New Arrivals - February 26th!


A librarian's dream - new books! I have a larger batch coming in next week so if you don't see what you like today, check back then. You fantasy/adventure lovers should be happy with these titles. More titles next week including some new manga. Happy reading!

Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground. Autobiography by David Beckham
If you don't know who this is, you probably won't want the book - but if you do...you're gonna want it! I got 2 copies. Published in 2004, it includes his first season at Real Madrid and lots of photos, stats and info about how he got to where he is. Come get a copy before my husband does!

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier (Fantasy/Supernatural)
From the inside flap...Five adventerous sisters...four dark creatures...three magical gifts...two forbidden lovers...one enchanted frog. Cross the threshold into the Wildwood, and enter a land of magic, daring, betrayal...and true love.

The New Policeman by Kate Thompson (Fantasy/Time travel)
From Booklist - "When J. J. Liddy is 15, his mother jokingly asks for a birthday present of more time. From an eccentric neighbor, J. J. learns to his astonishment that his mother's request may not be impossible to fill. Bravely venturing into an alternate fairy world, J. J. takes on a thrilling, epic quest in which he confronts dark family rumors and tries to repair a cosmic time leak between his world and "the land of eternal youth."

Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce (Fantasy)
The sub-title which says it all and then some - Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms and a Red Dog.

Tamar by Mal Peet (Spy Novel) Winner if the Carnegie Medal in 2005
In England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, slowly begins to uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the climactic events that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of his family.
Peet also wrote The Keeper, about a fictional world class goalkeeper from South America. Worth checking out if you are a soccer lover!

The Navigator by Eoin McNamee Fantasy and Adventure)
Owen has always been different, and not only because his father committed suicide, but he is not prepared for the knowledge that he has a mission to help the Wakeful--the custodians of time--to stop the Harsh from reversing the flow of time.

I should put the photos of the covers next to the titles, huh? I'll work on that....