Scorpion Shards

Neal Shusterman. Tor Books, $5.99 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-8125-2465-9

Six teens battle an evil force that controls and intends to destroy them. ""Shusterman takes an outlandish comic-book concept and, through the sheer audacity and breadth of his imagination, makes it stunningly believable,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Nov.) r

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