SuitabookCompetition and persistence
Jason and the Bug enter an international race school and must compete amid difficult conditions, demanding instructors and equipment sabotage.
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Matthew Reilly - Author
A fast-moving fictional thriller about young hover-car racers facing elite competition, hostile conditions and interference at an international race school. Its appeal appears centred on racing danger, rivalry, technical spectacle and determined teenage competitors.
Fourteen-year-old Jason Chaser races hover cars. Jason and his brother, "the Bug," have been accepted to the International Race School, where they race against great difficulties. Jason Chaser has the need for speed-hyper speed. With his brother, the Bug, navigating, the fourteen-year-old hover car racing phenom is geared up to take the world by storm. Jason's first stop, however, is the prestigious International Race School, where he has to match skill and will against tyrannical instructors, sabotaged equipment, and the planet's best teenage fliers. Included in that mix are Jason's hometown rival and all-around cretin, Barnaby Becker; American Ariel Piper, the first girl to ever be accepted into race school; and a mysterious driver in black-who never seems to lose. The chills and thrills (and awe-inspiring spills) come fast and furious as New York Times best-selling author Matthew Reilly delivers a pulse-pounding, hard-driving, high-octane, no-holds-barred teen techo-thriller sure to have readers enthralled from starting line to checkered flag.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA fast-moving fictional thriller about young hover-car racers facing elite competition, hostile conditions and interference at an international race school. Its appeal appears centred on racing danger, rivalry, technical spectacle and determined teenage competitors.
Jason and the Bug enter an international race school and must compete amid difficult conditions, demanding instructors and equipment sabotage.
Ariel Piper is described as the first girl accepted into the International Race School, placing her in a distinctive position among teenage racers.
Jason encounters a hometown rival and a mysterious driver in black who apparently never loses during the racing contest.
You might discuss how skill, teamwork and persistence operate when competitors face unfair obstacles. Ariel’s position also opens a conversation about belonging and expectations in a competitive environment.
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