New Science Fiction & Fantasy titles added to the C.B. West collection
include:
UNWIND by
Neal Shusterman
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen
and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for
use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and,
perhaps, save their own lives. 2/08
INFERNAL DEVICES by Philip Reeve
(Hungry City Chronicles) 2/08
In the distant future, when fifteen-year-old Wren Natsworthy,
bored with life in Anchorage, steals an Old-Tech book for a Lost Boy, she sets
off a sequence of events that leads her parents, Tom and Hester, back into
battle with old enemies and new.
A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY
by Libba Bray
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895,
sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend
a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to
see into the spirit world. 1/08
SHARP TEETH by Toby Barlow
Sweet-natured dogcatcher Anthony doesn't know that his
girlfriend is a werewolf no longer with her pack, whose ousted leader is doing
time as a family pet while plotting his revenge. 1/08
MAXIMUM RIDE -- SCHOOL'S OUT - FOREVER
by James Patterson
Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon leaves his family and
begins life as a cowboy, but his mentally retarded twin brother follows him and
joins the journey. 11/07
THE WARRIOR HEIR by Cinda Williams
Chima
After learning about his magical ancestry and his own
warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight
enemy wizards. 11/07
EXTRAS by
Scott Westerfeld
(4th in the series)
Fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse, an Extra, just wants to lay
low, so when she discovers the secret lives of the Sly Girls, she wants to
report their story, but she knows that would propel her into a celebrity status
she's not prepared for. 11/07
LIFE AS WE KNEW
IT by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes
her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide
tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. 4/07
THE LAST DAYS
by Scott Westerfeld
(sequel to Peeps)
As an ancient evil stirs beneath the streets of New York
City, infecting rats and people like a plague, five quirky teens come together
to form a "New Sound" band whose music seems to have paranormal power.
4/07
THE WARRIOR
HEIR by Cinda Williams Chima
After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior
powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy
wizards. 4/07
WINTERSMITH by Terry Pratchett
When witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts
the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of
Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high, sword-wielding,
sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright. 4/07
THE HARSH CRY OF THE HERON by Lian Hearn
(Series: Tales of the Otori)
A conclusion to the Tales of the Otori series brings the
conflicts of its medieval Japanese characters full circle. 4/07