A SCIFI-MYSTERY

If you're a fan of the TV show Bones and a reader of Young Adult fiction, then you are also interest in Kathy Reichs's book Virals. Kathy Reichs is the author of the books that the TV show is based on and this is her first book for YA. She blends the mystery of a secret laboratory with the science fiction of an unusual strain of a canine virus that affects humans. Throw in some spine-tingling, dangerous adventures and, of course, some bones and you have Virals, the first book in a projected trilogy. Tory Brennan, niece of the female scientist on Bones, lives on a island where her scientist father works. With friends from school she rescues a wolfdog pup from a secret lab unknowingly exposing all of them to the virus. Now they start to have strange ailments and exhibit heighten senses and abilities. When they stumble upon a buried skeleton that strangely disappears, Tory and her friends have to get to the bottom of the mystery. Virals is available on the New Books shelf.