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The bestselling co-author of Peter and the Starcatchers delivers a riveting new thriller. Fourteen-year-old Steven Steel Trapp is both blessed and cursed with a photographic memory. On his way to D.C. for a science competition, Steel becomes embroiled in an international plot that may have links to terrorists.In this riveting thriller, 14-year-old Steven Steel Trapp sets off with his mom and their dog, Cairo, on a 2-day Amtrak journey to compete in the National Science Competition in Washington, DC. Steel is both blessed and cursed with a remarkable photographic memory--just one look and whatever he sees is imprinted for keeps. Trying to be a good Samaritan on the train, he instead becomes embroiled in an ingenious, international plot of kidnapping and bribery that may have links to terrorists. Federal agents (first seen in Pearsons adult thriller, Cut and Run) track Steel and his new-found science geek accomplice, Kaileigh Augustine, as they attempt to put together the pieces of a complex puzzle. Using Steels science contest invention--and with the help of Cairo--Steel and Kaileigh lead readers on an action-packed chase adventure as they attempt to prevent the unimaginable, before its too late.
The bestselling co-author of Peter and the Starcatchers delivers a riveting new thriller. Fourteen-year-old Steven Steel Trapp is both blessed and cursed with a photographic memory. On his way to D.C. for a science competition, Steel becomes embroiled in an international plot that may have links to terrorists.In this riveting thriller, 14-year-old Steven Steel Trapp sets off with his mom and their dog, Cairo, on a 2-day Amtrak journey to compete in the National Science Competition in Washington, DC. Steel is both blessed and cursed with a remarkable photographic memory--just one look and whatever he sees is imprinted for keeps.... Read More