DON'T TOUCH By: Rachel M. Wilson

DON'T TOUCH  By: Rachel M. Wilson
Caddie can't stop think about being touched. She even goes to the extreme of wearing long gloves in very hot weather. As long as she isn't touched on her skin she is okay. In her mind she thinks that if she isn't touched her parents will get back together. So starts Caddie at a new school for the arts where she meets an old friend and makes a number of new ones. When she is cast for Ophelia in the school play, opposite of Peter she really begins to fall apart. The book was fascinating, as it deals with severe anxiety disorders. Ages 14 on up. $17.99 Coming in September 2014 Harper Teen

SAY WHAT YOU WILL By: Cammie McGovern

SAY WHAT YOU WILL   By: Cammie McGovern
Reading this book I needed about a box of tissues. Not because it was terribly sad, but so powerful and humbling to meet the cast of characters. Amy is going into senior high school, she has CP and has always had an adult aide take her from class to class. She fights with her mother to allow her to hire students her age so she can make friends. Amy has to use a voice synthesizer to speak, so really she has never had the opportunity to just be alone with her peers. Then Amy bravely writes to one of the students she want to help her, Matthew. He has his own issues, which Amy thinks she can help. What evolves is more than friendship, if they can ever get the courage to admit it. A must read. Ages 14 and up. Harper Teen $17.99

SAVING LUCAS BIGGS By: Marisa de los Santos and David Teague

SAVING LUCAS BIGGS  By: Marisa de los Santos and David Teague
Can Margaret O'Malley save her innocent father's life after he is sentenced to death by the terrible Judge Biggs? Margaret decides that the only way to help is to use her magical properties and travel back in time to change Lucas Biggs from becoming the meanest man. With the encouragement of her friend and his grandfather, that is what she attempts to do. I read this in one sitting and couldn't put it down. Ages 8-12 Harper $16.99

SHE IS NOT INVISIBLE By: Marcus Sedgwick

SHE IS NOT INVISIBLE  By: Marcus Sedgwick
Laureth's father is a writer. They live in London, and Laureth takes care of all of her father's correspondence. But then her dad goes missing. Laureth gets an e-mail
from a man in New York that has found her father's notebook. Laureth is sure something is terribly wrong and her Mum doesn't agree. So with the help of her seven year old brother she gathers their passports, her mother's credit card and they head to New York to find their father. The only problem is she cannot see. What an adventure-mystery. It will leave you on the edge. $16.99 Roaring Brook Press 

SNORING BEAUTY By: Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

SNORING BEAUTY  By: Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

When Mouse tries to go to sleep the night before his wedding, he just can't for Sleeping Beauty is snoring away. Desperate to sleep he makes a plan to have the prince kiss her and make her stop. But the prince can't believe the noise she is making. In this hilarious spoof, you will laugh along with the characters. A gem of a book. Ages 4-8 $17.99  Harper 

GOING PLACES By: Peter and Paul Reynolds

GOING PLACES  By: Peter and Paul Reynolds
When the teacher hands out boxes to each of her students, it says Going Places. Rafael can't wait to put his together. When he is done it is a go-cart, he is so proud of his cart. Then he looks next door to see how Maya is doing and she is just sitting on her box looking at a bird. The next time he looks she has made her cart into wings like an airplane. So they decide to collaborate. Amazing what tow minds can come up with. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. When my son, now grown with a son of his own. Loved the Peter Spier book Oh Were they Ever Happy. I know this will be on the list of books I will purchase for his son. 
$15.99 Ages 4-8 Atheneum

FANCY NANCY AND THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY By: Jane O'Connor

FANCY NANCY AND THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY  By: Jane O'Connor
Okay, I don't know how Jane O'Connor does it, but she made the perfect book for little girls who would love to be in a wedding. Fancy Nancy is sure she is going to be a flower girl, she will have the most beautiful dress and stay up past midnight. But when her Uncle Cal says the wedding is to be a surprise, Nancy is shocked. There going to have a morning wedding, not a traditional one. Will this be a great wedding or a disappointment. Make sure you get a copy! Ages 4-8  Harper $17.99