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March 28 -- Due in book stores November 2012: Diary of a Wimpy Kid #7, Valentine's Day theme.

March 27 -- Due in book stores April 3, a new book featuring the Pigeon! 

October 20 -- New 39 clues series!  Just when you thought the mystery of the 39 clues was over, the Cahills are kidnapped by the Vespers.  Book One, The Medusa Plot is out now.  Book Two, A King's Ransom will be out in December, and Book Three, Dead of the Night, will be published in March.  Look for Book One, The Medusa Plot, at the Book Fair at Lincoln, Osborn and Montgomery the week of October 31.

Sept. 20 -- UPDATE: The Son of Neptune release has been moved up to Oct. 4.  To read an excerpt go to http://olympianweek.com/excerpts.php. 

June 9 -- Missing on Superstition Mountain by Elise Broach (Masterpiece) is due in stores June 21.  The first in a mystery trilogy, the story follows Simon, Henry, Jack and Delilah as they discover why the townspeople have warned them to stay away from Supersition Mountain.

June 7 -- Sequel to The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune will be in stores October 11.  Return to Camp Half Blood to find out if Jason, Piper and Leo and other offspring of the Roman gods and Greek gods can work together to save the world.

June 6 -- A new book by Brian Selznick, the Caldecott-winning author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, is due in stores September 13.  In Wonderstruck Rose's story is told in pictures while Ben's story is told in words.

June 3 -- Christopher Paolini's long-expected conclusion to the Inheritance trilogy (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr), which is titled Inheritance, will be in stores November 8.

June 2 -- Seven stories by Dr. Seuss, previously unpublished, are gathered together in The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories due in stores September 8.

May 17 -- Sequel to Theodore Boone: kid lawyer by John Grisham to be in stores June 7.