July's New Books are (finally) Here! (part 2)

Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery by Abby Sher

Somaly Mam was born in the forests of Cambodia in the early 1970s and sold into sexual slavery by her “grandfather” before she was even twelve years old.

Maria Suarez came to America from Mexico when she was fifteen with her family. She went on a job interview to be a maid. When she got inside, her “interviewer” locked the door and told her he owned her body from that moment on.

Minh Dang was born in San Jose, California. Her house was always neat and there were bright rose bushes in her front yard. Nobody knew that behind closed doors her parents were raping and abusing her from the time she was three years old. Soon they started selling her body to neighbors as well.

These three women could easily have been voiceless victims, lost to the horrors of their own histories. Instead, they not only fought their way out of sexual slavery, they have each become leading advocates and activists in the anti-trafficking movement.

No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits by Jordan Romero

The story of Jordan Romero, who at the age of 13 became the youngest person ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest. At age 15, he reached the summits of the world's 7 highest mountains.

Dancing Through It: My Journey in the Ballet by Jenifer Ringer

Jenifer Ringer, as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, knows what it''s really like to make it to the top in the rarefied world of classical ballet. In her charming and honest memoir, Ringer goes behind the scenes at one of the most renowned ballet companies in the world and shares the story of her own journey from student to star, a path that included losing her job during her struggle with an eating disorder and handling a media storm after her weight was commented on by a New York Times critic. Witty, insightful, and modest, Ringer is the perfect guide to the world behind the curtain.

September 17 by Amanda West Lewis

Presents a fictionalized account of the sinking of the City of Benares, which was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War II as it secretly transported ninety British children to Canada.

The Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson

Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey is spending the Civil War with a new stepmother and stepsister and her young cousin when she comes upon a wounded Yankee soldier, Thomas, who is being kept alive by mysterious voodoo practitioners.

New Books for March ~ Part 4

See Jane Run by Hannah Jayne

I know who you are.

When Riley first gets the postcard tucked into her bag, she thinks it's a joke. Then she finds a birth certificate for a girl named Jane Elizabeth O'Leary hidden inside her baby book.  Riley's parents have always been pretty overprotective. What if it wasn't for her safety...but fear of her finding out their secret? What have they been hiding? The more Riley digs for answers, the more questions she has.  The only way to know the truth? Find out what happened to Jane O'Leary.

 Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time by Scott Tipton

Prisoners of Time celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who and IDW pays tribute to one of the greatest pop-culture heroes of all time with this special series, which tells an epic adventure featuring all 11 incarnations of the intrepid traveler through time and space known simply as... the Doctor. 

Brotherhood by A. B. Westrick

The year is 1867, and the South has lost the Civil War. Those on the lowest rungs, like Shad's family, fear that the freed slaves will take the few jobs available. In this climate of despair and fear, a brotherhood to support Confederate widows and families like Shad's has formed. Today it is known as the Ku Klux Klan.

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of Kim Jong Il and the devastation of a famine that killed one-fifth of the population, illustrating what it means to live under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.

 Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier

Gwen fulfills her destiny in this thrilling final book of the romantic time-travel trilogy.  Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is.  She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along.  Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.

New books for October (Part 5)

Sister Mischief by Laura Goode

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Esme Rockett, also known as MC Ferocious, rocks her suburban Minnesota Christian high school with more than the hip-hop music she makes with best friends Marcy ( DJ SheStorm) and Tess (The ConTessa) when she develops feelings for her co-MC, Rowie (MC Rohini).

Mistress Fortune by Arina Tanemura

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Fourteen-year-old Kisaki Tachikawa has psychic powers. She works for PSI, a secret government agency that fights aliens. She’s in love with her partner Giniro, but PSI won’t allow operatives to get involved. Just when Kisaki thinks she may be getting closer to Giniro, she finds out she is to be transferred to California! 

Death on the River by John Wilson

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After the older brother he worshipped is killed in battle, young Jake Clay joins the Union Army in the spring of 1864, determined to make his parents proud and honor his brother's death. His dreams of glory vanish, however, when he is wounded and taken prisoner in his first battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia, and confined to the Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, where 30,000 soldiers face violence, disease and starvation. Frightened and disillusioned, Jake takes up with Billy Sharp, an unscrupulous opportunist who shows him how to survive, no matter what the cost.

There was a box on my desk today!

And that means new books!  Here are the three that came in.  Expect them out on the shelves soon =)

The Sons of Liberty by Alexander Lagos

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Teenage runaway slaves with superhuman powers, a Hessian giant, the most evil slave owners imaginable, and Benjamin Franklin: this story of the Revolution blends fact and fantasy in an imaginative graphic novel reinterpretation of a critical time in American history.

 

Black Angels by Linda Beatrice Brown

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Three Southern children, two black and one white, escape from their homes during the horrors of the Civil War and, after meeting in the woods, gradually come to rely on each other as they make their way slowly north, enduring hunger, fear, sickness, and constant danger, before arriving in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

 

 Queen of Hearts by Martha Brooks

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Shortly after her first kiss but before her sixteenth birthday in December, 1941, Marie Claire and her younger brother and sister are sent to a tuberculosis sanatorium near their Manitoba farm.

