New Nonfiction

Animal Tracks and Signs - Jinny Johnson

Presents an illustrated guide to how to interpret tracks and sign from over four hundred animals, covering droppings and pellets, dens, nests, and other indications of behavior, with diagrams and information on different animals' range, habitat, and food.

The Big Burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America - Timothy Eagan

Describes a forest fire that erupted in August of 1910 in the Bitterroot Mountains along the Idaho-Montana border, discussing efforts to combat it and how the actions of individuals fighting the fires had a positive influence on popular opinion about Teddy Roosevelt's notion of conservation.

Cool Stuff Exploded: Get Inside Modern Technology - Chris Woodford

Presents a piece-by-piece breakdown of everyday electronic objects to describe how they work, including cell phones, computers, and cars.

Einstein Adds a New Dimension - Joy Hakim

Narrative text explores scientific discoveries made from the late nineteenth century through the early twenty-first, discussing Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Marie Curie, the theory of relativity, nuclear physics, and much more. Includes sidebars, charts, maps, diagrams, and suggestions for further reading.

The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Rain Forests - Ian McAllister

Text and over one hundred photos examine the way of life of wolves on Canada's North Pacific coast, exploring their unique traits.

The New Encyclopedia of Snakes - Christopher Mattison

A comprehensive guide to the snakes of the world that discusses their natural history; interactions with one another, other animals, and humans; biology; morphology and function; behaviors; and classification; and includes a list of every family and genus as well as approximately two hundred color photographs.

Oceans - Trevor Day

Provides biological, climatic, economic, geographical, geological, and historical perspectives on ocean environments, and explains how the ecosystems came to be, how they have changed throughout history, and how they have been affected by human activity.

One Giant Leap:  Apollo 11 Remembered - Piers Bizony

Presents a comprehensive history of Apollo 11 and the first moon landing in July 1969, and features images of significant moments, along with quotations and essays that examine the cultural and emotional impact of Apollo on twenty-first century society.

New Graphic Novels

The Dreamland Chronicles Book One - Scott Christian Sava

Alexander Carter, after finding a key that transports him to the land of childhood dreams, enters Dreamland every night to discover dragons, fairies, and giants and save Dreamland from the realm of nightmares with his friends Paddington, Kiwi, and Nastajia.

Bleach Volume 1- Tite Kubo

Ichigo Kurosaki has the ability to see restless spirits, and his talent leads him to Rukia, whose job as a Soul Reaper is to destroy the soul-eating Hollows and send them to the Soul Society by using a special sword.

The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M - Frank Beddor

By order of Queen Genevieve, Hatter Madigan, the Royal bodyguard, flees Wonderland with the princess, Alyss Heart, but when he loses Alyss in an alternate reality he embarks on a thirteen year quest to rescue her, and bring her back to the Wonderland realm.

Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition Vol. 2 - Natsuki Takaya

Presents volumes three and four of "Fruits Basket", in which the Sohmas family celebrate Valentine's Day and navigate the ins and outs of falling in love.

YuYu Hakusho: Goodbye Material World -  Yoshihiro Togashi

Fourteen-year-old Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who's one selfless act gets him killed, has been given a second chance and now he is a ghost on a mission to perform good deeds.

New Realistic Fiction

Blue Plate Special - Michelle Kwasney

Three young women, Madeline, Desiree, and Ariel, who live in separate decades, struggle with similar issues regarding family, men, self-respect, empathy, and forgiveness.

Chasing Brooklyn - Lisa Schroeder

As teenagers Brooklyn and Nico work to help each other recover from the deaths of Brooklyn's boyfriend--Nico's brother Lucca--and their friend Gabe, the two begin to rediscover their passion for life, and a newly blossoming passion for one another.

Riker's High - Paul Volponi

Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island while waiting for his case to go to court.

Skate - Michael Harmon

Facing a disintegrating home life and trouble at school, teenager Ian McDermott runs away with his younger brother to Washington State in search of safety, justice, and their long-absent father.

New Fantasy Fiction

Ballad - Maggie Stiefvater

When music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deidre, join a private conservatory for musicians, his talents attract Nuala, a faerie muse who fosters and feeds on creative energies, but soon he finds himself battling the Queen of the Fey for the very lives of Deidre and Nuala.

Dragonfly - Julia Golding

When Tashi, the rigidly formal sixteen-year-old Fourth Crown Princess of the Blue Crescent Islands, reluctantly weds roguish eighteen-year-old Prince Ramil of Gerfal, their religious, cultural, and personal differences threaten to end their political alliance and put both countries at the mercy of a fearsome warlord.

Girl With the Mermaid Hair - Delia Ephron

Sukie Jamieson is obsessed with her own beauty and perfection, until her mother gives her an exquisite full-length mirror that has been passed down through their family and shows both outer beauty and the ugliness within.

The Magician of Hoad - Margaret Mahy

A young farm boy who possesses mysterious powers is chosen by the king to be the court's royal magician.