Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy
Well, that Asteroid that is about to hit Earth could possibly be moved; or maybe it will only hit (and annihilate) the entire West Coast.
And Russia has loaned us Yuri Strelnikov, the seventeen-year-old wonder-kid with a PHD in anti-matter.
And we have 17 days to figure this out before it hits Earth. (“The pizzas came in, smelling of oregano and despair.”)
How do American scientists deal with this? How does anyone, really, even Yuri? Wouldn’t you swear?
But the new girl, Dovie, a slightly pudgie hippie, (her words) won’t teach him. He’ll just have to continue reciting the Nobel Prize winners, in order, for now.
Romance, impending doom, international intrigue, computer hacking (“Yuri nodded back, thinking that there was remarkably little security around the {Jet Propulsion Laboratory } computers, particularly considering what was at stake… but it had only taken him a cell phone and fifty seconds to hack in- not because he was a genius, but because he was a teenager.”), car chases/crashes, and witty dialog. This is a movie waiting to happen. Also not to be missed by science nerds, teenagers, and anyone who likes a great, fast-paced read.
recommended for ages 12 and up
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