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What’s New in the Library…. The Red Umbrella By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez.
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The Red UmbrellaBy: Christina Diaz Gonzalez • In 1961 after Castro has come to power in Cuba, fourteen-year-old Lucia and her seven-year-old brother are sent to the United States when her parents, who are not in favor of the new regime, fear that the children will be taken away from them as others have been. • AR BL: 3.8 / Pts: 8.0 • Historical Fiction
The Fifth WitnessBy: Michael Connelly • Mickey Haller must defend a client who is accused of killing the banker involved with her foreclosure, a case that reveals strong suspicions, black-market dealings and a threat to Mickey's own life. • AR BL: 5.5 / Pts. 21.0 • Mystery
BystanderBy: James Preller • Thirteen-year-old Eric discovers there are consequences to not standing by and watching as the bully at his new school hurts people, but although school officials are aware of the problem, Eric may be the one with a solution. • AR BL: 4.2 / Pts: 5.0 • Realistic Fiction
The Tiger’s WifeBy: Tea Obreht • Struggling to understand why her beloved grandfather left his family to die alone in a field hospital far from home, a young doctor in a war-torn Balkan country takes over her grandfather's search for a mythical ageless vagabond while referring to a worn copy of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book.". • AR BL: 7.1 /Pts: 19.0 • Fantasy
The Pearl WarsBy: Nick James • In 2095 when a fifteen-year-old slacker discovers that he has the power to control Pearls, fragments of space debris that are a dying Earth's most important energy source, government forces work to capture him. • Skyship Academy BK 1 • AR BL: 4.5 / Pts: 12.0 • Science Fiction
Where Things Come BackBy: John Corey Whaley • Seventeen-year-old Cullen's summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin's death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother's sudden disappearance. • AR BL: 5.7 / 9.0 • Realistic Fiction
Rush for the GoldBy: John Feinstein • Two teenaged aspiring journalists who are dating solve a mystery at the 2012 Olympic Games, while one simultaneously competes for a gold medal in swimming. • AR BL: 5.5 / Pts: 11.0 • Sports
Fly AwayBy: Nora Rock • Marnie is given a coveted position on her cheerleading squad when another teammate is injured. While trying frantically to prepare for a championship competition, she has boyfriend issues, worries about her best friend's relationship with an older man, and must deal with her changing role on the squad. • AR BL: 4.2 / Pts: 4.0 • Sports
Liar, LiarBy: Gary Paulsen • Fourteen-year-old Kevin is very good at lying and doing so makes life easier, but when he finds himself in big trouble with his friends, family, and teachers, he must find a way to end his lies forever. • Kevin Spencer, BK 1 • AR BL: 5.8 / Pts: 3.0 • Realistic Fiction
Flat BrokeBy: Gary Paulsen • Fourteen-year-old Kevin is a hard worker, so when his income is cut off he begins a series of businesses, from poker games to selling snacks, earning money to take a girl to a dance, but his partners soon tire of his methods. • Kevin Spencer, BK 2 • AR BL: 5.1 / Pts: 3.0 • Realistic Fiction
CrushBy: Gary Paulsen • Afraid to actually ask Tina Zabinski for a date, eighth-grader Kevin spends most of his time theorizing about love and romance and observing and analyzing male/female interaction. • Kevin Spencer, BK 3 • AR BL: 5.1 / Pts: 4.0 • Realistic Fiction
Last ShotBy: John Feinstein • After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game. • AR BL: 4.8 / Pts. 9.0 • Sports
The SurvivorsBy: Will Weaver • Sixteen-year-old Miles, thirteen-year-old Sarah, and their parents find themselves changing in many ways as they struggle to survive winter in a remote cabin, while keeping anyone in the nearby town from learning they are living there illegally after the devastation of volcanic eruptions drove them from their Minneapolis home. • The sequel to Memory Boy • AR BL: 4.2 / 7.0 • Science Fiction
Cover-UpBy: John Feinstein • Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie gets fired from his co-anchor job on a ground-breaking teen sports show. • AR BL: 4.9 / Pts: 10.0 • Sports
PowerslideBy: Jeff Ross • Casey Finnegan, a talented skateboarder, is in his final year of high school and has no idea what he wants to do with the rest of his life until a young movie star offers him a job as a stunt double in an upcoming skateboarding movie. It's his dream job and Casey is stoked, but when word gets out, a local skater has other ideas about who would make the best stunt double. • AR BL: 3.8 / Pts: 3.0 • Sports
Saturday Night DirtBy: Will Weaver • In a small town in northern Minnesota, the much-anticipated Saturday night dirt-track race at the old-fashioned, barely viable, Headwaters Speedway becomes, in many ways, an important life-changing event for all the participants on and off the track. • Motor Series, 1 • AR BL: 4.7 / Pts: 5.0 • Sports
Super Stock RookieBy: Will Weaver • Trace Bonham knows he is fortunate to be offered a chance at being a paid super stock driver when he is still in high school, but regrets that he must leave his friends and home track and wonders if the sponsor is legitimate. • Motor Series, 2 • AR BL: 4.6 / Pts: 6.0 • Sports
Checkered Flag CheaterBy: Will Weaver • Trace Bonham, a teenaged professional stock car racer, blows away the competition wherever he races, but with every victory Trace is increasingly aware that his winning is due to more than just his driving skills. • Motor Series, 3 • AR BL: 4.7 / Pts: 6.0 • Sports
Boarder PatrolBy: Erin Thomas • Sixteen-year old Ryan is determined to be a professional snowboarder, but when his board is stolen at the ski resort, he must choose between career and family and make the decision to do the right thing. • AR BL: 4.0 / Pts: 4.0 • Sports
Code Name VerityBy: Elizabeth Wein • In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can. • AR BL: 6.5 / Pts: 15.0 • Historical Fiction