Library Newsletter New Acquisitions in English, January 2014

EABJM Library: New acquisitions, January 2014. Fiction in English: some highlights
Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
Angry and confused after discovering Sam and Pearl are not her real parents, Joy leaves
her Los Angeles home for the only place she can still believe in: Mao's China, where she is
determined to find her real father and to be a part of the bold new plans sweeping the
nation.
A monster calls by Patrick Ness; from an original idea by Siobhan Dowd.
The monster showed up just after midnight. But it isn't the monster Conor's been
expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every
night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his back garden, though, this
monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild. Also available at the
EABJM Lbrary : The French language translation: Quelques minuits après minuit
Life: an exploded diagram by Mal Peet
Clem Ackroyd lives with his parents and grandmother in a claustrophobic home too small
to accommodate their larger-than-life characters in the bleak Norfolk countryside. Clem's
life changes irrevocably when he meets Frankie, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, and
experiences first love, in all its pain and glory.
The Ascendance trilogy: volume 1: The false prince. volume 2: The runaway king
by Jennifer A. Nielsen.
In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, a nobleman of
the court devises a cunning plan install a puppet prince. A defiant orphan called Sage takes
centre stage.
Dumpling days by Grace Lin
Lin is ready for summer! But her parents have decided the family is going to visit Taiwan
for a whole month. Pacy isn't even sure if she knows where it is. And when she gets there,
Pacy looks like everyone else but can't speak the language, her art talent seems to have
disappeared, and she only has her sisters for company.
Ketchup clouds by Annabel Pitcher
15-year-old Zoe has a secret - a dark and terrible secret that she can't confess to anyone she
knows. But then one day she hears of a criminal, Stuart Harris, locked up on death row in
Texas. Like Zoe, Stuart is no stranger to secrets. Or lies. Or murder. Zoe tells her story in
the only way she can: in letters to the man in prison in America.
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
When his dad takes a job with a reality TV show called 'Expedition Survival', Wahoo
figures he'll have to do a bit of wrangling to keep his dad from killing the show's inept star
Derek Badger, who insists on using real wild animals for his stunts.
Night school, volumes 1, 2 and 3 by C. J. Daugherty
Allie Sheridan finds herself in the world of the super rich when she is sent to Cimmeria
Academy, an exclusive boarding school in the south of England. The series is a modernday look at trust, lies and greed.
Diary of a wimpy vampire: volumes 1 and 2 by Tim Collins
Nigel Mullet was transformed into a vampire when he was still a teenager, and will remain
this age forever. Unfortunately, Nigel became a vampire at the awkward age of 15, and
must spend eternity coping with acne, a breaking voice, and an ineptitude with girls. Zany,
illustrated fun.
Web of Lies by Beverly Naidoo
Two years after their flight from Nigeria, 14-year-old Sade, her younger brother Femi and
her father are living in a council flat in London, waiting for their claim for asylum to be
approved. When Femi gets involved with a violent gang and later arrested, the family has to
pull together to get through a difficult time. A stand- alone novel but also a powerful sequel
to The Other side of Truth.