Gr 5—8—Sarah Webb is Ireland's Louise Rennison, although her main character, Amy Green, is a bit more serious than Georgia Nicolson: same age and same snogging issues, but faced with divorced parents, step-parents, and infant half-siblings...

Gr 4—7—Fans of Gordon Korman's Swindle (2008) and Zoobreak (2009) will enjoy this third mystery (2010, all Scholastic) which follows the exploits of Griffin Bing and his pals...
Gr 9 Up—Andi Alpers is from Brooklyn Heights, NY, and is trying to come to terms with her scientist father's abandonment, her mother's mental illness, and her bother's tragic death which caused it all...
Gr 2—4—Judy Moody is a huge fan of super sleuth Nancy Drew, and in this latest installment (Candlewick, 2010) of Megan McDonalds's series, Judy solves three mysteries, Nancy Drew style...

Gr 6—9—Tristan's journey with the Holy Grail comes to its thrilling conclusion in the final title (Putnam, 2010) in Michael Spradlin's trilogy...
Gr 4—7—Eleven-year-old Oscar and his father share a love for model trains and they set up an elaborate layout in their basement...

Gr 10 Up—Nastasya, an immortal, has lived many lifetimes and experienced great wealth, poverty, love, loss, and grief in the first title (Little, Brown, 2010) in a projected trilogy by Cate Tiernan...
Gr 6—9—In Kaleb Nation's sequel (2010) to Bran Hambric: The Fairfield Curse (2009, both Sourcebooks Jabberwocky), Bran battles to save his friend, Astara, who has be snatched into the world of Specters...
Gr 8 Up—Three angels in human form are sent to the small town of Venus Cove to offset the forces of evil and restore faith in the community...