X in Flight
Book One in the XYZ trilogy

Raincoast Books
Available: 07/01/07
5.12 x 7.68 · 256 pages
Ages 14 and up
9781551929828
CDN $11.95
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Canadian Title
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We all know that change is a huge part of being a teen. Bodies change. Personalities change. Moods change. But what happens when the changes are, well, a little on the supernatural side?
Xenos, "X" for short, is a 17-year-old kid with a chip on his shoulder that's almost as big as the heart he tries to hide from the world. He swaggers through his life hoping to figure out the things he wants from life, but lately, things have begun to fall apart. His wild and passionate girlfriend, Cat, is on the verge of dumping him, and he starts to realize that he might just be in love with a beautiful-but-really-strange girl named Ruby. And we haven't even mentioned what his grades look like these days.
And then he discovers he can fly.
X in Flight is the first book in an exciting new YA trilogy from Karen Rivers. Rivers' new offering is an exciting, edgy and compelling world sure to be a hit with fans of highly acclaimed shows like Heroes, Supernatural and Lost. The next two titles in the XYZ trilogy, Y in the Shadows and What Z Sees, showcase Yale and Zoe, whose respective powers are invisibility and telepathy.
Ages 14 and up
KAREN RIVERS (Victoria) is the author of the bestselling Haley Andromeda trilogy, which includes The Healing Time of Hickeys, a Children's Book Centre Our Choice selection, a featured title for Barnes & Noble and Amazon.ca and nominated for the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book of the Year.