A Problematic Paradox

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Synopsis
Guardians of the Galaxy meets The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in this wild, warm-hearted, and hilarious sci-fi debut about a brainy young girl who is recruited for a very special boarding school.

Nikola Kross has given up on living in harmony with classmates and exasperated teachers: she prefers dabbling in experimental chemistry to fitting in. But when her life is axially inverted by a gang of extraterrestrials who kidnap her dad and attempt to recruit her into their service, she discovers he's been keeping a world of secrets from her--including the school for geniuses where she's sent for refuge, a place where classes like Practical Quantum Mechanics are the norm and where students use wormholes to commute to class. For Nikola, the hard part isn't school, it's making friends, especially when the student body isn't (entirely) human.

But the most puzzling paradox of all is Nikola herself, who has certain abilities that no one understands--abilities that put her whole school in greater danger than she could have imagined.*

"A glorious cacophony of wildly inventive gadgets, gags, and action." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781524738464
Related ISBNs:
9781524738457
Publisher:
Penguin Young Readers Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Eliot Sappingfield
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Science, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Technology, Education
Grade Levels:
Fifth grade
Reading Age:
10 and up
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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