Ever since Tanya was little she could see fairies. Anytime Tanya would try to tell someone about the fairies they would punish her. After her latest run in with the evil fairies she is sent to the countryside to her grandmother's for the summer. Tanya hates going to her grandmother's, the old lady dislikes her, the house is old and falling apart and worst of all are all the fairies. The countryside is teeming with them.

Isabelle Bean is a middle-schooler that believes she's not from this world. She knows in her heart of hearts that she is a changeling (a fairy or elf baby that is switched with a human one). One day Isabelle falls in to a closet after following a mouse's squeak in to a parallel world, where the children are running away from a witch and worst of all they think either Isabelle is the witch with her pointy boots or she must be helping her.

Nate Wright is your average middle schooler (but don't tell him that). He believes that he is "destined for greatness". So when a fortune cookie tells him that "Today you will surpass all others". Nate can't wait for his fortune to come true, so he tries to help it along and its one great big disaster after another.

If you loved the Wimpy Kid books you're going to really like Big Nate.

Eleven-year-old Ivy Manx is on a mission, a search and rescue mission to be exact. When Ivy’s uncle the last apotheopath healer goes missing Ivy must set off to find him.  Ivy is accompanied by her beloved crow named Shoo and her new friend a taster named Rowan. This mission sound’s fairly easy but the Kingdom of Caux is anything but safe and easy. Caux is a kingdom where the motto is poison or be poisoned.

Jack (Jack and the beanstalk) is back and boy is he ever up to his old tricks. After leaving home to escape punishment for committing negligent giganticide, Jack has returned home only to find out that his city is at war with the ant people. His mother is working for Blunderboar (the most evil giant in the land), the town is destroyed and people are going missing from left and right.

Imagine if you could take away someone’s pain and heal them from injuries. What would you do with that type of power? Nya and Tali are Taker, people that can heal and pull out the pain of a person with just their touch. But unlike Tali ,Nya can't get rid of the pain that she takes from others, because of this Nya can’t go to Healers League and she can’t be an apprentice.

This delightfully, decadent collection of frightening short stories from all across China will leave you shaken and dare I say a little hungry for more. The book is laid out like a typical menu with appetizers, main courses and desserts sections. Each tale ends with brief historical notes that tie in key points in the story as well as a delicious recipe, which happens to be the title of the story. Bon Appétit!

Calling all Septimus heap fans..... he's back!

Come into the library and check out what new adventures await Septimus in book 5 of the Septimus Heap series called Syren by Angie Sage.

Oxford American dictionary defines Omnivore as "one that's eats both plants and meat", and Dilemma as "a undesirable or unpleasant choice". According to Michael Pollan that's exactly what happens when we know and understand how the food we eat gets on our plate. The Omnivore's Dilemma is not meant to scare anyone but is meant to open our eyes, and when we look at our food with open eyes we give ourselves more options.