LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
August 2024 Book of the Month - Reading Age 8+ Interest Age 11+
The arrival of AdelAIDE, a state-of-the-art home-assistant robot, in teenager Freya’s life causes all sorts of tensions in this clever, creepy new thriller, and raises some really interesting questions about the modern temptations of internet fame and the desire for ‘likes’.
Eco-activism has always been Freya’s thing though she can’t help but feel jealous when her former best friend and fellow campaigner Hye-jin gets so much attention, to the point where she’s invited to speak at a UN conference.
When AdelAIDE offers to make Freya popular, it’s easy to accept, and again, when the robot promises to make Freya more popular than Hye-jin. But readers know there’s always a price to pay in this kind of offer and for Freya it’s very high indeed. Melinda Salisbury smoothly mixes the modern world of online influences and TikTok with the sorts of moral lessons that are a staple of traditional tales and the result is a deliciously unsettling story that leaves readers wondering how far they’d go to be famous.
Published by dyslexia specialist Barrington Stoke it’s accessible to all readers.
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AdelAIDE Just Wants to Help Synopsis
Bestselling YA author Melinda Salisbury exposes the dark underbelly of new AI technology in this gripping thriller.
Freya desperately wants to be a famous influencer, like her former best friend, Hye-jin, but no matter what she does, her posts flop. Until Freya's stepdad arrives home with AdelAIDE, a home-assistant robot.
It quickly becomes clear that AdelAIDE is much more powerful than other home-assistant technology, and the thing AdelAIDE wants most of all is to help her new owners. Especially Freya.
AdelAIDE has lots of ideas to help Freya boost her profile and get more likes and followers. But when Freya starts to follow AdelAIDE's more radical advice, things quickly spiral out of control…
Teen readers will relate to themes like stressing over popularity and the pressures of having a social-media presence.
Follows EchoStar as the second in a set of three standalone novels offering fresh, nuanced explorations into the dangers of new technologies.
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9781800902718 |
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1st August 2024 |
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Melinda Salisbury |
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Barrington Stoke Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
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Paperback |
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137 pages |
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Press Reviews
Melinda Salisbury Press Reviews
Praise for ECHOSTAR is always listening:
'Smart, witty and utterly terrifying, EchoStar reminds us to always question what (and who) we let into our lives' - Simon James Green
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About Melinda Salisbury
Melinda Salisbury is a British author who lives by the sea in Essex. She has always been an avid reader and loves to travel. She is the author of The Sin Eater's Daughter, The Sleeping Prince and The Scarecrow Queen
Her books have been published in 15 countries and nominated for numerous international awards and accolades, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the YA Book Prize, the Branford Boase, and the Carnegie medal.
When not writing, Melinda Salisbury is busy reading and travelling, both of which are now more addictions than hobbies.
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