Civil War Sesquicentennial (civil war whaaat?)

Sesquicentennial.  Seriously.  I will high five any teen that knows what that is without looking it up.  Anyway, I'll just tell you.  It is the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War and we are celebrating it at DPL with books, displays, and programs.  I have 13 Civil War novels for teens to share with you, and I'm going to let you know what kind of programs I will be running too.

Young Adult Civil War fiction

 

Belle Boy by Anne Fuller

YA FUL

When her brother, Johnny, is missing in action after the battle of Gettysburg, Samantha Ann, who grew up tagging along with him and doing things most girls did not, disguises herself as a man and joins the Confederate Army to search for him.

Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead

YA OLM

When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a Civil War soldier, she does the unthinkable. She instructs her only child to retrieve his father and bring him home.  Just 14, Robey sets off wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety: blue on one side, gray on the other.

Come Juneteenth by Ann Rinaldi

YA RIN

Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that President Lincoln's Emanicipation Proclamation made them free.

Juliet's Moon by Ann Rinaldi

YA RIN

In Missouri in 1863, twelve-year-old Juliet Bradshaw learns to rely on herself and her brother, a captain with Quantrill's Raiders, as she sees her family home burned, is imprisoned by Yankees, and then kidnapped by a blood-crazed Confederate soldier.

The Last Full Measure by Ann Rinaldi

YA RIN

In 1863 Pennsylvania, fourteen-year-old Tacy faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg while trying to stay out of the way of her brother David, who is in charge while their father serves as a doctor in the Union army, and to keep her friend Marvelous, a free black, safe from rebel soldiers.

March Toward the Thunder by Joseph Bruchac

YA BRU

Louis Nollette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian, joins the Irish Brigade in 1864 to fight for the Union in the Civil War.

My Vicksburg by Ann Rinaldi

YA RIN

During the siege of Vicksburg, thirteen-year-old Claire Louise struggles with difficult choices when family and friends join opposing sides of the war.

Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells

YA WEL

As the Civil War breaks out, India, a young Southern girl, summons her sharp intelligence and the courage she didn't know she had to survive the war that threatens to destroy her family, her Virginia home, and the only life she has ever known.

Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith

YA KEI

With fighting erupting around his Kansas farm, 16-year-old Jefferson Davis Bussey can hardly wait to join the Union forces. When he infiltrates Colonel Watie's Confederate camp as a spy, he discovers the enemy is much like himself -- only fighting for a different cause.

Riot by Walter Dean Myers

YA MYE

In 1863, Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and the draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.

The River Between Us by Richard Peck

YA PEC

During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois.

The Slopes of War by N.A. Perez

YA PER

Buck Summerhill, a young soldier from West Virginia, faces the horrors of the Battle of Gettysburg knowing that his two cousins, Curtis and Mason, may be fighting against him in the Army of Northern Virginia.

Two Girls of Gettysburg by Lisa Klein

YA KLE

 When the Civil War breaks out, two cousins, Lizzie and Rosanna, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict until the war reunites them in the town of Gettysburg.

 DPL Young Adult Civil War Programs

(registration starts September 21st)

Teen Cuisine: Civil War

Wednesday, October 19th

4:30-6:30pm

Sharpen your cooking skills and make some food that Civil War soldiers would have eaten!  Hard tack, fish chowder, and apple pie!

Please register

Knit a Civil War Soldier Scarf

3 Sessions

Wenesdays, October 26, November 2nd, and 9th

7:00-8:00pm

Checkers Tournament

Saturday, November 12th

1:00-3:00pm

Checkers was a popular pastime for soldiers, join us for a friendly tournament to see who is the best checkers player in Durham!

Teen Book Club November Book

discussion Tuesday, November 29th

7:00-8:00pm

In honor of the Civil War Sesquicentennial celebrations, the TBC will be reading Rifles for Watie

New books!

A few new books for you...expect to see the larger influx of September books posted late next week.  For now, check out these 5 =)

Two Girls of Gettysburg by Lisa Klein

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When the Civil War breaks out, two cousins, Lizzie and Rosanna, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict until the war reunites them in the town of Gettysburg.

Riot by Walter Dean Myers

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In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.

 Vengeance by Kate Brian *Comes out 8/30*

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After the devastating events at Reed's birthday party, Noelle is determined to put the past to rest, but Reed is adament about rebuilding Billings. Coming up against endless roadblocks from the headmaster, not to mention Billings alumni, Reed will not let her legacy end with a pile of rubble. As if that weren't enough, old ghosts come back to haunt to the Billings Girls. Reed has been through the ringer in her time at Easton and she starts to wonder if maybe she can even make it out of this place alive. 

 A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

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Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Sophos, an unwilling prince, tries to save his country from being destroyed by rebellion and exploited by the conniving Mede empire.

 Percy Jerkson and the Ovolactovegetarians by Margo Kinney-Petrucha & Stefan Petrucha

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A graphic novel parody of the popular series.