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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

 

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