The University Academics Admission & Aid Athletics Campus Life Events Library

New Titles

We have 91 items with all of the following terms:
Click [x] to remove a term, or use the facets in the sidebar to narrow your search. What are facets? Results sorted by the date added to the collection.

The Evolution Of Calpurnia Tate

  • The Evolution Of Calpurnia Tate
  • Attribution

    Jacqueline Kelly
  • Publication Details

    Book, 1st ed, Henry Holt and Co, 2009
  • Description

    Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones.With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
  • Tags

    · · · · · · · · · ·
  • Availability

    LOCATIONCALL #STATUS
     CHILD LIT (LOWER)  804 K296e  AVAILABLE

Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians

Faith Of My Fathers

White Owl, Barn Owl

Yeh Yeh’s House : A Memoir

Lies : A Novel

  • Lies : A Novel
  • Attribution

    Enrique de Hériz ; translated from the Spanish by John Cullen
  • Publication Details

    Book, 1st U.S. ed, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2007
  • Description

    Thousands of miles away, Isabel?s daughter, Serena, and the rest of the family have gathered at her parents? Serena is keeping a diary and trying to make sense of her family and its history. As Isabel and Serena recount spellbinding tales of love affairs and scandals within the Azuera family, the lies and legends that have influenced generations gradually come to light. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
  • Tags

    · · · · · · ·
  • Availability

    LOCATIONCALL #STATUS
     (UPPER LEVEL)  PQ6658.E672 M4613 2007  AVAILABLE

Terrible Storm

Behind The Mask

Second Skin

Becoming Joe DiMaggio

  • Becoming Joe DiMaggio
  • Attribution

    Maria Testa ; with illustrations by Scott Hunt
  • Publication Details

    Book, 1st ed, Candlewick Press, 2002
  • Description

    Spare, simple poems tell a boy?s moving story in this short novel about baseball, family, and the American dream. Christened after the legendary ballplayer, young Joseph Paul learns much at his Italian grandfather?s knee - about holding your breath in front of the radio during a 3-2 count with the bases loaded and having the audacity to dream big dreams. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
  • Tags

    · · · · ·
  • Availability

    LOCATIONCALL #STATUS
     CHILD LIT (LOWER)  811.54 T342b  AVAILABLE

Gilead

Gift Of The Bambino

Lunchtime For A Purple Snake

The Watermelon King

  • The Watermelon King
  • Attribution

    Daniel Wallace
  • Publication Details

    Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2003
  • Description

    From an author whose work has been praised for its “wit, subtle compassion, and an offbeat originality” (Boston Globe) comes a novel as unforgettable as it is compelling. An endearing blend of fable, fairy tale, and page-turner, The Watermelon King brings readers back to Ashland, Alabama–immortalized in Big Fish–a fictional town whose identity is based on its long-ago abundance of watermelons. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
  • Tags

    · · · · · · ·
  • Availability

    LOCATIONCALL #STATUS
     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3573.A425634 W35 2003  AVAILABLE

Everything Is Illuminated : A Novel

  • Everything Is Illuminated : A Novel
  • Attribution

    Jonathan Safran Foer
  • Publication Details

    Book, Houghton Mifflin Co, 2002
  • Description

    With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man - also named Jonathan Safran Foer - sets out to find the woman who might or might not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war, an amorous dog named Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior, and the unforgettable Alex, a young Ukrainian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English, Jonathan is led on a quixotic journey over a devastated landscape and into an unexpected past. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
  • Tags

    · · · · · · ·
  • Availability

    LOCATIONCALL #STATUS
     (UPPER LEVEL)  PS3606.O38 E84 2002  AVAILABLE