New to Fallsburg Library: New Wonderbooks
Guide to new books and audio books available at the Fallsburg Library
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What are Wonderbooks?Physical books with an embedded, ready-to-play audiobook player, combining print and audio narration. They allow users to read along with the story or listen independently, and many have a "learning mode" with comprehension questions to encourage literacy skills.
Let us know if your interested in these types of books so we can add more to our collection
Old School - Gordon Korman
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Old School by
Call Number: J KorISBN: 9798822697157Publication Date: 2025-07-01Dexter Foreman is twelve...going on eighty. He has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was six years old, and as a result, he gets along better with senior citizens than kids his own age. He's homeschooled by the residents up until the day the county’s truancy officer shows up and announces that Dex has to go to the local middle school. At school, Dex sticks out like a sore thumb. He dresses like a grandpa (and can be just as cranky). His taste in movies and music is decades out of date. Only a few students—like Gianna Greco, a reporter at the school’s newspaper—find him intriguing. For most, he is a weirdo...or a target. Raised among a generation of Mr. Fix-Its, Dex can repair seemingly anything with his trusty Swiss Army Knife—which comes in handy since the old school building seems to be falling apart. It also ends up putting Dexter in a situation that could either make or break his school career. Dexter would do anything to return to his old life at The Pines. But when his wish finally seems to be coming true, his old and new worlds collide in a way that surprises everyone—and Dexter most of all.
The Best of Iggy - Annie Barrows
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The Best of Iggy by
Call Number: J BarISBN: 9798331700003Publication Date: 2025-08-01Meet 9-year-old Iggy Frangi. He's not a bad kid, he's really not. Okay, so he's done a few (a few is anything up to 100) bad things. And okay, he's not very sorry about most of them. People make a big deal about nothing. What's a little pancake here and there? Is that something to get mad about? Iggy doesn't think so. No one got hurt, so there's no problem. No one got hurt except for that one time, that one time when the Best Idea Ever turned into the Worst Idea of All Time. Iggy is sorry he did it. He is really, really, really sorry. "For what?" you might ask. "What did he do?" Well, you'll have to read the book to find out. Things Iggy will NOT do in this book: Be the most polite kid ever. Play the cello. Think before acting. Learn a lesson. Regret his actions. (Most of them, anyway.)
Always Anthony - Terry Libenson
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Always Anthony by
Call Number: JGNOV LibISBN: 9798822697645Publication Date: 2025-08-01Friends. Bullies. MIDDLE SCHOOL Anthony is TPFW (Too Popular for Words), loves science, hates writing. Leah is a super-shy nerd who’s finally making friends of her own. What could they have in common? A lot more than they thought, as it turns out! But then one day they witness Anthony’s teammates bullying a sixth grader. What happens next could cement their new friendship—or blow it up forever.
Chester Keene Cracks the Code - Kekla Magoon
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Chester Keene Cracks the Code by
Call Number: J MagISBN: 9798331702014Publication Date: 2025-08-01Chester Keene takes great comfort in his routines. After school Monday to Thursday is bowling, and Friday, the best of days, is laser tag! But most special of all is when Chester gets secret spy messages from his dad, who is always on covert government assignments, which is why Chester has never met him. Then, one day at lunch, Chester’s classmate Skye approaches him with a clue. They’ve been tasked with a complex puzzle-solving mission. Chester takes their assignments very seriously, but Skye treats it like a big game. Skye proves to be a useful partner and good company, even if her haphazard, free-wheeling ways are disruptive to Chester’s carefully curated schedule.
Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake - Andrea Beaty
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Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake by
Call Number: J BeaISBN: 9798331702137Publication Date: 2025-08-01Zookeeper Fred loves snakes, but his favorite is a tiny green snake named Vern. Vern is sneaky and constantly tries to hide in Fred’s lunch. When Vern gets loose in the zoo and lands atop a boy’s head, it’s trouble! A few citizens demand that all the snakes must go, and the mayor closes the zoo until the city council decides what to do. Is Vern a menace? Are the snakes a danger to society or a valuable resource for everyone? Who gets to decide? In Aaron Slater and the Sneaky Snake , the Questioneers need all their talents to help Zookeeper Fred, but in the end, it’s Aaron’s art that leads the way.