New Books - December 2007

306.76    What if Someone I Know is Gay? Marcus, Eric
MAR      Answers questions about homosexuality, covering such themes as friends and family, dating, marriage and children, school issues, and discrimination.

362.29   Performance Enhancing Drugs Egendorf, Laura K.
EGE       Presents a concise overview on issues associated with performance-enhancing drugs, including primary source quotes and statistics.

510        Mathematics Henderson, Harry
HEN      A fascinating overview of 10 individuals who contributed to the development of mathematics.

629.4     Red Moon Rising Brzezinski, Matthew
BRZ       Drawing on original interviews and declassified documents, examines the behind-the-scenes story of the early space race between the Soviet Union the U.S., the U-Z spy planes, and the launching of the satellite, Sputnik.

940.53    Holocaust Wood, Angela
WOO     An illustrated chronicle of the Holocaust that presents facts, personal accounts, maps, charts and timelines and includes survivor testimonies on a DVD.

92          The Conquests of Alexander the Great Behnke, Alison
ALE       Profiles Alexander the Great, military leader and King of ancient Macedonia, who conquered most of the known world of his time
before his death at age 35.

92          Tiki Barber Needham, Tom
BAR      A career biography of Tiki Barber, discussing his youth in Virginia, his friendly rivalry with his twin brother, his college and professional careers, and his charity work.

92          Don't Let's go to the Dogs Fuller, Alexandra
FUL       Tonight The author chronicles the experiences she had while growing up on several farms in southern and central Africa from 1972-1990.

920       The Bond Davis, Sampson
DAV     Examines the strained relationships between 3 doctors -friends who grew up together in the inner city of Newark- and their fathers; explores how the relations influenced each of their lives; and discusses how they reestablished bonds with their dads.

FIC       The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian Alexie, Sherman
ALE      Budding cartoonist Junior, a goofy-looking dork with a decent jump shot, leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm school where the only other Native American is the school mascot.

FIC       Cassandra's Sister Bennett, Veronica
BEN     An historical novel about a young Jane Austen and the companionship of her older sister, Cassandra.

FIC       Beige Castellucci, Cecil
CAS     Katy, a quiet teenager, reluctantly leaves her home to spend time with her estranged father, a recovered addict and aging Los Angeles punk rock legend.

FIC       Click
CLI       10 distinguished authors each write a chapter of this intriguing novel of mystery and family, which examines how a cryptic gift and note from a photojournalist sets off a series of events.

FIC      White Magic Easton, Kelly
EAS     Three high school girls in Santa Monica form a coven to try to get what they feel is missing from their lives.

FIC     Little (Grrl) Lost De Lint, Charles
DE      T.J. and her new friend Elizabeth, a 6-inch-high "Little" with a big chip on her shoulder, help one another as T.J. tries to adjust to her family's move from a farm to the big city and Elizabeth tries to make her own way in the world.

FIC    Gym Candy Deuker, Carl
DEU  Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.

FIC    Glass Hopkins, Ellen
HOP  Kristina is determined to break her addiction to drugs in order to keep her newborn child, but when she fails and the pull becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.

FIC    Slam Hornby, Nick
HOR At the age of 15, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically.

FIC    Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall Mass, Wendy
MAS When Tessa Reynolds falls into a coma after getting hit in the head during gym class, she experiences heaven as the mall where her parents work and she revisits key events from her life, causing her to reevaluate herself and how she wants to live.

FIC    Love Over Scotland McCall Smith, Alexander
MCC From the author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency comes a novel about the residents of 44 Scotland Street, and how they struggle to balance the demands of real life with their desire for happiness and lasting love.

FIC   Hush Napoli, Donna Jo
NAP Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.

FIC   My Swordhand is Singing Sedgwick, Marcus
SED  In the dangerous dark of winter in an eastern European village during the early 17th century, Peter learns from a gypsy girl that the Shadow Queen is behind the recent murders and reanimations, and his father's secret past may hold the key to stopping her.

FIC   First Shot Sorrells, Walter
SOR During his sophomore year, high school senior David Crandall's mother was murdered; and now, after learning about a family embezzlement secret and witnessing his father burying a shot gun, he starts to suspect his Dad was the murderer.

FIC   Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Zevin, Gabrielle
ZEV  After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life.


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