Monday, February 23, 2009

New in March

The City of Glass: Cassandra Clare: 560 pages
Knowing that their father, Valentine, will soon attack, Clary and Jace must venture to the city of glass to find the warlock that has the power to save their mother's life and then uncover the truth about their past in order to prepare for the greatest showdown they will ever face, in the final installment to The Mortal Instruments trilogy.

Eternal: Cynthia Leitich Smith: 307 pages
When Miranda's guardian angel Zachary recklessly saves her from falling into an open grave and dying, the result is that she turns into a vampire and he is left to try to reinstate his reputation by finally doing the right thing.

Storm: The Ghost Machine: E.L. Young: 297 pages
The fourteen-year-old geniuses of STORM, a secret organization dedicated to eliminating the world's misery through science and technology, travel to Venice to investigate two "ghostly" burglaries and uncover a larger, more sinister plan involving teleportation, quantum computers, and a plot to assassinate the leading figures of international intelligence.

The Singing: The Fourth Book of Pellinor: Alison Croggon: 496 pages
The bard Maerad and her brother Hem hold the key to the mysterious Singing, and each of them must overcome terrible obstacles before they can unite and together unlock the Tree of Song, release the music of the Elidhu, and defeat the Nameless One.

Voss: How I Come to America and Am Hero, Mostly: David Ives: 200 pages
Having come into the country in a crate of black-market cheese puffs with his father Bogdown and uncle Shpoont, Voss steps out into his new world with great hopes for a bright future in this amusing tale of a stumbling and bumbling teen who becomes an unlikely hero through his kind deeds.

Just One Wish: Janette Rallison: 272 pages
Seventeen-year-old Annika tries to cheer up her little brother Jeremy before his surgery to remove a cancerous tumor by bringing home his favorite television actor, Steve Raleigh, the star of "Teen Robin Hood."

Wild Orchid: A Retelling of the Ballad of Mulan: Cameron Dokey: 199 pages
After disguising herself as a boy to join the Chinese army, Mulan returns home only to face an arena that frightens her more than any battlefield--the royal court where she must honor her family through marriage.

MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel: James Patterson: 320 pages
When millions of fish start dying off the coast of Hawaii and something is destroying hundreds of ships, the government enlists the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--to help get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.When millions of fish start dying off the coast of Hawaii and something is destroying hundreds of ships, the government enlists the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--to investigate the problem.