Pick of the Week- Rithmantist

is Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson.  Fans of Harry Potter will love the world created by Sanderson. In this world, the United States is a series of islands, each with their own culture and many with their own school of Rithmatists. Joel grows up on the campus of one of the most important schools, Armedius Academy, longing to be chosen as a Rithmatist. He has spent most of his life learning the science behind this magical skill, so he longs to be welcomed in to their ranks. When he is not chosen, he is devastated but unwilling to give up. He manages to get under the tutelage of one of the oldest Rithmatists teachers without the school knowing. As students at the school go missing, he and fellow outsider Melody are thrust into the investigation that threatens to throw the school into chaos.