The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1
by:
P.J. Haarsma (author)
"Filled with exotic aliens, dangerous situations, and fast-paced adventure. Younger sci-fi fans will happily hang in with JT." — BOOKLISTThirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull has always known there was something different about him. It turns out he’s the first-ever human softwire —- able to enter and...
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"Filled with exotic aliens, dangerous situations, and fast-paced adventure. Younger sci-fi fans will happily hang in with JT." — BOOKLISTThirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull has always known there was something different about him. It turns out he’s the first-ever human softwire —- able to enter and communicate with computers with his mind. Now that JT and two hundred other orphans have been put to work in alien factories on the first ring of Orbis, things are going very wrong. The "perfect" central computer is malfunctioning, and suspicious eyes are turning to JT. Could he be the one responsible?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780763636388 (076363638X)
Publish date: February 26th 2008
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Science,
Technology,
Space,
Middle Grade,
Space Opera
Series: The Softwire (#1)
I just finished this book an hour ago. I must say, for a fan of anything that involves space travel and extraterrestrials, I was not disappointed! I started last night and couldn't put the book down! Will definitely give a better review as soon as I read the three other books of this softwire series...
I’m going to be completely honest with y’all: the only reason I downloaded and read this book is because Nathan Fillion tweeted about it. If I can’t trust Captain Tightpants to recommend good books who can I trust? Anyways, this book was really engaging right from the get-go. If you’ve ever played a...