Wow, thank you Carolyn Keene for writing more books! The Nancy Drew series are definitely coming out with lots of new books this year!

Another whole new trilogy about Nancy Drew called Identity Mystery Trilogy, the first book being Secret Identity, is coming out this December. The second book will be Identity Theft will be coming out February 2009, and the third Identity Revealed, will be out April 2009.

My sister is a huge of the Doll People books, by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, and was very excited to hear that The Runaway Dolls, the third book (after The Meanest Doll in the World) is coming this October.

Sunlight and Shadow: a Retelling of "The Magic Flute" by Cameron Dokey in the Once Upon a Time series is coming out June of this year. Belle: a Retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" is coming out  November, way later this year.

Airhead is coming out June of this year by Meg Cabot. The next book in the Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series is entitled New Girl, also by Meg Cabot.

From the Clique Summer Collection by Lisi Harrison, #2, Dylan, is coming out this May. #3 in the series, Alicia, is coming out this June. #4, Kristen, is coming out this July. And #5, Claire, is coming out this August.

Also, a little thing, Angie Sage, the author of the Septimus Heap series is planning the series to be 7 books long. The 4th, Queste, just came out a few days ago, but keep a look out for the rest!

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