New Books

904 GUI Disasters: Natural and Man-Made Catastrophes Through the Centuries by Brenda Z. Guiberson

The 10 chapters of disasters such as the Johnstown Flood of 1889,the sinking of the Titanic, the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and Hurricane Katrina include the cause and effect as well as local and global reverberations.

962.4 DAU Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan by John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akech

This is the story of Sudan's Lost Boys and Girls told by two survivors. A civil war left thousands of Sudanese displaced from their homes. The survivors who had to face disease, thirst, and starvation, traveled to Ethiopia, back to Sudan, and eventually to another camp in Kenya.

FIC PAR A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park

Based on a true story, the book follows two different young people, showing the difficulties of life in Sudan.

FIC RIO The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

The author of the Percy Jackson series begins a new series with Egyptian gods.

FIC SCO The Necromancere by Michael Scott

The fourth book in the "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" Series is here.