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"What could we accomplish if we could use all of our brains? One hundred and fifty human children raised by a group of aliens called the Aunantet find and show us the answers to this question.
A terrorist faction, calling their selves the Aruk, kidnapped the one hundred and fifty children. The Aruk belong to a species of alien called the Aunantet. After a year, the non-terrorist Aunantet succeed in rescuing the children imprisoned inside the Aruk base. Because they cannot establish contact with Earth, the Aunantet government arranges for the children to be given families, raised, and taught as if they were both human and Aunantet. The children soon learn from the Aunantet how to bridge the barrier in their mind that separates the fraction of their brain that normal humans can use and the rest of their mind, which gives them amplified special abilities.
The children are slowly learning to expand their minds; learning how to manipulate atoms in an object, defy the laws of physics and even how to travel through space through the space-time dimension (or the fourth dimension) using only a cube the size of a kernel of corn and their minds. However, during this peaceful and educational time, the children and their Aunantet guardians are faced with the fact that the Aruk wish to recapture the children.
As the Aruk begin their attack on the complex that houses the children and their alien families, the children are sent away towards a safer place. One of the children called Rivinaig, or Rivi for short, stays behind. She must link her mind to the complex's main computer and foil every attempt the Aruk try at shutting down the launch of the children's ships.
As the Aruk near the complex, 14-year-old Rivi and her guardians know that they are left behind with no ships left to launch from to get to safety. However, a message comes in from Earth. Rivi and her guardian father make a hyper dimensional trip inside a cube towards Earth where it is hoped that Rivi will be safe.
Rivi struggles to blend into Earth society and keep her identity hidden while still struggling with the memories of her past. Even though she thinks our computers are primitive and our television shows mind numbing, she does happen to make a new friend. Circumstances occur that cause Rivi to reveal her alien past to the citizens of Earth, making real the hypothesis that there is other life out in the universe. Later when Rivi decides to take her friend to Planet Aun because of some strange illness he has contracted, they both are captured and taken prisoner by the Aruk.
Rivi must learn to face the terrible memories of her past in order to save herself, rescue two of her friends, which are in danger, and help level the battlefield in a secret mission.
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Virginia Jennings, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- science fiction story
Lifeform altered?
Yes
Kind of alteration:
- Given added abilities
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture
Yes
Culture clash-
- feelings of a human growing up among aliens
Intense exploration of society's culture?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- computer programmer
Age:
- a teen
Has magical/special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- telekinesis
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- dictator
Has magical powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- telekinesis
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Earth setting:
- near future (later in 21st century)
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- unfriendly aliens
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Planet outside solar system?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- an average amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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