New Books for the Week of March 17

Airman by Eoin Colfer

In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety. (NoveList)

The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World by Andrew Revkin

An environmental reporter recounts his expedition to the North Pole where he followed oceanographers as they studied the mysteries of climate modeling and global warming, revealing how the fate of the pole will impact the earth. (TitleWave)


Ringside, 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial by Jen Bryant

Visitors, spectators, and residents of Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925 describe, in a series of free-verse poems, the Scopes "monkey trial" and its effects on that small town and its citizens.





M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman

Eleven stories that involve strange and fantastical events. (NoveList) Ages 13 and older