Odds 'n Ends

A few odds 'n ends new things hit my desk today. Here's some detail:

Force Majeure by Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski
20-year-old Shane's research project on weather patterns is commandeered by a covert government agency to be used as a weaponof mass destruction. When he refuses to cooperate with them, he is kidnapped and some of his friends murdered. Can he stop them before they unleash mayhem on the world?

The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
The story of 8th grader charles Schwa who is "functionally invisible". Chapter titles like "Which Is Worse: Getting Mauled by a Pack of Dogs, or Getting Your Brains Bashed Out by a Steel Poker?" and "Maybe They Had It Right in France Because Getting My Head Lopped Off by a Guillotine Would Have Been Easier" give you a good idea of what to expect.

The Last Treasure by Janet S. Anderson
Thirteen-year-old Ellsworth, starts to have dreams of a house he doesn't remember. The house has a hidden treasure only a child can uncover—the last treasure of the family's eccentric patriarch. Can Ellsworth set the ghosts in the house to rest and uncover the family's last treasure—or will the secrets of the past haunt him forever?