new books 1-17-2013 - GW Media Center Overview

January 17, 2012
Nonfiction!!!
 “Examines how the growing
population of wild ponies on
Assateague Island is affecting
the environment and discusses
the work of Dr. Ron Keiper and
Dr. Jay Kirkpatrick, who have
sought to discover a birth
control strategy to solve the
overpopulation problems. ”
Frydenborg, Kay
Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2012
 - Follett Destiny
 “Cam gets a cardboard
box for a birthday
present that he makes
into a man which comes
to life, but when his
neighbor Marcus takes
the cardboard box, he
creates his own evil
creations that threaten to
destroy them all.
TenNapel, Doug
New York : Graphix, 2012.
- Follett Destiny
Sylvester, Kevin.
New York: Simon and
Shuster, 2012.
“Neil Flambé may be fourteen years old, but he's
also a world-renowned chef. Patrons pay top dollar
and wait months for reservations at his tiny
boutique restaurant. But Neil is more than a
fantastic cook-he solves crime, too. He's been
helping Police Inspector Sean Nakamura crack
case after case. But when some of the best chefs in
town turn up dead, the crime scenes turn culinary.
Police are stumped, and the only clues are the
scents of mysterious spices and a journal that may
have belonged to ... Marco Polo? Neil must find a
way to connect the past with the present and solve
the murders-or he could end up as the prime
suspect! ”
- Follett Destiny
 “Celebrity teenaged chef
Sylvester, Kevin.
New York: Simon and Shuster,
2012.
Neil Flambé heads to
Japan to solve his next
mystery when news
arrives that his cousin
Larry, a manga comic
book writer visiting
Tokyo, has died in a
boating accident. ”
 - Follett Destiny
I Funny
Illustrated Novel
 “Jamie Grimm tries to win
the Planet's Funniest Kid
Comic Contest, while also
dealing with his stepfamily,
friends, and a school bully.
”
Patterson, James.
New York : Little, Brown and Co.,
2012.
 - Follett Destiny
Becoming Holmes
 “After losing his father, and the
removal of the object of his
affections, Irene Doyle, to
America, young Sherlock Holmes
seeks the help of his brother
Mycroft to put an end to the
villainy of his enemy the
Malefactor. ”
Peacock, Shane
Toronto : Tundra Books, 2012.
 - Follett Destiny
 “American-educated Jordanian Luma
St. John, Warren.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2012.
Mufleh founds a youth soccer team
comprised of children from Liberia,
Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkan
states, and elsewhere in the refugee
settlement town of Clarkston,
Georgia, bringing the children
together to discover their common
bonds as they adjust to life in a new
homeland”
 - Follett Destiny
 “Benny's parents are getting
Klise, Kate.
New York: Feiwel and Friends,
2012.
divorced, his mom left and
his father has become a
hoarder, to make matters
worse his hometown has
been entered into a contest,
and now the pressure is on
to get the house cleaned up.
”
 - Follett Destiny
 “In a small fishing village in
Horvath, Polly.
New York: Schwartz & Wade
Books, 2012.
British Columbia, twelve-yearold Primrose tries to be a
matchmaker for her Uncle Jack,
befriends Ked, a new foster
child, tries to decide if she is
willing to go to jail for her
convictions, and together with
Ked, publishes a cook book to
raise money for the Fisherman's
Aid. Includes recipes.”
 - Follett Destiny
Text and pictures provided by
Follett Destiny .