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JADIE IN FIVE DIMENSIONS by Dianne K. Salerni

JADIE IN FIVE DIMENSIONS

by Dianne K. Salerni

Pub Date: Sept. 7th, 2021
ISBN: 978-0-8234-4909-5
Publisher: Holiday House

While on an unexpected mission for the Seers, Agent Jadie Martin learns something about her past which puts her whole life in question.

The Seers, all-powerful beings of the fourth dimension, use agents like 13-year-old Jadie for so-called course corrections that help keep Earth on track. Jadie, who presents White, was saved by the Seers when she was abandoned as a baby and was raised in the Martin family—White mom, Black dad, and brother Marius, who spoke Spanish when he was adopted. However, when she covers an assignment for a friend, she accidentally finds her birth family and learns how they suffered at the hands of the Seers, rocking her worldview. As Jadie and Ty, another young Agent, hack into the system to learn why her birth family was targeted for harsh treatment, they begin to wonder whether the Seers are simply using them like game pieces. The moral ramifications of the course corrections deftly knit together Jadie’s origin story with wider events as chapters switch perspectives among Jadie, Ty, and Sam, Jadie’s brother from her birth family. When rival Seers are introduced, the threat level to the entire universe skyrockets. Though the techno-speak is complex, the storyline is anchored by emotional themes of family, adoption, loyalty, and trust. Readers are invited to enter this imaginative world and consider the far-reaching possibilities.

A thrilling ride through a multidimensional universe and high-stakes action.

(Science fiction. 8-12)