11/4: New at the library this week

Audiobooks

• Because of Winn-Dixie / Kate DiCamillo

Books:

• Short straw / Stuart Woods — reintroduces Santa Fe lawyer Ed Eagle, who first appeared in Woods's 1992 thriller, Santa Fe Rules. In his first adventure, Ed fell in love with the seductive Barbara Kennerly, and married her — against his better judgment. Turns out that Ed should have listened to his intuition. Ed Eagle awakens the morning after his fortieth birthday to find that Barbara has vanished, and Ed's money — from his business, his bank, and his brokerage accounts — has been wired to the Cayman Islands.
• Snow treasure / Marie McSwigan — In the bleak winter of 19 0, Nazi troops parachuted into Peter Lindstrom's tiny Norwegian village and held it captive. Nobody thought the Nazis could be defeated--until Uncle Victor told Peter how the children could fool the enemy. It was a dangerous plan. They had to slip past Nazi guards with nine million dollars in gold hidden on their sleds. It meant risking their country's treasure--and their lives. (Age Range: 8 to 11)
• Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel / Anthony Horowitz — They told him his uncle died in a car accident. Fourteen-year-old Alex knows that's a lie, and the bullet holes in his uncle's windshield confirm his suspicions. But nothing prepares him for the news that the uncle he always thought he knew was really a spy for MI6—Britain's top secret intelligence agency. Recruited to find his uncle's killers and complete his final mission, Alex suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Now is your chance to see this book visualized in a brand-new format, with bold, edgy, manga-like illustrations that bring Alex Rider to life in a way not seen before.(Alex Rider Series; Age Range: Young Adult)
• Ghosthunters and the Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost! / Cornelia Caroline Funke — Hugo, still an Averagely Spooky Ghost, and Hetty Hyssop, world-renowned ghosthunter, have formed an agency dedicated to dealing with difficult apparitions. No case can defeat them--until they encounter a Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost. This smoking specter has claimed the penthouse suite of a beachfront hotel, where it passes its eternal vacation by turning guests into ghosts themselves. Could Hugo's slime douse the flaming phantom--or are Tom and the team about to get burned? ( Ghosthunters Series, #2; Age Range: 7 to 10)
• Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost / Cornelia Caroline Funke — Nine-year-old Tom can't catch a break: He's a klutz, his sister Lola pretty much hates his guts, and--and this is a BIG "and"--he just found a ghost camping out in his cellar. Lucky for Tom his grandma's best friend just happens to be the world's foremost ghosthunter. Under her expert tutelage, Tom learns the tools of the trade--which just happen to include buckets of graveyard dirt--and soon finds he has to face down not just the Averagely Spooky Ghost (ASG) in his basement but the Incredibly Revolting Ghost (IRG) in town. ( Ghosthunters Series, #1; Age Range: 7 to 10)
• Sugar sugar rune 1 / Moyoko Anno — Chocolat and Vanilla are young witch princesses from a magical land. They've come to earth to compete in a contest - whichever girl captures the most hearts will become a queen! Living in a boarding school, they must make as many boys fall in love with them as possible if they want to achieve their goal. Standing against them are a pair of rival princes looking to capture their hearts because they want to be kings! (publisher's preview)
• Sugar sugar rune 2 / Moyoko Anno — Chocolat's problems in the Human World continue, as sweet and modest Vanilla wins many admirers. But there's more at stake than a contest when Chocolat learns something shocking about Pierre, the boy she's falling for. It is a secret that threatens Chocolat's life and forces her to return to the Magic World to uncover a truth no one in the Kingdom wants to discuss. Worse still, as the challenge heats up, the two best friends find themselves drifting apart and their friendship on the verge of ending!(wikipedia entry)
• Havana Bay / Martin Cruz Smith — The body, what was left of it, was drifting in Havana Bay the morning Arkady arrived from Moscow. Only the day before, he had received an urgent message from the Russian embassy in Havana saying that his friend Pribluda was missing and asking that he come. (Arkady Renko Series, #4)
• Lights out tonight / Mary Jane Behrends Clark — As KEY News film and theater critic, Caroline Enright knows her opinions have influenced the box office habits of millions of Americans. She has taken her fair share of irate phone calls, and even an occasional threat, from disgruntled movie producers and agents angered over her reviews. But she is unprepared when her trip to the Warrenstown Summer Playhouse is interrupted by murder.
• Braids & bows / Anne Akers Johnson
• Beautiful braids : an illustrated step-by-step guide / Judy Rambert
• Album of horses / Marguerite Henry — The award-winning author of the wonderful stories Misty of Chincoteague, King of the Wind, and Brighty of the Grand Canyon, Marguerite Henry describes in vivid detail the hardworking Shire, the elegant Lipizzan, the spirited Mustang, and many more. Never before have facts about horses been more accessible, and with Wesley Dennis's classic illustrations highlighting every page, this unique collection is sure to be treasured by horse lovers of all ages. (Age Range: 7 to 10)
• Just dogs : a literary and photographic tribute to the great hunting breeds — a memorial, a literary and photographic tribute, to those dogs living and gone who have graced the lives of hunters. Here are evocative photographs, literary excerpts, and stories that recreate scenes and events that all who have ever hunted with a favorite dog can recall.
• Past malice / Dana Cameron — Asked to join in a dig at the site of the eighteenth–century Chandler House, archaeologist Emma Fielding and her student crew have descended upon Stone Harbor, Massachusetts. But certain residents of the tiny coastal community are none too happy about Emma's arrival -- especially when her excavation uncovers a pair of freshly slain corpses.
• A fugitive truth / Dana Cameron — The opportunity of a lifetime awaits archaeologist Emma Fielding in the Berkshire foothills of Western Massachusetts: the chance to study the eighteenth-century diary of Margaret Chandler, the accused witch and murderess whose home Emma excavated only months before. However, the three other Shrewsbury Foundation fellows she must share the premises with are a disturbingly odd bunch, and before too long one of them is dead.