Wednesday, February 27, 2008

New in March

Runemarks: Joanne Harris: 526 pages
Five hundred years after the end of the world and the destruction of gods, faeries, and goblins, Maddy is certain that some magic still exists based on the marking on her hand and so turns to the support of a mysterious traveler, One-Eye, to figure out her destiny in a world where she has been labeled an outcast.

Airman: Eoin Colfer: 412 pages
Falsely accused of murdering the king and sent off to an island prison, royal bodyguard Conor begins to plan his escape by building a glider so that he can fly to the mainland, clear his good name, and seek justifiable revenge on the real culprit, the evil Bonvilain.

Cindy Ella: Robin Palmer: 264 pages
Sophomore iconoclast Cindy's prom-bashing letter to her high school newspaper complicates her life when she develops a crush on her SAT tutor, added to the ones she has on a popular senior and a boy she has been instant messaging but has never met.

Bunker 10: J.A. Henderson: 253 pages
On a December night, a huge blast destroys a forest and remote valley where a hidden military base exists--a home to 185 people, including scientists, soldiers, and seven teenagers, who all try their best to survive what seems to be their inevitable demise.

I Heart You, You Haunt Me: Lisa Schroeder: 226 pages
When her recently deceased boyfriend, Jackson, reappears as a ghost, Ava is thrilled to have him in her life in any way she can, but when she finally begins to move on with her life, Jackson must find a way to let her go.

The London Eye Mystery: Siobhan Dowd: 322 pages
When Salim doesn't come back from his ride on the London Eye, his cousins Ted and Kat turn to the authorities for help, but when they offer no viable suggestions, the two use their sleuthing skills to figure out what actually happened.