New Material

A new Jacqueline Wilson book is coming out in October. It is called Cookie.

Beauty Cookson is no beauty – she’s a plain girl, surrounded by super-confident, snooty girls at school. But worse than the teasing in the playground is her father’s temper. Eventually, after an unbearable birthday party and a very real fear that Dad’s temper is out of control, Mum and Beauty run away.

If it sounds like something you want to read, follow this link and place a reserve so that you can be one of the first people to get your hands on a library copy in October.

Jacqueline Wilson’s new book My sister Jodie is receiving fantastic reviews around the world, especially from 11 year old girls, who say it’s the best book ever.

The book’s about two sisters, Pearl and Jodie, who move with their parents to live at an old fashioned, posh boarding school. Jodie is usually the popular one with lots of friends, but at the new school it’s Pearl who does well while Jodie has trouble fitting in. Then something tragic happens…

Make sure you get to read My sister Jodie as soon as possible! Reserve it now, and let us know what you think!

Stupendous amazing excitement! Meg Cabot, author of the Princess Diaries plus lots of other amazing books, has just published a new book. Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls is the first book in a new series about Allie Finkle, a girl who likes rules but isn’t so crazy about everything else. It’s awesome! And it even has its own website. So does Meg Cabot.

There are some new instalments of your favourite series coming out in the next few months (reserve them now!):

Queste (Septimus Heap) by Angie Sage (April 2008). Septimus goes on a quest to find the House of Foryx and rescue Nicko and Snorri. But what is this House of Foryx?

Outcast (Warriors) by Erin Hunter (May 2008). Jaypaw, one of Firestar’s grandchildren, is captivated by an ancient prophecy and the power it holds.

The Crossing of Ingo (Ingo Adventures) by Helen Dunmore (May 2008). The fourth and final book in the Ingo Adventures quartet. Sapphire, Conor, Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo, but noone has ever attempted it, and Ervys and his mates are going to make sure they won’t make it.

The Spook’s Mistake (Wardstone Chronicles) by Joseph Delaney (July 2008). Tom is sent north to be trained by Bill Arkwright, another spook. The Fiend sends his daughter, a water witch called Morwena, to destroy Tom and a series of mistakes mean that Tom might be left to face his enemies alone…

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, of course) by Eoin Colfer (August 2008). Artemis’ mother is ill, and Artemis must do many genius things in order to save her, which isn’t beyond a boy genius (we hope), especially if he’s got the help of super-fairy Holly Short (as long as she can put up with him). I see that there’s going to be an Artemis Fowl movie coming out soon, so watch this space!

A Giant Problem (Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles) by Tony DiTerlizzi (September 2008). The second book in the “Beyond” series. According to the internet, Spiderwick will be in Florida (United States) for this story. Sounds interesting. Have you seen the Spiderwick movie? Was it truly scary?