Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinney
Published 2008 by Amulet Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780810994737

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This follow-up to the "New York Times" bestselling "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" chronicles Greg Heffley's attempts to navigate the hazards of middle school, impress the girls, and to keep his secret safe--especially from his older brother Rodrick, who would be happy to spill the beans.

Series Website:  http://www.wimpykid.com/

Medusa Jones
by Ross Collins
Published 2008 by Arthur A. Levine Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780439901000

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In ancient Greece lives a little girl called Medusa Jones, a Gorgon. Medusas sure the school camping trip is going to be a nightmare. A rock fall puts the popular kids in peril, and Medusas the only one who can help. Will she be a hero--or is her monster side finally going to come out? 

Author Website:  http://www.rosscollins.net/

The Looking Glass Wars
by Frank Beddor
Published 2007 by Speak

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780142409411

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The Myth: Alice was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his famous storybook. The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills Alyss parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the Pool of Tears. But in the pool Alyss and Hatter are separated. Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Yet he gets the story all wrong. Hatter Madigan knows the truth only too well, and he is searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland so she may battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts.

Series Website:  http://lookingglasswars.com/

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It
by Sundee T. Frazier
Published 2007 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780385734394

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TEN-YEAR-OLD TAE KWON DO blue belt and budding rock hound Brendan Buckley keeps a "Confidential" notebook for his top-secret scientific discoveries. And he's found something totally top secret. The grandpa he's never met, who his mom refuses to talk about or see, is an expert mineral collector and lives nearby! Secretly, Brendan visits Ed DeBose, whose skin is pink, not brown like Brendan's, his dad's, or that of Grampa Clem's, who recently died. Brendan sets out to find the reason behind Ed's absence, but what he discovers can't be explained by science, and now he wishes he'd never found him at all. . . .

Author Website:  http://www.sundeefrazier.com/

Don't Bump the Glump!: And Other Fantasies
by Shel Silverstein
Published 2008 by HarperCollins

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061493386

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Originally published in 1964, Silverstein's first collection of poetry about a band of unusual creatures housed in Uncle Shelby's Zoo is available once again, this time in full color.

Author Website:  http://www.shelsilverstein.com/

Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House
by Haven Kimmel
Published 2008 by Atheneum Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780689874024

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The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "A Girl Named Zippy" is delighted to introduce Kaline Klattermaster, a little boy who understands the importance of a few good friends--make-believe or otherwise.

Ivy and Bean: Take Care of the Babysitter
by Annie Barrows
Published 2008 by Chronicle Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780811856850

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The adventures of Ivy and Bean continue in the latest installment from series creators Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall. In Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter, the two girls hatch a plan to prove that Bean's big sister is the world's worst babysitter. Of course plans go awry, but fun ensues!

The Seer of Shadows
by Avi
Published 2008 by HarperCollins

Library Binding, English. ISBN: 9780060000165

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Newbery Medalist Avi weaves one of his most suspenseful and scary tales--about a ghost who has to be seen to be believed and must be kept from carrying out a horrifying revenge. The time is 1872. The place is New York City. Horace Carpetine has been raised to believe in science and rationality. So as apprentice to Enoch Middleditch, a society photographer, he thinks of his trade as a scientific art. But when wealthy society matron Mrs. Frederick Von Macht orders a photographic portrait, strange things begin to happen. Horace's first real photographs reveal a frightful likeness: it's the image of the Von Machts' dead daughter, Eleanora. Pegg, the Von Machts' black servant girl, then leads him to the truth about who Eleanora "really" was and how she actually died. Joined in friendship, Pegg and Horace soon realize that his photographs are evoking both Eleanora's image and her ghost. Eleanora returns, a vengeful wraith intent on punishing those who abused her. Rich in detail, full of the magic of early photography, here is a story about the shadows, visible and invisible, that are always lurking near.

Author Website:  http://www.avi-writer.com/