- The Night Gardener (Grades 4 and up) byJonathan Auxier
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Call Number: FIC AUX
ISBN: 141971144X
Publication Date: 2014-05-20
Irish orphans, Molly and Kip, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be. Soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
Genre: Suspense
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El Deafo (Grades 4 and up) by Cece Bell
Call Number: 741.5 BEL
ISBN: 9781419712173
Publication Date: 2014-09-02
All the other students at Cece's old school were deaf and didn't care about her Phonic Ear. At her new school, the device she needs seems to be repelling the one thing she really wants: a friend. This graphic novel chronicles the author's experience with hearing loss.
Genre: Graphic Novel Memoir
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Kinda Like Brothers (Grades 5 and up) by Coe Booth
Call Number: FIC BOO
ISBN: 0545224969
Publication Date: 2014-08-26
Jarrett's life is disrupted when his mom takes in a 12-year-old foster child. Jarrett's summer at the Youth Center is also being ruined by the foster
"brother" who seems to excel in everything. The friction between the boys escalates and threatens both of them as they grow to understand the other's pain.
Genre: Fiction
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The Map Trap (Grade 3 and up)by Andrew Clements
Call Number: FIC CLE
ISBN: 141699727X
Publication Date: 2014-07-22
According to map obsessed Alton Ziegler, maps can be used to chart human behavior, effects of cafeteria food, clothing choices, and cliques.But Alton finds himself in uncharted territory when one of his “secret” maps is stolen and he has to discover how to undo the potential damage to his middle school reputation.
Genre: Fiction
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Mr. Ferris and His Wheel byKathryn Gibbs Davis
Call Number: 791.06 DAV
ISBN: 9780547959221
Publication Date: 2014-09-02
This fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world's most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel.
Genre: Nonfiction
Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold (Grades 3 and up) by Joyce Sidman
Call Number: 911 SID
ISBN: 9780547906508
Publication Date: 2014-11-04
Animals have different ways of coping with the winter. Along with great illustrations, this book of poems will teach you how different animals and plants survive in the winter.
Genre: Poetry