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March 26, 2009
March 18, 2009
New Biographies for March 2009
Price, Sean Stewart. Henry VIII: Royal Beheader. YA B HEN
Price, Sean Stewart. Cixi: Evil Empress of China? YA B CIX
Brooks, Philip. Hannibal: Rome’s Worst Nightmare. YA B HAN
More New Fiction for March 2009
Dana, Barbara. A Voice of Her Own. YA/ DAN
A fictional tale follows what life was like for young Emily Dickinson growing up in mid-19th century New England and the challenges she faced with regard to making her own voice heard as the writer she was destined to become.
Fantaskey, Beth. Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. YA/ FAN
Seventeen-year-old Jessica, adopted and raised in Pennsylvania, learns that she is descended from a royal line of Romanian vampires and that she is betrothed to a vampire prince, who poses as a foreign exchange student while courting her.
Gilman, David. The Devil’s Breath. YA/ GIL
When fifteen-year-old Max Gordon's environmentalist-adventurer father goes missing while working in Namibia and Max becomes the target of a would-be assassin at his school in England, he decides he must follow his father to Africa and find him before they both are killed.
Hapka, Catherine. Something Borrowed. YA/ HAP
When Ava gets dumped by her boyfriend, she's pretty upset. He wasn't the love of her life or anything, but with her sister's wedding - a.k.a. the social event of the season - just two weeks away, Ava's got to save face by finding someone cute and fun to bring as her date. With the clock ticking and no dates in sight, Ava asks her best friend if she can "borrow" her boyfriend, Jason, for the night. What do you do when Mr. Right is wrapped up in a package that belongs to your best friend?
Myers, Walter Dean. Dope Sick. YA/ MYE
Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes awry and meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices.
Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl. YA/ SMI
Dreaming of being a pilot her whole life, Ida Mae Jones sees her chance during World War II, but she cannot be accepted into the WASP because she is black, forcing Ida Mae to choose between her racial heritage and chasing her dream.
March 11, 2009
New DVDs for March 2009
Aqua Teen Hunger Force 6. YA DVD FEA AQU
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New Fiction Books on CD March 2009
Brashares, Ann. 3 Willows. The Sisterhood Grows. YA/ F/ BRA/ CD BOOK
Ama, Jo, and Polly, three close friends from Bethesda, Maryland, spend the summer before ninth grade learning about themselves, their families, and the changing nature of their friendship.
Card, Orson Scott. A War of Gifts. YA/ F/CAR/ CD BOOK
In a short novel set during Ender Wiggins's first years at Battle School, where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays, chaos erupts when older student Dink Meeker places a gift in another student's shoe on Sinterklaaus Day, a small act of rebellion that ignites a struggle between the students and staff and forces everyone to make a choice during the War over Santa Claus.
New Music for March 2009
Butthole Surfers. Independent Worm Saloon. YA/ CD/ MUSIC? BUT
Beck. Modern Guilt. YA/ CD/ MUSIC/ BEC
Slipknot: Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses. YA/ CD/ MUSIC/ SLI
March 08, 2009
New Non-Fiction for March 2009
Farr, Michael and Lawrence Shatkin, Ph.D. Best Jobs for the 21st Century. YA/ 331.702/ BES
“Best Jobs” lists organized by earnings, education, interests, personality type, and self-employed and part-time work. Discover and compare the best careers.
Farr, Michael. Top 100 Careers Without a Four-Year Degree. YA/ 331.702/ TOP
Your complete guidebook to major jobs in many fields. Explore careers that don’t require a bachelor’s degree, assess which ones match your skills, and get the job you want quickly.
Halpin, Mikki.
All the issues you care about- and now you can do something about them. Shows you how to act on your beliefs, no matter what they are, and make a difference.
Burch, Jennings Micheal. They Cage the Animals at Night. YA/ 362.7/ BUR
The true story of an abandoned child’s struggle for emotional survival.
Doe, Jon & Jayne. Jon & Jayne’s Guide to Getting Through School (Mostly Intact). YA/ 373.18/ DOE
#3 in the Series. Their latest in dealing with the good, the bad, and the grungy- in the halls, the classrooms, the field, the lunchroom and everyplace in between. Covers all the best and worst in teachers, classes, homework, and studying.
The Best of Instructables. DIY Projects from the World’s Biggest Show and Tell. YA/600/ BES
120+ step-by-step instructions, photos, diagrams, tips and tricks on so much.
Marisa C. Weiss, M.D. and Isabel Friedman. Taking Care of Your “Girls”. YA/ 618.19/ WEI
A Breast health guide for girls, teens, and in-betweens. Covers a huge list of worries, misconceptions, feelings and emotions, and information.
Fagerstrom, Derek, Lauren Smith and the Show Me Team. Show Me How. YA/640/ FAG
500 things you should know. An illustrated, step-by-step guide to performing hundreds of tasks features minimal-text visual demonstrations of tasks ranging from everyday chores to unusual activities, including CPR, cheating at poker, and making authentic sushi rolls.
Leonetti, Mike. Hockey Now! YA/ 796.962/ LEO
The puck has dropped on the latest edition of Hockey Now! Over 75 informative, action-packed profiles on the NHL’s best and brightest stars, with more than 150 game-action photos.
Franco, Betsy. Falling Hard. 100 Love Poems by Teenagers. YA/ 811.6/ FAL
The poets are straight, gay, lesbian, bi, or transgender. They live next door or across an ocean; they are innocent or experienced; their lyric explorations range from new love to stale love, obsession to ennui, ecstasy to heartbreak, and every nuance in between. Whether the romantic escapades described are touching, comical, or tragic, whether the feelings expressed are tender and sweet or brutal and biting, readers will find the love these young poets openly share to be exquisitely, excruciatingly, endlessly fascinating.
Aronson, Marc. Unsettled: the problem of loving Israel. YA/ 956.94/ ARO
An exploration of the history of Israel, it's relationships with its neighboring countries, and questions about what Israel should be.
Kamara, Mariatu. The Bite of the Mango. YA/ 966.4/ KAM
Mariatu led a carefree childhood growing up in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Africa, until the fateful day she was sent to fetch food from a nearby village. Armed rebels attacked, many no older than 12 year old Mariatu herself. Among the horrors that occurred that day, the young rebels brutally cut off Mariatu’s hands. In The Bite of the Mango Mariatu shares her unforgettable story of immense courage, resilience, and hope.
