New Books, 12/14/09

Little Black Lies
by Tish Cohen
(FIC COH in the MSL)
(MATURE)
Starting her junior year at an ultra-elite Boston school, sixteen-year-old Sara, hoping to join the popular crowd, hides that her father not only is the school janitor, but also has obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Shooting Star
by Fredrick McKissack Jr.
(FIC MCK in the MSL)
(MATURE)
Jomo Rogers, a naturally talented athlete, starts taking performance enhancing drugs in order to be an even better high school football player, but finds his life spinning out of control as his game improves.

New Books, 12/4/09

The Middle School Library received one more gift from the Book Fair -- thanks to the Layendecker Family!

The Soccer Book: The Sport, the Teams, the Tactics, the Cups
by David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton
(796.334 GOL in the MSL)

An illustrated guide to the skills, rules, tactics, and coaching of soccer that covers the history of the game, positions, equipment, formations, passing, volleying, injuries, FIFA confederations, competitions, and other related topics. (Follett TitleWave)