Description

With page-turning suspense, Charlie and Geneva pull readers through a maze of intrigue, as layer after layer of reality smashes to bits. In a cinematic quest to crush the powers of evil, their courage is truly tested. The clock is ticking.

Does Charlie really have what it takes to vanquish the most dangerous force our planet has ever known?

Charlie isn’t a hero. He’s the kind of boy who gets chased by bullies and beaten up. In fact, he’s so “different” he’s never had a single real friend—and his strict grandfather won’t even let him have a dog.

So what makes him different? Well, he’s exceptionally good at solving puzzles. And he’s better at math than anyone you know. In our time, he would probably be a computer genius--which is lucky, because that's exactly what he's going to need to become. And he has another unusual ability--something you might call magic. And he's very, very gifted.

At the beginning of this story, Charlie is living in a long-ago place where people with his gift are hunted down and put to death. But his talents are desperately needed in the future—where a stubborn, robotic girl named Geneva is determined to stop the deadly activities of Gramercy Foxx, a brilliant but twisted corporate giant. Foxx shares Charlie’s gift and is using it in a frightening plan to enslave the world.

Now Geneva has yanked Charlie forward through space and time. They have twenty days to decipher a unique and puzzling computer code and stop Foxx from unleashing "The Future"--his horrific invention--or humanity will lose everything.

Notes

Scott Bly

ScottBly.com

SmasherOnline.com

http://www.candacesbookblog.com/2014/04/interview-with-scott-bly-author-of-smasher.html

http://www.goodreadswithronna.com/2014/04/25/smasher-by-scott-bly/

Debut Author of the spring, 2014 MG Fantasy Computer Thriller for Ages 10 to 14

Scott Bly is the owner and president of a Los Angeles-based computer technology company, where he builds complex computers and “battles computer viruses and hackers,” as he puts it. In 2006, Bly began sketching out a simple novel about a boy who was taken to the future and had to learn everything related to modern technology in a very short time. Dealing with different time periods, he made the decision to keep the language contemporary for young readers. Over several drafts, he created additional characters and adventures, and he wrote more than nine versions before his book was finished in 2013.

For years, Bly has been teaching computer skills to young people, and while working on this book, he invented games to use in the classroom—with overwhelming success. A songwriter, filmmaker, and gamer himself, Bly is developing games based on the world of his book at SmasherOnline.com. As a child in Kansas City, Bly had his own experiences with bullies, and he very much identifies with the hero in this book—a boy who has to overcome his fears in order to achieve something very difficult. Bly attended film school at USC and has lived in Los Angeles for more than twenty years.

Skylight Books in Los Angeles hosted the March 28 release party for Scott Bly’s debut novel, Smasher(Scholastic/Blue Sky). About 120 people attended the multimedia event. After Bly discussed his book with the audience, a local indie rock band, Derde Verde, performed, and MadTV veteran Orlando Jones chimed in via video to congratulate his author friend.

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