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Description edit
Teens who discover they were secretly genetically altered before birth are brought together at a classified site where they develop "super-abilities," while at the same time forging new friendships, finding love, and unearthing a conspiracy.
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Summary edit
Clio Kaid may be 17 and just beginning the last summer before her senior year, but her life is anything but typical.
She's just discovered she was genetically altered before birth and is now headed to a top-secret Army campus to explore the surprising results of the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Clio Kaid: Heroine
- Jack Vallard: Love Interest
- Bliss Campbell: Best Friend
- Garrett Sawyer: Best Guy Pal
- Miranda Taylor: Know-It-All
- Alexis Trulle: Heavy
- Janet Quirk: Girls' Guide
- Colonel Clark: Executive Officer
- Regina Kaid / Wendy Hart: Mom
Quotes edit
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“Day one, take fifty.”
Clio -
“Do you know what a disaster I'd be if you weren't here?"---"Yeah - a hungry, naked one.”
Clio & Bliss -
“Welcome to my parlor...”
Jack -
“It's breathtaking...word-taking, too, I guess.”
Clio -
“Don't play with us, Miss Ditch. I would've told Quirk you'd gone AWOL if I hadn't heard you rustling around in your room last night. And yes, I knocked, and yes, I know you pretended not to be in there.”
Miranda -
“You mean, it's not just no bars?”
Garrett -
“We're going to do what any good soldiers would do, Private Kaid. Let's rally the troops.”
Bliss -
“I'm thinking Covert-Op Tuesday should be an inker on our social calendar from now on.”
Garrett -
“We'll meet in the middle like Lady and the Tramp with the spaghetti...but way less messy.”
Clio -
“I think I'm...stupid-fied.”
Garrett
First Sentence edit
As per his nighttime routine, he checked the security panel to ensure that the system would alert him of any intrusions on the perimeter he’d set around the lab.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
1-19 Body
20 Conclusion
Glossary edit
- Solidity: The "depth" of one's physical being.
- C9x: Chromosome 9 experiment.
- Garrison: Army uniform cap.
- Calliope: The muse of epic poetry.
- Clio: The muse of history.
- Smoxins: Morph of smog and toxins.
- Meta-Me: A game of sorts Clio plays with her mother; Mom throws out a prompt and Clio gives back a metaphor.
- MREs: Meals Ready to Eat
- AWOL: Absence Without Leave
- Amen-ed: Raucously supported; derived from "Amen."
- Flabgast: Short for "flabbergasted", which obviously takes too much time to say.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Self-Discovery, Independence, Empowerment: Finding yourself and your place in the world.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Solid. (standard series)
Followed by Settling.
This is book 2 of 47 in Young Adult. (community list)
Preceded by The Hunger Games.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shelley Workinger (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Createspace
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 9, 2010
ISBN: 1453624821
Page Count: 221
Publisher: Createspace
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 9, 2010
ISBN: 1453624821
Page Count: 221
Awards edit
- Flamingnet Top Choice (2010)
- Reading Teen (2010: Reading Clean Spotlight)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 978-1453624821
- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThis is a very clean book; i.e. no drugs, cursing, sex or gratuitous violence.
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