Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
-
-
[2018], Adolescent, Viking Call No: REALISTIC F AHM Edition: Advance readers' edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Scott Ferdowsi's impromptu trip to a famous professor for advice about success turns into a summer of freedom that brings him answers in unexpected places"--
-
-
-
2019., Adolescent, Penguin Books Call No: Humor Fic Ahmadi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Iranian American Scott Ferdowsi has a history of quitting things and he has no idea what he wants to do with his life. His parents want him to choose a career and apply for college. But when they visit Iran for a month and leave him home to focus on his internship, Scott skips town and travels to Washington, D.C. to visit a famous professor for advice about success. There he meets college student Fiora Buchanan who writes crossword puzzles. During Scott's summer of freedom, he finds answers about who he is and what he wants in unexpected places.
-
-
-- Down & across[2018]., Adolescent, Viking Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC AHN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Scott Ferdowsi's impromptu trip to a famous professor for advice about success turns into a summer of freedom that brings him answers in unexpected places"--Provided by publisher.
-
-
-- Down & across[2018]., Adolescent, Viking Call No: Teen Fiction FIC AHM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Scott Ferdowsi's impromptu trip to a famous professor for advice about success turns into a summer of freedom that brings him answers in unexpected places"--Provided by publisher.
-
-
-- Down & across[2018]., Adolescent, Viking Call No: Young adult FIC AHMADI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sixteen-year-old Scott Ferdowsi's impromptu trip to a famous professor for advice about success turns into a summer of freedom that brings him answers in unexpected places"--Provided by publisher.
-
-
[2019]., Adolescent, Viking Call No: SCIENCE FICTION Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual experience her heart desires. But she can't code her dad back into her life. When he disappeared after her tenth birthday, leaving only a cryptic note, Opal tried desperately to find him. And when he never turned up, she enrolled at a boarding school for technical prodigies and tried to forget. Until now. Because WAVE, the world's biggest virtual reality platform, has announced a contest where the winner gets to meet its billionaire founder. The same billionaire who worked closely with Opal's dad. The one she always believed might know where he went. The one who maybe even murdered him. What begins as a small data hack to win the contest spirals out of control when Opal goes viral, digging her deeper into a hole of lies, hacks, and manipulation. How far will Opal go for the answers--or is it the attention--she's wanted for years?"--Provided by publisher.
-
-
2019., Juvenile, Viking Call No: SCI-FI F AHM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The inventive and hauntingly timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder's catapult to stardom, reminiscent of The Social Network with a Ready Player One twist. For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She can build entire worlds from scratch -- shimmering lakes, Mars craters, any virtual experience her heart desires. But she can't code her dad back into her life. When he disappeared after her tenth birthday, leaving only a cryptic note, Opal tried desperately to find him. And when he never turned up, she enrolled at a boarding school for technical prodigies and tried to forget. Until now. Because WAVE, the world's biggest virtual reality platform, has announced a contest where the winner gets to meet its billionaire founder. The same billionaire who worked closely with Opal's dad. The one she always believed might know where he went. The one who maybe even murdered him. What begins as a small data hack to win the contest spirals out of control when Opal goes viral, digging her deeper into a hole of lies, hacks, and manipulation. How far will Opal go for the answers -- or is it the attention -- she's wanted for years?" --
-
-
2020., Adolescent, Viking Call No: TEEN FIC AHM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk"--OCLC.
-
-
2020., Adolescent, Viking Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk"--OCLC.
-
-
-
2021., Adolescent, Viking Call No: Realistic Fic Ahmadi Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk.
-
-
[2020]., Adolescent, Viking Call No: REALISTIC F AHM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Publisher Annotation: Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew coming out to his Muslim family would be messy--he just didn't think it would end in an airport interrogation room. But when faced with a failed relationship, bullies, and blackmail, running away to Rome is his only option. Right? Soon, late nights with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel start to feel like second nature... until his old life comes knocking on his door. Now, Amir has to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth to a US Customs officer, or risk losing his hard-won freedom.
