Books on My Desk

New Arrivals Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You!

The Technical Services Department (which handles book orders for the library) has been busy! I can barely see the surface of my desk. There are piles 'o books everywhere ready to be added to the library catalog. I have been processing oodles of kids and YA books. Here are some teen titles headed to the 'NEW' shelf in the Young Adult room.


Honey Bees: Letters from the hive, a history of bees and honey
by Stephen Buchmann
Y 368.1 BUCHMAN
"Since prehistoric times, we humans have felt a mysterious and enduring connection to these fascinating insects and the food they produce. We have endowed bees with magical properties, attributed to them surprising healing and cleansing powers, and seen in them meaningful symbols representing some of our most profoundly held beliefs." -publisher


The Cardturner: A novel about a King, A Queen, and a Joker
by Louis Sachar
Y SACHAR
"When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge." -publisher


Fire Will Fall
by Carol Plum-Ucci
Y PLUMUCC
"Bioterrorists watch and wait--ready to fuel another nightmare.
Moved to a mansion in the South Jersey Pine Barrens, four teenagers trying to recover from being poisoned by terrorists, struggle with health issues, personal demons, and supernatural events, as operatives try to track down the terror cell." -publisher

Fire Will Fall picks up where Stream of Babel [Y PLUMUCC] ended


The Enemy
by Charlie Higson
Y HIGSON
"After a disease turns everyone over sixteen into brainless, decomposing, flesh-eating creatures, a group of teenagers leave their shelter and set out of a harrowing journey across London to the safe haven of Buckingham Palace." -publisher


Super Human
by Michael Carroll
Y CARROLL
"A ragtag group of young superheroes takes on a powerful warrior who is transported from 4,000 years in the past to enslave the modern world." -publisher