As
we begin this new calendar year, the IMC repeats a special display of
books recently added to the collection. While there is an ongoing
display area for new books, often those books are pushed out by even
newer books too soon for everyone to get a chance to see them. So the area on top of the middle fiction bookcase now
shows a collection of new fiction and nonfiction that we would like
you to another look at. Among the fiction books displayed are: The
Auslander, by Paul Dowswell, a story from World War II Germany about
Peter, an Polish orphan, who looks German and is taken for a special
program where he is adopted by an important German family AND The
Seer a Shadows, by Avi, a strange and spooky story about Enoch, a
photographer's apprentice in 1872 New York City, who helps his master
fake photographic portraits of recently deceased people until Enoch
finds that he really can take photos of the dead AND Runaway Twin, by
Peg Kehret, a story about an orphan Sunny who decides to try to find
her long-lost twin in a cross-country adventure involving an
abandoned dog, bullies, and a dangerous tornado.
Some
of the no-fiction titles include: Secret Subway; the Fascinating Tale
of an Amazing Feat of Engineering, by Martin W. Sandler AND Mighty
Robots; Mechanical Marvels That Fascinate and Frighten, by David
Jones AND The Prairie Builders; Reconstructong America's Lost
Grasslands, by Sneed B. Collard III. Come to this special display and
see what treasures you can find!
This
week I am reading two fascinating books. From the IMC collection I
finally found time to read Joseph Bruchac's Dragon Castle. While
Bruchac is known for his Native American novels, this book takes
place in an unnamed Slovakian country and tells two stories. One
story seems to take place in the Middle Ages where Prince Rasko's
parents disappear and an enemy army appears at the castle's gates. In
alternating chapters we read the story of Rashko's ancestor who
escaped when a conquering army destroyed the castle and killed all
the inhabitants except for Pavol. Pavol goes on to become a folk hero
and he may have discovered the secret that Rashko needs to save his
people in his time.
Brand
new to the IMC collection is Annabel Monaghan's A Girl Named Digit.
"Digit" is Farrah Higgins's nickname because she's good
with numbers. No, she's great with numbers. She see patterns in
numbers which drives her classmates nuts. One day while watching
television with some friends she notices a series of numbers at the
bottom of the TV screen. Similar numbers appear over the next two
weeks leading Digit to analyze a possible meaning. Could these
numbers be part of a terrorist plot and is Digit the only one who
sees the danger? I can't wait to read more.
