The Battle of the Labyrinth will continue the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan! The fourth in the series, it will be released in May of 2008. Take a look at that great cover and plan on ordering this for your library! What fun to have another fantasy series that flies off of the shelves all on its own. But even better, it’s a great series filled with action and humor, so librarians can be confident putting it into the hands of children and teens.
VOYA’s October Edition has a Roundup of Paperback Series for Teens. It is great to see series books being reviewed seriously. One thing that VOYA does exceptionally well is to take paperback releases seriously and review them right alongside the hardcovers. When one is working with teens this is very important. The Sweep series looks like the best bet from this batch. Onto my to-be-read list it goes!
Finding Violet Park by first-time author Jenny Valentine has won the Guardian children’s fiction prize in Britain. The book is not yet out in the U.S. and let’s hope it doesn’t take as long as The New Policeman did.
Waking Brain Cells 