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The great destroyers / Caroline Tung Richmond.

Summary:

Jo Linden lives in a world where there are no atomic weapons, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union is played out in the Pax Games, fought with powerful robotic mecha war machines operated by young pilots; Jo needs the prize money to save her father's mecha repair shop, and keep what is left of her family together, but when competing pilots start dying from poisoning, Jo finds herself caught up in Cold War politics and political conspiracy and she discovers that it is not only her family's survival at stake--she may have to prevent World War III.
Jo Linden lives in a world where there are no atomic weapons. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union is played out in the Pax Games, fought with powerful robotic mecha war machines operated by young pilots. Jo needs the prize money to save her father's mecha repair shop, and keep what is left of her family together. When competing pilots start dying from poisoning, Jo finds herself caught up in Cold War politics and political conspiracy. She discovers that it is not only her family's survival at stake-- she may have to prevent World War III. -- adapted from run-on sentence provided

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781338266740
  • ISBN: 1338266748
  • Physical Description: 387 pages : 23 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2021.

Contents / Notes

Target Audience Note:
Ages 12 and up. Scholastic Press.
Grades 7-9. Scholastic Press.
Subject: Mecha (Vehicles) > Juvenile fiction.
Robots > Juvenile fiction.
World politics > Juvenile fiction.
Conspiracies > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Adventure stories.
Mecha (Vehicles) > Fiction.
Robots > Fiction.
Conspiracies > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / General.
Adventure stories.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Brothers and sisters.
Conspiracies.
Fathers and daughters.
Mecha (Vehicles)
Robots.
World politics.
Robots > Juvenile fiction.
World politics > Juvenile fiction.
Political crimes and offenses > Juvenile fiction.
Father-daughter relationship > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings > Juvenile fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Robots > Fiction.
Political crimes and offenses > Fiction.
Father-daughter relationship > Fiction.
Siblings > Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.
Genre: Adventure stories.
Young adult fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Action and adventure fiction.

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