Wednesday, January 9, 2013

THE LOST CITY OF FAAR


By: MacHale, D.J

CLORAL The second installment in an epic series of adventures Fourteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon is not like other boys his age. His uncle Press is a Traveler, and, as Bobby has learned, that means Uncle Press is responsible, through his journeys, for solving interdimensional conflict wherever he encounters it. His mission is nothing less than to save the universe from ultimate evil. And he's taking Bobby along for the ride. Fresh from his first adventure on Denduron, Bobby finds himself in the territory of Cloral, a vast world that is entirely covered by water. Cloral is nearing a disaster of huge proportions. Reading the journals Bobby sends home, his friends learn that the desperate citizens of the endangered floating cities are on the brink of war. TitlePeek
LINSPIRED:THE REMARKABLE RISE OF JEREMY LIN


By: Yorkey, Mike
Linspired reveals the remarkable journey of the ultimate underdog, Jeremy Lin, talented point guard of the New York Knicks and the first Asian-American player of Chinese/Taiwanese descent to play in the National Basketball Association. TitlePeek
INSIDE THE MIND OF GIDEON RAYBURN

By: Miller, Sarah

What if you could see inside the head of the guy you love? Know his every thought? Feel his every dream and fantasy? The mystery girl who's Inside the Mind of Gideon Rayburn can. TitlePeek




GRAVE MERCY

By: LaFevers, Robin

Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage to the respite of the convent of St. Mortain. Here she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts and a violent destiny.TitlePeek
THE BOOK; THE LIFE STORY OF A TECHNOLOGY

 
By Howard, Nicole

One of life's most frequently encountered technologies is perhaps the one most often taken for granted: the printed book. Daily contact with books makes these everyday objects so familiar that one is apt to forget that the invention of the book has more profoundly altered civilization than almost any other invention. TitlePeek