New Books for the Best Month ~ March 2016 (part 1)

Are You Still There by Sarah Lynn Scheerger

Mystery 

When a bomb is found in her school, AP student and perfect daughter Gabi is invited to work on the crisis hotline, a position that draws her into a suspenseful game of cat and mouse with the bomber.

Assassin's Heart by Sarah Ahiers

Fantasy 

Seventeen-year-old Lea Saldana, a trained assassin, falls in love with Val Da Via, a boy from a rival clan, until tragedy intervenes and sets her on a course of revenge against the Da Vias family.

Attack on Titan vol 9 by Hajime Isayama

Manga (Japanese Graphic Novel) 

Eren is still resting from his brutal fight with the female Titan, when word reaches the interior that the impossible has happened: Wall Rose itself has been breached, and Titans are pouring through the gap! The emergency casts new urgency over Armin and Hange's questions about how the walls were built, and what humanity can do to restore them...

Burn by Walter Jury and Sarah Fine

Action/Adventure

At the cliffhanger ending of Scan , Tate loses the very thing he was fighting to protect, what his father had called the key to human survival. Tate doesn't have much time to worry about it because he needs to get away, to ensure he and Christina are safe. His father left him one last thing that can do just that--a safe house, which turns out to be a clue to what's really threatening the planet. As Tate follows the clues his father left behind, he starts to uncover the truth, realizing he's up against an enemy he's only beginning to understand. 

Day 21 by Kass Morgan

Science Fiction 

It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Facing an unknown enemy, the hundred struggle to survive the only way they can--together, as secrets are revealed, beliefs are challenged, and relationships are tested.

The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris

Historical Fiction 

After leaving 1919 Ireland to find his father in America, Shanley Keagan, caught in a robbery mixup, is sent to Alcatraz and, while working in the greenhouse, is moved by the plight of Sadie, the abused daughter of a guard, who longs to find a way to escape.

Happy Birthday, DJN!

It's Donna Jo Napoli's birthday!  Here are the books we have by her, why not start one today to celebrate?

Hidden: An Irish Princess' Tale

YA HIS NAP

When a marauding slave ship captures her sister, Melkorka, eight-year-old Brigid is lost at sea but survives, disguised as a boy, and sets out to rescue Melkorka, and as the years pass she becomes a woman, reputed to be fierce enough to conquer a man, but desirous only of reuniting with her family.

Storm

YA ACT NAP

Having lost her family in a massive flood, sixteen-year-old Sebah finds her way onto a gigantic ark, where she must conceal herself from Noah and his family until it is safe for her and another stowaway to slip away.

Irish Dance Program Photos!

The Irish Dance Demonstration by the students of The Gray School of Irish Dance last Saturday was fantastic!  Here are the pictures if you missed it~

Dont miss the Irish Dance Demo next Saturday!

Students from The Gray School of Irish Dance will be here next Saturday to demonstrate several traditional Irish dances for us, then they will teach us a few steps.  Here are the details:

Irish Dance Demonstration with students from The Gray School of Irish Dance
Durham Public Library, lower level
Saturday, March 16th 2:00-3:00pm
All ages, please register at the front desk

To register, click the events tab up top, email Miss G at kgardiner@durhamlibrary.org, come into the library, or call us at 860-349-9544.  Hope to see you there!

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.