NEW ARRIVALS

AUDIO BOOKS

"Museum of Thieves" by Lian Tanner -  "The children of Jewel are well protected. Each wears a silver guard chain that links them to their parents or the Blessed Guardians. Goldie Roth sometimes also wears the brass punishment chain for her willfulness in both action and attitude. On the day of her separation ceremony, ...all hell breaks loose....(Goldie) winds up at a mysterious museum, where she learns that she may have an important part in saving her city and the danger coming at it from many sides. Easy to read, with plenty of action and strange events..." - Booklist

YOUNG ADULT

"You Killed Wesley Payne" by Sean Beaudoin - "This smart, slick, and hilarious detective novel..evokes the distinctive voices of legendary crime noir authors Dashiell Hammett and Jim Thompson. It'll tease you, please you, and never leave you. Actually that's not true. It's only a book. One that's going to suck you in, spit you out, and make you shake hands with the devil. Probably." --inside front cover



JUVENILE FICTION

'Heart of a Samurai" by Margi Preus - "A Japanese teenager living in the mid-19th century bridges two worlds in this stunning debut novel based on true events. Preus places readers in the young man's shoes, whether he is on a ship or in a Japanese prison. Her deftness in writing is evident..characters gain sympathy from readers as their backgrounds are revealed...beautifully articulated"--School Library Journal, starred review

"Killer Pizza" by Greg Taylor - "Taylor delivers some fun, frightful fare in this high-concept novel. Fourteen-year-old Toby Magill...gets a summer job flipping dough at Killer Pizza...the teens discover that the establishment is actually a front for a secret-monster-hunting organization, they are the newest recruits...The author's screenwriting background is evident in the plotting of the nonstop action sequences that lead up to the satisfying conclusion."-- School Library Journal

"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams- Garcia - "Rita Williams-Garcia's One Crazy Summer absolutely blew me away. What an amazing and beautifully written story. I find myself still thinking about Delphine, Vonetta and Fern and all the many other people Rita brought to life. Rita took me right into the world of the Black Panthers and Oakland in the 1960s. This novel is just glorious."--Jacqueline Woodson, author of After Tupac & D Foster

JUVENILE NON-FICTION

 "Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night" by Joyce Sidman - "this picture book combines lyrical poetry and compelling art with science concepts. Here, poems about the woods at night reveal biology facts that are explained in long notes on each double-page spread...explains his elaborate, linoleum-block printmaking technique, and each atmospheric image shows the creatures and the dense, dark forest with astonishing clarity."--Booklist


PICTURE BOOKS


"The Invisible Man" by Arthur Yorinks


"Interrupting Chicken" by David Ezra Stein


"Rhyming Dust Bunnies" by Jan Thomas


"A Sick Day for Amos McGee" by Philip C. Stead


"Zero" by Kathryn Otoshi