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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 Pearson’s 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 Steel’s 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 it’s too late.
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; First Edition (March 25, 2008)
Language : English
Hardcover : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1423106407
ISBN-13 : 978-1423106401
Reading age : 10 – 11 years
Lexile measure : 660L
Grade level : 5 – 6
Item Weight : 1 pounds
Dimensions : 1 x 1 x 1 inches
