New books have arrived in the DDS Library!

 

DDS library Mill Levy books that were ordered in October are arriving!

 About a third have been placed in the library so far. The books are a wonderful mix of diverse and authentic resources that will match many abilities and interests.

 Here is a very partial list of titles (with brief annotations) of new arrivals!

Indian no more

By McManis, Charlene Willing

When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home.

 

Archimancy (Shadow School, Book1)

By White, J. A

Sixth-graders Cordelia, Agnes, and Benji go on a quest to unravel the secrets of Shadow School.

 

Beginners welcome

By Baldwin, Cindy

Middle-schooler Annie Lee experiences loss when her father dies, and her friends desert her. She manages to find friendship again, however, but is afraid to let anyone get too close.

 

 Beyond me

By Donwerth-Chikamatsu, Annie

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, eleven-year-old Maya overcomes her own fear to help others at home and in northeast Japan, where a tsunami caused great damage. Includes author's note about the facts behind the story.

 

The blackbird girls

By Blankman, Anne

 On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work-Chernobyl-has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person.

 

Code cracking for kids: secret communications throughout history, with 21 codes and ciphers (For Kids)

By Daigneau, Jean

A hands-on guide to introduce kids to the fascinating world of secret codes and ciphers . . . Explores many aspects of cryptology, including famous people who used and invented codes and ciphers, such as Julius Caesar and Thomas Jefferson; codes used during wars, including the Enigma machine, whose cracking helped the Allies gather critical information on German intelligence in World War II; and work . . . being done by the US government, such as in the National Security Agency.

 

Lifting as we climb: black women's battle for the ballot box

By Dionne, Evette

For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. An eye-opening book that tells the important, overlooked story of black women as a force in the suffrage movement-when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle.