We just got a bunch of cool new books in the library! Since we all know how much Bobcats LOVE to read, I’m sure they will be flying off the shelves. While I look forward to reading all 64 books, here are the ones that are at the top of my list…
Pixie Piper and the Matter of Batter by Annabelle Fisher – (Fantasy, Fairy Tales) Pixie Piper and her best friend, Gray, are off to Chuckling Goose Farm, where descendants of Mother Goose spend the summer learning to master their magic. With her new friends, Rain and Pip, she makes up baking rhymes, plays with her goose, Destiny, and learns how to bake magic wishing cakes. The farm seems safe, but when Pixie finds a shard of glass that belongs to Raveneece, her old enemy, she begins to worry that the worrisome Sinister Sister isn’t as banished as she’d hoped.
Sophia’s War: A Tale of Revolution by Avi – (Historical Fiction) In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy. (AR test available)
Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks – (Fantasy, Mystery) When Tuesday McGillycuddy and her beloved dog, Baxterr, discover that Tuesday’s mother, famous author Serendipity Smith, has gone missing, they set out on a magical adventure. (AR test available)
Trolled by Bruce Colville – (Fantasy) Ned Thump is a seven-foot troll who is made fun of for his love of words so he escapes from the Enchanted Realm to the human world and secretly becomes a night watchman at Grand Central Terminal.
The Emperor of Mars by Patrick Samphire – (Science Fiction) If Edward thought life was going to be easy in Lunae City, he was very, very wrong. The moment he intercepts a thief escaping from Lady Harleston’s town house, he is caught in a terrible scheme that threatens all of Mars. Soon he’s fighting off vicious sea serpents, battling a small army of heavily armored thugs, and trying to unpick an impossible mystery. Edward doesn’t know whom he can trust. Will he make the right choice? Or will his family–and his entire planet–fall victim to the treacherous Emperor of Mars?
Nothing but Trouble by Jacqueline Davies – (Humor) Two smart girls in one small town use their combined genius to liven up their world–one prank at a time. (AR test available)
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver – (Mystery) Four orphans must find out who stole a valuable artifact in order to save their home, Dumfrey’s Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. (AR test available)
The League of Unexceptional Children: Get Smartish by Gitty Daneshvari – (Humor) Utterly average twelve-year-olds Jonathan Murray and Shelley Brown, agents with the League of Unexceptional Children, travel to the United Kingdom to help capture a rogue teenage spy. (AR test available)
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin – (Historical Fiction) Four children living in different parts of the country and in different circumstances find their lives intersecting as the events of September 11, 2001, unfold. (AR test available)
Click on the link below to see all of the new books added to the library collection this year.
Which one do you want to read the most?