New Fiction on CD for January 2008
Bray, Libba. A Great and Terrible Beauty. YA/ F/ BRA/ CD BOOK
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
Meyer, Stephenie. Eclipse. YA/ F/ MEY/ CD BOOK
The much anticipated third book in Meyer's vampire romance series finds Bella once again surrounded by danger when Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings.
Portman, Frank. King Dork. YA/ F/ POR/ CD BOOK
High school loser Tom Henderson discovers that The Catcher in the Rye may hold the clues to the many mysteries in his life.
Pullman, Phillip. The Golden Compass. YA/ F/ PUL/ CD BOOK
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming subjects of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Spinelli, Jerry. Love, Stargirl. YA/ F/ SPI/ CD BOOK
Stargirl is back! The companion to the acclaimed bestseller allows us to see, at last, inside the mind fo this mysterious girl.
Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild. YA/ 917.98/ KRA/ CD BOOK
Tells the story of Chris Mccandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later; and attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.
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