Mila believes she's an average 16-year-old girl who has moved to a new town following the death of her father. An accident reveals that Mila is actually an android—specifically, a super-covert robot spy developed by a shadowy government project—and her "mother" is a scientist who stole her from the lab to save her from being destroyed after Mila developed human emotions. Hunted by both the government and an organization seeking to sell her tech to the highest bidder, Mila and her mother flee, and Mila will have to embrace both her abilities and her humanity to survive. Driza's debut is likely to hit the sweet spot for YA fans—it's SF set in the modern world with just enough romance, angst, and action to balance the improbably amazing technology. Many plot elements are laid out in this trilogy opener, but character development is skimpy. Cinematic and overly dramatic ("Why? Why even steal me in the first place if you were never really going to let me live?" Mila whispers), it's not surprising that Driza's novel is already in development as a TV series. Ages 13–up. Agent: Taylor Martindale, Full Circle Literary. (Mar.)
Mila was living with her mother in a small Minnesota town when she discovered she was also living a lie.
She was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was never supposed to remember the past amp;mdash; that she was built in a computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.
Now she has no choice but to run amp;mdash; from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much, and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology.
Evading her enemies wonamp;#39;t help Mila escape the cruel reality of what she is and cope with everything she has had to leave behind. However, what sheamp;#39;s becoming is beyond anyoneamp;#39;s imagination, including her own, and that just might save her life.
A compulsively readable sci-fi thriller, Mila 2.0 is Debra Drizaamp;#39;s bold debut and the first book in an action-filled, Bourne Identity-style trilogy.
A HarperAudio production.
Mila was living with her mother in a small Minnesota town when she discovered she was also living a lie.
She was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was never supposed to remember the past amp;mdash; that she was built in a computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.
Now she has no choice but to run amp;mdash; from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much, and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology.
Evading her enemies wonamp;#39;t help Mila escape the cruel reality of what she is and cope with everything she has had to leave behind. However, what sheamp;#39;s becoming is beyond anyoneamp;#39;s imagination, including her own, and that just might save her life.
A compulsively readable sci-fi thriller, Mila 2.0 is Debra Drizaamp;#39;s bold debut and the first book in an action-filled, Bourne Identity-style trilogy.
A HarperAudio production.
MILA 2.0
MILA 2.0
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BN ID: | 2940170123636 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Publication date: | 03/12/2013 |
Series: | The Hearts Trilogy , #1 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Age Range: | 12 - 17 Years |