The War at Home

Available: January 2025

Author: Wil Mara

Specs: 5 1/4” X 7 1/8” • 120 pp. • Excerpts from other Books within this Series, Written in Verse, About the Author Section, Hi-Lo Content

HC ed.: 9781978597891 • $25.80 | $19.40

eBook: 9781978597914 • $25.80 | $19.40

Pbk. ed.: 9781978597907 • $16.35 | $14.20

Emma’s family is obsessed with new tech, especially their new AI bot, Buddy. Buddy listens to everything they say and watches everything they do. With a Buddybox in every room, connected to every smart device in the house, it’s impossible to avoid him. But Emma tries her best. Then the day comes when Emma is home alone and Buddy starts taunting her. The more Emma pushes back, the nastier Buddy gets. The next thing she knows, she’s in an all-out war, and it’s not just her freedom and privacy that are on the line—it’s her very life.

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About the Author:
Wil Mara has been writing and publishing for the last 35 years. With more than 300 books to his credit, he has written fiction and nonfiction for both children and adults. In addition to Izzy Jeen the Big-Mouth Queen, Wil is the author of Logan Lewis: Kid from Planet 27 and the middle grade series Twisted. His work has earned him numerous awards, the most recent being the 2019 Literary Lion Award from the Library of Congress, and the 2020 Author of the Year Award from the New Jersey Association of School Librarians. You can find out more about his books at www.wilmara.com.