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Synopsis
It's the near future. Computers are faster, cars run on fuel cells, and there's not much to do in the small town of Easter River if you're thirteen and not into team sports. Helen Chan-Fisher is happy enough trying singlehandedly to save the world's remaining amphibians from chytridiomycosis, but her friend Jordan O'Blenis is at a loose end. He may be a genius, but it seems like no matter what he tries to do, his robot-building older sister Cassie did it first. Then he has his great idea, an idea so great even Cassie hasn't done it. He'll write a programme for a virtual supercomputer, one that can live on the Web, and grow and spread and learn .... Jordan calls it Cassandra. Helen calls it a virus. Cassandra calls home...and when agents of the government security agency Bureau 6 try to seize her for their own purposes, it's up to Jordan and Helen to keep Cassandra from falling into the wrong hands.
Is The Cassandra Virus appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
Kids will enjoy this near-future adventure about two teens protecting an AI from government agents. Mild peril and chase sequences, but no graphic content or mature themes beyond surveillance concerns.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.
Who'll love this
A fun story about two friends who create an AI that grows beyond their control and must protect it from the government.