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A fun, fast-paced story about a girl determined to cut the cord with her helicopter parents.

Twelve-year-old coder Averil can't do anything without her parents knowing. That's because her mom uses the Ruby Slippers surveillance app to check where she is, who she texts, and even what she eats for lunch. Averil wonders how she's ever going to grow up if she's not allowed to learn from mistakes. When she learns that Ruby Slippers is about to become even more invasive, she teams up with Max, a new kid at school dealing with overbearing parents of his own. Together they figure out an almost foolproof way to ditch their parents and run away to the college campus that's home to the quirky Ruby Slippers creator. It's an extreme challenge just getting to meet with him--but the two kids cleverly figure out a series of puzzles and get their meeting. What they find gives them pause--and gets them thinking about the value of honesty in a new light. After all, isn't trust at the heart of their parents' need to know?

Author: Amy Noelle Parks
ISBN-10: 0593618645
ISBN-13: 9780593618646
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2024
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 6.50h x 5.90w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2024
School Library Journal 02/02/2024 pg. 1
Shelf Awareness 02/23/2024