Here are some interesting new books that the library has gotten that may interest you!

Primary

Skunkdog by Emily Jenkins
Skunkdog can not smell anything and as a result he has no friends since dogs like to sniff. But then a run in with a skunk leads to a lasting friendship since Skunkdog can't smell his friends interesting aroma and therefore isn't bothered by it.

Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
Edwina doesn't realize she is extinct and is beloved by all the townspeople for whom she bakes cookies and does nice things. But one scientific minded boy tried to prove that she is extinct until he gets to know her.

Help me, Mr. Mutt: Expert Answers for Dogs With People Problems by Janet Stevens
If you ever wondered what your dog was thinking, here's your chance to find out. Dogs from all over America write to ask Mr. Mutt about problems such as what to do when your human dresses you up for the holiday and other important things. And all the while Mr. Mutt is writing about these issues, the Queen, a cat is plotting to undermine him and almost suceeds.

Middle School

Winning Words by Charles R. Smith Jr.
If you enjoy reading sports stories and looking at pictures of those sports, this is the book for you. There are stories on baseball, football, gymnastics, basketball and more. Although the stories are fiction, the ring true if you have participated in these sports yourself.

She Touched the World by Sally Hobart and Robert Alexander
When we think of admirable people who have dealt with handicaps, we often think of Helen Keller, but she was not the only deaf-blind woman to make a mark on the world. This is the biography of Laura Bridgman, a deaf-blind woman one of the first to learn to fingerspell and who actually taught this skill to Annie Sullivan, at the Perkins School for the blind. Annie was Helen Keller's teacher and thanks to Laura was able to eventually teach Helen to communicate with fingerspell and to evolve into the educated person she becomes.

High School

End Game by Nancy Garden
Gray tells his story through discussion with his lawyer in this book. He is a typical teen who has just moved to a new community, but he has had problems at this last school. He plans on starting fresh and is optimistic that he can do so. Unfortunately things do not always happen as we plan. As he goes along telling the parts of his story, the tension builds until you want to find out exactly what happened because your imagination is giving you all sorts of scenarios as the story builds to a fateful climax.

Undercover by Beth Kephart
Elisa is very good at being an "invisible" watcher of things, people, nature and the whole world around her. She is also an excellent write and has helped several guys get their girls by providing them with poetry to give to a girl to get them interested. Usually it works, until she gives one of her works to Theo and instead of stopping with one, continues to help him out with others. Unfortunately she finds herself getting interested in Theo and does not quite know what to do. This is a problem and so is the fact her father's work keeps him away from home a great deal and it is starting to affect the family. Can Eliza surmount these problems and in doing so find herself? It's worth the read to see.

Peak by Roland Smith
Unlike what you might first think, Peak is the name of a 14 year-old son of two mountain climbers, not a part of a mountain. When we first meet Peak you think he is climbing a mountain, but considering he lives in NYC, that isn't possible and he is not imagining the climb either. Figure that one out. But, from there he is in trouble with the law and on trail and the only way he can escape being put  in jail is to join his absentee father in Nepal where his adventures really take off. He meets fascinating characters such as Zopa, and his grandson, Sunjo when his father springs a climb up Mt. Everest on him. While on the mountain, peak learns many things about himself, his father and their relationship and about human nature that might really surprise you. Does he make it? Read and see.