![]() ![]() Lacey Chu is a brilliant young engineer with her hopes set on getting into an elite school that fast-tracks graduates to the Moncha corporation, where Monica Chan invented bakus. Anyone who’s anyone has a baku, which is a companion robot, computer, and accessory all in one. I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley.This tense, smart middle grade book establishes a near-future Earth where only the poorest people have smart phones. Can Lacey hold on to Jinx and her dreams for the future? Read more He seems real.Īs Lacey settles into life at school, competing with the best students in a battle of the bakus that tests her abilities, she learns that Jinx is part of a dangerous secret. But Jinx is different than any other baku she's ever seen. After she repairs it, the cat-shaped baku she calls Jinx opens its eyes and somehow gets her into her dream school. One night, Lacey comes across the broken form of a highly advanced baku. ![]() ![]() But when Lacey is rejected by the elite academy that promises that future, she's crushed. ![]() Lacey Chu has always dreamed of working as an engineer for MONCHA, the biggest tech firm in the world and the company behind the "baku" - a customizable "pet" with all the capabilities of a smartphone. The Golden Compass for the digital age! When a coding star enters an elite technology academy, she discovers a world of competition, intrigue, and family secrets - plus a robotic companion that isn't what it seems. ![]()
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