Camp Confidentials, the end of the Withern Rise trilogy, and a Rum Running Mystery

Here's what hit the shelf today:

Reality Bites and Hide and Shriek by Melissa J. Morgan. These are both part of the Camp Confidential series, which was quite popular with people who turned in book reviews during Teen Summer Reading 2007. They take place at a summer camp.

The Underwood Sea by Michael Lawrence is the end of the Withern Rise trilogy (see my review of A Crack in the Line What Mrs. N's Been Reading - A Crack in the Line .) I really liked the first one and expect this to be good as well. If you like the alternate realities storylines you'll enjoy this series.

Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle is a story about rum running off the coast of Rhode Island during the 1920's.

Sonnenblick, Feddor and Martin Just In

There are a few new books trickling in. This batch includes the following:

Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick, the author of Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie. When 16-year-old Alex is assigned community service at a nursing home, he befriends a crotchety old guy, who teaches him about jazz guitar, love and forgiveness. I just love the cover - a picture of a garden gnome in the driver's seat of a car.

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor, is a twisted re-imagining of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Birdwing by Rafe Martin is a continuation of the Grimms fairy tale the Six Swans. In the Six Swans, six brothers are turned into swans. In this story, a sister sacrifices to save them from the curse but one brother isn't completely transformed. This is his story.

Reeve, Bray, Haddix and More

A very varied group of books by some wonderful, familiar authors just hit the shelf. There should be something for everyone. Check 'em out!

Larklight by Philip Reeve
The author of Mortal Engines ( a book I highly recommend - just don't read the blurb on the back cover - makes it sound really stupid) has started another unique fantasy series, this one set in space but in an alternate reality in the Victorian Era. I'm in the middle of reading this one, and am really enjoying it. Look for my review soon.

The House on the Gulf by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The author of the very popular Shadow Children series, brings us a standalone suspense novel about a house-sitting opportunity gone very bad.

The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
The conclusion of the trilogy that started with A Great and Terrible Beauty, has the Order fighting for control of the realms, the burned East Wing of Spence Academy being rebuilt, and Gemma and her friends seeing a changed Pippa.

The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton
It's 2368, and humanity is struggling to recover from a technocaust that has left a generation of orphans in its wake. Strict government regulations convince people that technology is dangerous; confusion and fear rule the earth. When Blay, a government work-camp orphan, is chosen for a special mission by a guardian of the environment she begins to discover that all may not be as it seems.