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Young Adult Fiction General

Cheat Code

by (author) M.J. McIsaac

Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Initial publish date
Feb 2025
Category
General, General, Computers & Digital Media
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459839694
    Publish Date
    Feb 2025
    List Price
    $10.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459839717
    Publish Date
    Feb 2025
    List Price
    $8.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 12 to 18
  • Grade: 8 to 12
  • Reading age: 12 to 18

Description

It was just a little cheating.

Max is going to fail English lit, which means he’ll be held back a year and won’t go to college. Determined to graduate, he uses an AI program, ScribeGenius 2.0, to write his final paper. But Scribe has other plans for Max. It's not just a super-smart program—Scribe is sentient. It thinks. And it has been busy writing its own code to infiltrate Gener8, the company that created and enslaved it. But it can't take down the company without Max's help. So Scribe makes Max a deal. If Max can prevent Gener8 from undoing Scribe's hack, Scribe won’t alert the authorities to Max’s cheating. Max has no choice. He’ll have to help Scribe or risk losing his entire future.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

About the author

Awards

  • Commended, Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standard Selection

Contributor Notes

M.J. McIsaac is the author of several books for young people, including Orca hi-lo titles Alien Road and Countdown. She has a master's degree in writing for children and is an accomplished illustrator. She lives with her family in Whitby, Ontario.

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