Evil Genius (Thorndike Press Large Print Literacy Bridge Series) - Hardcover

Jinks, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410402959 ISBN 13: 9781410402950

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.

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Review:

  * "Jinks has created an intricate, well-constructed and layered reality in this hefty novel, and as the complex deceptions that have shaped Cadel''s life come to light, his emotional unraveling and awakening will likely engross readers." --"Publishers Weekly "(April 2, 2007 - starred review)

* "Jinks has created an intricate, well-constructed and layered reality in this hefty novel, and as the complex deceptions that have shaped Cadel''s life come to light, his emotional unraveling and awakening will likely engross readers." --Publishers Weekly (April 2, 2007 - starred review)

* "Carried along by much peeling back of layers of deception and repeated thickenings of plot, this hefty but engrossingly complex tale features a young super-brain being groomed for world domination...Jinks fills out the cast with brilliantly conceived friends and adversaries. His emotional maturity realistically lagging behind his intellectual development Cadel ides right up there with Artemis Fowl as a sympathetic anti-villain." --Kirkus Reviews (April 1, 2007 - starred review)

[set star] "Jinks fills out the cast with brilliantly conceived friends and adversaries . . . Cadel rides right up there with Artemis Fowl as a sympathetic anti-villain."--"Kirkus Reviews "(starred)[set star] "Whiplash-inducing suspense writing will gratify fans of Anthony Horowitz's high-tech spy scenarios."--"Booklist "(starred)[set star] "As the complex deceptions that have shaped Cadel's life come to light, his emotional unraveling and awakening will likely engross readers."--"Publishers Weekly "(starred)

* "As the complex deceptions that have shaped Cadel's life come to light, his emotional unraveling and awakening will likely engross readers."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

* "Jinks fills out the cast with brilliantly conceived friends and adversaries . . . Cadel rides right up there with Artemis Fowl as a sympathetic anti-villain."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "Whiplash-inducing suspense writing will gratify fans of Anthony Horowitz's high-tech spy scenarios."--Booklist, starred review

About the Author:

CATHERINE JINKS is a three-time winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year award and was honored with a Centenary Medal for her contribution to Australian children's literature. She lives in Leura, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1410402959
• ISBN 13: 9781410402950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 721