The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson

Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence of Earth and another planet are at stake.

Call number: F PAT (LA IMC)

Patterson, James. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X. New York: Little Brown, 2008.

Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

As Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double--tries to keep the Book of Immortality from unraveling, Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, and demands that Bluejay either surrender or doom the children to slavery in the silver mines.

Call number: F FUN (LA IMC)

Funke, Cornelia. Inkdeath. New York: Scholastic Inc., 2008.

Drawing Dynamic Hands by Burne Hogarth

Describes the step-by-step process of drawing the human hand.

Call number: 743 HOG (LA IMC)

Hogarth, Burne. Drawing Dynamic Hands. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1988.

Aesop's Fables translated by Joseph Jacobs

A collection of 234 very short animal fables written by Aesopus of ancient Greece.

Call number: 398.24 AES (electronic book)

Aesop's Fables. McHenry, Ill.: Follett Digital Press, 2005.

505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages by Dan Crowley

A hall of fame of the weirdest, funniest and overall dumbest websites.

Call number: 025.04 UNB (SS IMC)

Crowley, Dan. 505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages. Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Hysteria, 2007.

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

In the city of Ember, Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

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Call number: F DUP (LA IMC)

DuPrau, Jeanne. City of Ember. New York: Random House, 2004.

Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats

Izzie, always a bit curvy, picks up some pounds over the holidays and becomes so obsessed with losing weight that she forgets all the good things going on in her life.

Call number: F HOP (LA IMC)

Hopkins, Cathy. Mates, Dates, and Chocolate Cheats. New York: Simon Pulse, 2006.