Be sure to walk all the aisles, because there's a wide selection this fall for those interested in new kids' books. (Galleys will be available at all shows, except where noted.)

New titles from popular authors:

•The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation: Volume I: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson (Candlewick), the first in a two-part story that reimagines the past as an eerie place.

•The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press). Selznick's first novel, containing 300 illustrations.

•Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson (Viking), from the author of Speak.

•On Christmas Eve by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic Press), a holiday tale from the Newbery Honor author.

•Dragonology Chronicles: Volume One: The Dragon's Eye by Dugald A. Steer (Candlewick), the first in a series of Dragonology novels.

•Street Love by Walter Dean Myers (HarperCollins/Amistad), a free-verse novel from the author of Monster.

•Part of Me by Kimberly Willis Holt (Holt), in which linked stories trace four generations of a family.

•River Secrets by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury), featuring the characters from The Goose Girl.

•The Neddiad by Daniel Pinkwater (Houghton Mifflin), about how a boy, a shaman, a ghost and three pals determine the fate of the world.

•Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks (Harcourt), a thriller where nothing is as it seems. (Available at MBA, GLBA, NCIBA, PNBA and SCBA.)

•Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick (Scholastic Press), about a boy who must do community service at a senior center.

•Sold by Patricia McCormick (Hyperion), about a girl who is taken from her home in Nepal and is sold into the sex trade.

•Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares (Delacorte), the fourth and final Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants book.

•The New Policeman by Kate Thompson (Greenwillow), winner of this year's Guardian Children's Book prize.

•Atherton: The House of Power by Patrick Carman (Little, Brown), a new fantasy series from the Land of Elyon creator.

•Get Real by Betty Hicks (Roaring Brook), a novel about discovering who you are.

We've said it before and we'll say it again: fantasy is still hot:

•The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica: Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen (S&S), about the adventures of three men—C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams.

•The Midadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff #1: You Wish by Jason Lethcoe (Grosset & Dunlap), the first in a series about the Wishworks Factory, where wishes are granted.

•The Navigator by Eoin McNamee (Random House/Lamb), about a boy whose world gets flipped around to where time flows backward.

First-time authors galore:

•The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Little, Brown/Tingley). A group of brainiacs are pulled together by the head of a secret society to solve a mystery.

•Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan (HarperCollins), a fantasy by an 11-year-old.

•Anatomy of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky (Delacorte), about experiencing love and sex for the first time.

•Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (HarperTeen), the first in a new series the publisher describes as "Desperate Housewives for teens."

•Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce (Harcourt), a fantasy about a girl whose life changes after taking a shortcut in Crackpot Hall, her family home with 11,000 rooms.

•The Softwire Virus on Orbis 1 by PJ Haarsma (Candlewick), the first title in a science fiction series.

•City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (S&S/McElderry), the first book in the Mortal Instruments series.

Some noteworthy sequels:

•Crispin: At the Edge of the World by Avi (Hyperion), the companion to Crispin: The Cross of Lead.

•Ruler of the Realm by Herbie Brennan (Bloomsbury), third in the Faerie Wars Chronicles.

•The Lost Cities: A Drift House Voyage by Dale Peck (Bloomsbury), a sequel to The First Voyage.

New takes on teen life:

•X-Indian Chronicles: The Book of Mausape by Thomas M. Yeahpau (Candlewick), a blending of pop culture and Native culture.

•Side Effects by Amy Goldman Koss (RoaringBrook), about a teenager dealing with cancer.

And a mystery:

•Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars: The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas by Tracy Mackand Michael Citrin (Orchard), first in a series in which a group of misfits help Sherlock Holmes solve a mystery.