Tuesday, August 3, 2010

New Books

Conspiracy 365. August by Gabrielle Lord - the ongoing series about Cal, who must survive for 365 days. He's buried alive, and time is running out. Will his friends be able to find and rescue him in time? Meanwhile, his comatose sister has been kidnapped!
Forgive my Fins by Teri Lynn Childs -- Seventeen-year-old Lily, half-mermaid and half-human, has been living on land and attending high school, where she develops a crush on a boy but is afraid to tell him of her true destiny as the ruler of the undersea kingdom of Thalassinia.
Demons and Druids by Patterson -- Daniel X #3 -- As Daniel X continues to hunt for intergalactic aliens, he and his friends go to England searching for Beta, an outlaw who takes the form of fire and who killed Daniel's parents when he was two years old.
Artemis Fowl. The Atlantis Complex -- Teenaged criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must save the underwater fairy metropolis of Atlantis from danger, while battling a psychological affliction known as the Atlantis Complex.

Graphic novels:

X-Men Legacy. Emplate -- Fleeing the dark reign of Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers, the X-Men have created a new home for themselves on the floating island of Utopia, where they begin to feel safe until they find themselves under attack by Emplate, an enemy from the past, who is a vampiric mutant.
X-Men. Pixie Strikes Back -- Pixie, X-23, Armor, Mercury, and Blindfold go to high school and learn the joy of cafeteria food, communal bathrooms, and peer pressure. But, something's not quite right with all of it, and it has to do with Pixie. Things get even stranger when Pixie's mother shows up on Utopia demanding to see her daughter.
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Lewis Helfland -- a marvelously illustrated and condensed version of the classic tale.

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