Wither

WITHER By: Lauren DeStefano
Because of genetic engineering, makes are only living to the age of twenty-five and females are dying at the age of twenty.
To keep the population from dying out, girls are being kidnapped and sold into marriages. When Rhine is taken, she finds herself in a world of privilege, wealth, and terrible secrets. Despite the genuine love of her hew husband and the trust of her sister wives, Rhine is desperate to regain her freedom. So, with the help of a cute servant boy named Gabriel, Rhine begins to formulate the terrible sickness that infects every girl of that age. Ages 14 and up Simon and Schuster Reviewed by Maggie

Iron Thorn

IRON THORN By: Caitlin Kittredge
Aoife Grayson has just a few weeks until she turns sixteen, the age when everyone in her family goes mad. Determined to fight the madness, Aoife escapes from her boarding school with best friend Cal and an outlaw guide named Dean and sets out to find her father. But what she finds instead is a world full of forbidden magic and a dark secret that has haunted the Grayson family for generations. Now Aoife must unravel the dark plotting of an evil Fae called Tremaine and save her city before she turns sixteen and her mind surrenders to the madness. Ages 12 and up. $17.99 Delacorte Press Reviewed by Maggie February 2011

Tiger's Curse

TIGER'S CURSE By: Colleen Houck
The last thing Kelsey thought she'd be doing this summer was trying to break a three hundred year old curse with a mysterious tiger named Ren, halfway around the world in India. She did not think that she would have to face dark magic, dangerous prophecies and mysterious worlds where nothing is as it seems. Kelsey honestly didn't expect to risk her life to break a tiger's curse. But that's exactly what happened. there goes her plans for a normal summer vacation. Ages 12 and up. $17.95 Sterling Reviewed by Maggie

Across the Universe

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE By: Beth Revis
Amy was supposed to be asleep for three hundred years. She was supposed to wake up with her parents when they landed on another planet far in the future. That's what she had signed up for. But Amy wakes up fifty years before their spaceship is scheduled to land. Now she is stuck on Godspeed, a spaceship governed by strange rules and inhabited by even stranger people. Amy soon realizes that her awakening was no mistake; some one on board was trying to kill her. Amy must unlock Godspeed's secrets and save her parents before it's too late and Amy ends up lost in space forever. Ages 12 and up.
$17.99 Ravorbill Reviewed by Maggie Age 16 Coming March 2011

SIXTY-EIGHT ROOMS By: Marianne Malone
Deep in the Art Institute in Chicago live the Thorne Rooms. These fabulous rooms are in miniature. When Ruthie and Jack's class visit the
museum they find a key that is magical. So begins the adventure of two kids who find that if Ruthie holds the key in her hand she can shrink and be able to go into the rooms. But the adventure wouldn't be right if she had to go by herself, so holding Jack's hand they travel in the rooms. But these are not ordinary rooms, for if you go outside on the balcony you are magically transported to another time. Go on these exciting adventures in history with two feisty, gutsy kids. Loved it! Ages 8-12 Random House $16.99

DEAD BEAUTIFUL By: Yvonne Woon
Renee had the perfect life, a great best friend, understanding parents, and the cutest boy in school for a boyfriend. She never dreamed that one day she would be attending Gottefried Academy after a mysterious accident leaves her in the care of her grandfather. It is at Gottefried that she meets Dante Berlin, a mysterious boy with an even more mysterious past. But Dante is not the only7 mystery at Gottefried. Students keep disappearing and the teachers are definitely hiding something. As Renee begins to uncover the schools secrets, she finds herself in grave danger. and its not from who she suspects. Mysterious and suspenseful, Dead beautiful will leave you wanting more. Ages 12 up. Hyperion $16.99 Reviewed by Maggie

CLOAKED By: Alex Finn
Johnny had always wanted an adventure. Working at his family's shoe repair business, he had always found is life rather boring. But the Princess Victoriana enters the picture his life is turned up0side down. Before he knows What's happening he is engaged to the Princess, rescuing a frog Prince form the clutches of an evil witch, traveling the world and taking advice from talking animals. Now Johnny has everything he has ever dreamed of, but is it really all its cracked up to be? Join Johnny as he embarks on an adventure of a lifetime and discovers that nothing is as it seems. Ages 12 and up. HarperTeen $16.99 Reviewed by: Maggie