary:

Adam, Finn, Lewis, and Emily use their computer coding skills and high-tech equipment to catch criminals, but when they begin to track Shantorian, a dangerous hacker, things do not play out as easily as the four Trackers predict. Includes passwords for Web content.