New Kid's Books August 10th

Hooray for Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke

Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa.  Amazing Africa.  She

loves singing to her two baby brothers, Double and Trouble.

But when she is chosen to sing for her school in front of

the president, her throat runs dry, and her bones turn to

stone.  Can Double and Trouble save her?

Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation by Matt Myklusch

Jack Blank doesn't know who he is or where he

comes from.  He doesn't even know his real last name.  All

Jack knows is his bleak, dreary life at St. Barnaby's Home

for the Hopeless, Abandoned, Forgotten and Lost.

Everything changes one morning when Jack receives

two visitors.  The first is a deadly robot, straight out of one

of Jack's favorite comic books, that tries its best to blow

him up.  The second is an emissary from a secret country called

the Imagine Nation, where all the fantastic and unbelievable

things in our world originate-including Jack.  Jack soon

discovers that he has an amazing ability-one that could make 

him the savior of the Imagine Nation and the world beyond,

or the biggest threat they've ever faced.

The Immortals by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

Nate Quarter is a lowly lamplighter in the

phrazmines of the Eastern Woods, until treachery

forces him to flee for his life- to the might city of

the Great Glade.

But these are turbulent times.  In Far-off Hive-the spectacular

city founded by the goblin tribes- the clan leaders are preparing for war.

And out beyond the dread Nightwoods, in the fabled gardens

of Riverrise, a one-eyed waif jealously guards the

life-giving waters of the mystical Riverrise spring...

Swept up in the maelstrom that follows, Nate and a small

band of intrepid friends must set off on an epic journey that

will lead them into terrible peril.

And all the while, from over the Edge cliff itself, a storm

unlike any every seen before is building-a storm that is

to roll across the land, bringing both echoes of the past and

the promise of a new beginning....

Real Princesses by Valerie Wilding

Can any girl become a princess?

Are all princesses rich?

Where do they get their dresses and jewelry?

Do all princesses become queen one day?

Discover the answers to these questions and many more

while reading about the privileged lives of princesses.

You'll get the scoop with real-life examples of what princesses'

lives are like, how they dress, what special events they attend,

where they go to school, and whether there are any downsides

to being royal.