MEMORY BOY

Will Weaver, Author . HarperTrophy $5.99 (230p) ISBN 978-0-06-440854-7

In what PW called "an imaginative and plausible rendering of a futuristic society," the year is 2008, two years after a massive volcano has wreaked havoc in the U.S., and a 16-year-old boy knows that the only way for his family to survive is to head to their cabin in the wilderness. Ages 12-up. (Mar.)

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