Killer T / Robert Muchamore.
By: Muchamore, Robert [author.]
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TextPublisher: London : Hot Key Books, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 460 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781471407505Subject(s): Teenagers -- Teen fiction | Terrorism -- Prevention -- Teen fiction | Viruses -- Teen fiction | Friendship -- Teen fiction | Genetic engineering -- Teen FictionGenre/Form: Thrillers (Fiction). | Science fiction. | Young adult fiction. | Dystopian fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: Harry and Charlie are teenagers whose lives are shaped by a society that's shifting around them. He is a lonely Brit in his first term at a Las Vegas high school. She is an unlikely friend, who gets accused of mixing a batch of explosives that blew up a football player. The two of them are drawn together at a time when gene editing technology is starting to explode. With a lab in the garage anyone can beat cancer, enhance their brain to pass exams, or tweak a few genes for that year-round tan and perfect beach body. But in the wrong hands, cheap gene editing is the most deadly weapon in history. Killer T is a synthetic virus with a ninety per-cent mortality rate, and the terrorists who created it want a billion dollars before they'll release a vaccine.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Teen Fiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Teen | Teen Fiction | MUCH (Browse shelf) | Available | i2181998 | ||
| Teen Fiction | Pātea LibraryPlus Teen | Teen Fiction | MUCH (Browse shelf) | Available | i2181999 |
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| MUCH Secret army / | MUCH Boot camp / | MUCH Gone wild / | MUCH Killer T / Adolescent. | NESS The rest of us just live here / | NIEL The traitor's game / | NUNN When the ground is hard / 12+ years. |
Harry and Charlie are teenagers whose lives are shaped by a society that's shifting around them. He is a lonely Brit in his first term at a Las Vegas high school. She is an unlikely friend, who gets accused of mixing a batch of explosives that blew up a football player. The two of them are drawn together at a time when gene editing technology is starting to explode. With a lab in the garage anyone can beat cancer, enhance their brain to pass exams, or tweak a few genes for that year-round tan and perfect beach body. But in the wrong hands, cheap gene editing is the most deadly weapon in history. Killer T is a synthetic virus with a ninety per-cent mortality rate, and the terrorists who created it want a billion dollars before they'll release a vaccine.
Adolescent.
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