SJPL Picks: YA Books Exploring AI, Robots & BeyondLike this list

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• The Infinity Particle

  Xu, Wendy,

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  Clementine Chang moves from Earth to Mars for a new start and is lucky enough to land her dream job with Dr. Marcella Lin, an Artificial Intelligence pioneer. On her first day of work, Clem meets Dr. Lin’s assistant, a humanoid AI named…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dividing Sky

  Tew, Jill

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  In 2364, eighteen-year-old Liv Newman dreams of a future beyond her lower-class life in the Metro. As a Proxy, she uses the neurochip in her brain to sell memories to wealthy clients. Maybe a few illegally, but money equals freedom. So…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Message Not Found

  Medema, Dante,

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  Bailey and Vanessa shared everything: laughter, secrets, and packets of Pop Rocks to ward off bad days. But that all changed the night Vanessa left Bailey's, headed for home, and ended up swerving off a cliff nowhere near her house. Now…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Darkness Outside Us

  Schrefer, Eliot, 1978-

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  Two boys, alone in space. After the first settler on Titan trips her distress signal, neither remaining country on Earth can afford to scramble a rescue of its own, and so two sworn enemies are installed in the same spaceship. Ambrose…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Infinity Courts

  Bowman, Akemi Dawn,

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  A smart sci-fi about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying humanity. Eighteen-year-old Nami Miyamoto is certain her life is just beginning. She has a great family, just graduated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pixels of You

  Hirsh, Ananth,

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  In a near future, augmentation and AI changed everything and nothing. Indira is a human girl who has been cybernetically augmented after a tragic accident, and Fawn is one of the first human-presenting AI. They have the same internship at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Be More Chill

  the Graphic Novel

  Vizzini, Ned, 1981-2013,

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  The groundbreaking story by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini that inspired the Tony-nominated Broadway musical--now adapted in a graphic novel by #1 New York Times best-selling author David Levithan. Jeremy Heere is your…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ones We're Meant to Find

  He, Joan,

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  Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for three years without any recollection of how she arrived, or memories from her life prior. All she knows is that somewhere out there, beyond the horizon, she has a sister named Kay, and it’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Iron Widow

  Zhao, Xiran Jay,

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  The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain. When…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Every Line of You

  Gibson, Naomi, 1988-

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  In the face of overwhelming grief and bullying, tech-savvy Lydia pours all of herself into creating the perfect AI, the perfect boyfriend-but will Henry turn out to be perfect, or a creation of her cruelest self? Lydia has been creating…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Always Human

  North, Ari,

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  In the near-future, people use technology to give the illusion of all kinds of body modifications—but some people have “Egan’s Syndrome,” a highly sensitive immune system that rejects these “mods” and are unable to use them. Those who are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hard Wired

  Vlahos, Len,

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  Quinn thinks he’s a normal boy with an average life. That is, until he finds a trail of clues the father he barely knew left behind. After Quinn unravels his father’s puzzles, he “wakes up” ... and realizes his world was nothing more than…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unstoppable Wasp

  Built on Hope

  Maggs, Sam,

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  An all-new original YA novel based on the world of The Unstoppable Wasp Marvel comics series. Nadia Van Dyne is new to this. New to being a Super Hero, new to being a real friend and stepdaughter (to one of the founding Avengers, no…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Matched

  Condie, Allyson Braithwaite,

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  In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Kingdom

  Rothenberg, Jess,

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  Welcome to the Kingdom... where 'Happily Ever After' isn't just a promise, but a rule. Glimmering like a jewel behind its gateway, The Kingdom is an immersive fantasy theme park where guests soar on virtual dragons, castles loom like…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mind Games

  Silver, Shana,

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  Arden sells memories. Whether it’s the becoming homecoming queen or studying for that all important test, Arden can hack into a classmate’s memories and upload the experience for you just as if you’d lived it yourself. Business is great,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crier's War

  Varela, Nina,

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  Impossible love between two girls —one human, one Made. A love that could birth a revolution. After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, Designed to be the playthings of royals, took over the estates of their owners…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rabbit & Robot

  Smith, Andrew (Andrew Anselmo), 1959-

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  Cager has been transported to the Tennessee, a giant lunar-cruise ship orbiting the moon that his dad owns, by Billy and Rowan to help him shake his Woz addiction. Meanwhile, Earth, in the midst of thirty simultaneous wars, burns to ash…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life L1k3

  Kristoff, Jay,

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  It's just another day on the Scrap: lose the last of your credits at the WarDome, dodge the gangs and religious fanatics, discover you can destroy electronics with your mind, stumble upon the deadliest robot ever built When Eve finds the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Skyward

  Sanderson, Brandon,

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  Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When…Read moreRead more of this annotation