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Dystopian sci-fi adventure for kids aged 9, 10, 11, 12 – a thought-provoking story of AI and humanity
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"A thrilling and thought-provoking sci-fi adventure that's shot through with humanity. A great read." Christopher Edge "Shades of C3PO and Blade Runner... In a nail-biting series of plot twists, human and droid loyalties are tested." The Observer The Last of Us meets Wall-E in this post-apocalyptic... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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"A thrilling and thought-provoking sci-fi adventure that's shot through with humanity. A great read." Christopher Edge

"Shades of C3PO and Blade Runner... In a nail-biting series of plot twists, human and droid loyalties are tested." The Observer

The Last of Us meets Wall-E in this post-apocalyptic tale of family, hope and survival from a multi-award-winning author.

Jen and her father are making their way across a deserted world after a technological collapse brought civilization as people knew it to an end. The Flood took out all technology, but also many people who were connected to a central information hive. Those who are left behind must find each other and build a new life. But Jen's father isn't related to her by blood – he is a human-appearing AI, a glitch in the system, and a secret that must be kept, even from those she wishes she could trust...

Exploring themes of what it means to be human, the value of every individual and where true danger lies – in our technological creations, or the ones who create them – this is a powerful and hopeful dystopian adventure for readers age 9+

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529517804

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Pádraig Kenny is an Irish writer from County Kildare, now living in Limerick. Previously an arts journalist, a teacher and a librarian's assistant, he now writes full-time. His first novel Tin and recent The Monsters of Rookhaven were both Waterstones Books of the Month. He has twice won the Children's Books Ireland Honour Award for Fiction, has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards.

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