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.