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Violence
Some
Violence in the hostage situation; gang activity
Language
Some
Moderate language; contemporary YA register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; romantic relationships among the cast
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild; reference to drug use in the gang context
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Moderate; what it means to have power that isolates you; cooperation among people who don't trust each other; the psychology of each specific ability
What this book is about
Scott Westerfeld's contemporary YA novel (co-written with Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti) follows six teenagers each with a strange, limited superpower: one can borrow others' skills, one can trigger crowd behavior, one can be forgotten the moment he leaves a room. When they're thrown together by a robbery gone wrong, the zeroes must cooperate despite fundamentally different personalities and conflicting abilities.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Gang violence context
Hostage situation
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