New Books By Favorite Authors

As promised, here are some more of those new Teen books that came in last week.

Airman by Eoin Colfer takes place in the late 19th century. Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison off the Irish coast by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and trust to carry him to safety. This one looks quite good, but it's Colfer, so what else would you expect?

A Coming Evil by Vivian Vande Velde combines a ghost story with the German occupation of France during WWII. 13-year-old Lisette meets a ghost while living with her aunt who harbors Jewish and Gypsy children in the French countryside.

The Book of Mordred, also by Vivian Vande Velde takes place in Camelot. Mordred has been characterized a lot of different ways, depending on the author. This book looks at him through the eyes of three women who love him, including young Keira, a girl who can foretell the fate of her world.

Jinx by Meg Cabot mixes a love story with the supernatural. 16-year-old Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, leaves Iowa to live with relatives in Manhattan after her first spell goes bad. She'll need to brush up on her skills to stop her cousin from practicing black magic that could endanger both them and the boy they both like.

Blind Faith by Ellen Wittlinger deals with coping with the death of loved ones. While coping with her grandmother's sudden death and her mother's resulting depression and fascination with a spiritualist church, whose ministers claim to communicate with the dead, 15-year-old Liz finds herself falling for a new neighbor whose mother is dying of leukemia.

Diva by Alex Flinn is a different take on the "teen wants to be a famous star" genre. In this one, 16-year-old Cailin want to be an opera star.

Lucky T by Kate Brian takes place in a locale that's a bit unusual for a Teen book - Calcutta. Carrie's mom accidentally donates her lucky t-shirt to a charity called Help India, and Carrie's goes halfway around the world to get it back.