When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again. Walk (or run!) a mile in Jessica's shoes!
This fantasy sounds intriguing: The adventures of two teenaged cousins who live in a place called The Floating Islands, one of whom is studying to become a mage and the other one of the legendary island flyers.
Cassia lives in a society where the officials decide everything--who you love, where you work, when you die. This utopian fantasy is definitely at the top of my list-to-read!

I've heard a lot of buzz about this one in the past couple of months. Check out the teaser from Little Brown Books here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKEj3oE3BJE
The sequel to Hex Hall!
Adventure? Heroism? Treachery? Count me in!
A movie based on Alex Flinn's book Beastly has just recently hit theaters. Here's Alex's newest fairy tale mash-up.
The classic underdog story: High school nonentity Cammy Hall lives with her grandparents and has one friend--Gerdi, the Danish foreign exchange student--but when someone starts sending her mysterious text messages with instructions that make her more noticeable, and even popular, she must decide what kind of life she wants to lead.
Here's a new one by the author of the well-loved Ender's Game series:
Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.
And, two new graphic novel informational books:
Come to the LMC and check 'em out!










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