Arch Enemy
From the Publisher: Discover the fate of Wonderland- and imagination itself- in this riveting conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy. The Heart Crystal's power has been depleted, and Imagination along with it. The people of Wonderland have all lost their creative drive, and most alarmingly, even Queen Alyss is without her powers. There […]
Flavia and the Dream Maker
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library in memory of Thomas Haggard (1968-1989) by Bethany Stevens. Children's Literature: Flavia lives with her grandmother, mother, little brother, and Uncle Jack. We share her search to be different–her yearning for another name, house, and street. Uncle Jack, who seems like big brother to her, gives her his secret […]
The Life and Times of Corn
Kirkus Reviews: Micucci, who has closely examined the apple, the peanut, the honeybee and most recently the ant (The Life and Times of the Ant, 2003, etc.), now turns to the largest crop in America-corn. Who knew those little kernels contained so much history and lore? In a conversational and lively narrative, the author follows […]
Syren
From the Publisher: In this fifth book in the Magykal series, Septimus ends up on a captivatingly beautiful island, one of seven set in a sparkling sea. He's stranded there with his badly injured dragon, Spit Fyre, along with Jenna and Beetle. There are some strange things about the island, including a Magykal girl named […]
Judy Moody Goes to College
Children's Literature: Get ready for a wild and wooly read with this hilarious chapter book from the "Judy Moody" series. In this fast paced book, Judy's school time does not go as well as it should when her class gets a substitute teacher. Ultimately, the substitute convinces Judy's parents that Judy needs help with math. […]
Clash of the Demons
"A gleefully chilling, eerily familiar tale that will leave readers whistling nervously in the graveyard while eagerly awaiting the next installment." (Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books)
Crazy Beautiful
Kirkus Reviews: Lucius Wolfe and Aurora Belle are both new in school, but their situations couldn't be more different. Aurora is instantly popular. Lucius, on the other hand, is an antisocial double amputee with hooks for prosthetics-to replace the hands he blew off in a reckless chemical accident. While Lucius makes only enemies among the […]
Science Warriors : the Battle Against Invasive Species
Children's Literature: This successful author of more than fifty books about various fields of science has written a book to heighten awareness of the many dangers to our earth from invasive species of plants and animals. The four covered are zebra mussels, brown tree snakes, red fire ants, and melaleuca trees. None of these are […]
Life In the Boreal Forest
School Library Journal Gr 3?5?A vast, yet endangered, ecosystem flourishes in this slim, elegant pictorial book. Spirin's dramatic, realistic illustrations spill over the pages, compressing Guiberson's lyrical text into bamboo-toned columns on the side. Exploding with the sounds of the boreal forest (in spring, a Tennessee warbler sings "tika tika swee swee!" while a moose […]
Catching Fire
School Library Journal: Gr 7 Up?Every year in Panem, the dystopic nation that exists where the U.S. used to be, the Capitol holds a televised tournament in which two teen "tributes" from each of the surrounding districts fight a gruesome battle to the death. In The Hunger Games (Scholastic, 2008), Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, […]