Genius Squad
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Genius Squad is a novel written by Catherine Jinks
published in 2008 by Allen & Unwin, Australia. It is the second book in a series that follows the main character Cadel Piggot, a genius young boy living in Australia
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When Cadel arrives at the youth home, Saul and Fiona help him move his belongings. Cadel is introduced to everyone. Then when Saul and Fiona leave Trader shows Cadel the basement where he meets Dot, the sister of Com (Com is a character from the first book). Cadel is then introduced to the mission of genius squad: taking down GenoME, an organization founded by Dr. Phineas Darkkon. While genius squad works away, trying to avoid notice by Cadel's various body guards, Prosper English plans out his escape. Unfortunately, GenoME manages to spring Prosper from jail and he immediately moves to kidnap Cadel. Cadel is taken to the house of Judith, one of the other members of Genius squad. From here, Prosper flees to a private air strip to leave the country after Cadel attempts to contact Saul for help. Saul gets a group of police officers down to the airport in time to save Cadel, but Prosper manages to get away. At this point, paternity tests show that Prosper English isn't really Cadel's father, even though he thought he was. Realizing that his real father, Chester Cramp, doesn't want him, Cadel agrees to being adopted by Saul and Fiona, who happened to be getting married.
Saul finally finds out about Genius Squad, and though he is very upset that Cadel lied to him for so long, he agrees to let Genius Squad live on. His reasoning for this, is that he believes that Genius Squad might just be their best chance of finding Prosper and bringing him down once and for all.
Catherine Jinks
Catherine Jinks is an Australian author. She has written more than 30 books for all ages, and has won many awards, including the Children's Book Council Of Australia Book of the Year Award three times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for Science Fiction, the IBBY...
published in 2008 by Allen & Unwin, Australia. It is the second book in a series that follows the main character Cadel Piggot, a genius young boy living in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Summary
The book begins with Cadel living with foster parents. He reveals that he is tortured and bullied by his foster brother, "Mace". Cadel attempts to live a normal life despite the setbacks; he even continues to visit Sonja. These setbacks include persistent followings from his "bodyguards." He cannot escape to even take a walk without being followed. During one of his visits he is confronted by Trader and Judith, two members of Genius Squad. They then ask Cadel and Sonja to join the squad, which is disguised as a youth group home. Cadel and Sonja later agree to join Genius Squad. However, Saul Greenius, a detective in charge of Cadel's protection, and Fiona, Cadel's social worker, don't know whether or not it is a good idea. Then Mace attempts to punch Cadel for ruining his "prized magazines", but is stopped by Saul. After this confrontation, Saul and Fiona agree to allow Cadel to live at the "youth home", which is Clearview House.When Cadel arrives at the youth home, Saul and Fiona help him move his belongings. Cadel is introduced to everyone. Then when Saul and Fiona leave Trader shows Cadel the basement where he meets Dot, the sister of Com (Com is a character from the first book). Cadel is then introduced to the mission of genius squad: taking down GenoME, an organization founded by Dr. Phineas Darkkon. While genius squad works away, trying to avoid notice by Cadel's various body guards, Prosper English plans out his escape. Unfortunately, GenoME manages to spring Prosper from jail and he immediately moves to kidnap Cadel. Cadel is taken to the house of Judith, one of the other members of Genius squad. From here, Prosper flees to a private air strip to leave the country after Cadel attempts to contact Saul for help. Saul gets a group of police officers down to the airport in time to save Cadel, but Prosper manages to get away. At this point, paternity tests show that Prosper English isn't really Cadel's father, even though he thought he was. Realizing that his real father, Chester Cramp, doesn't want him, Cadel agrees to being adopted by Saul and Fiona, who happened to be getting married.
Saul finally finds out about Genius Squad, and though he is very upset that Cadel lied to him for so long, he agrees to let Genius Squad live on. His reasoning for this, is that he believes that Genius Squad might just be their best chance of finding Prosper and bringing him down once and for all.