Evil Genius
by Catherine Jinks
by Catherine Jinks
EVIL GENIUS by Catherine Jinks
Category: Action-Adventure
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 5/1/07
Publisher: Harcourt
Reviewed by: The Compulsive Reader
Rating: 4 Stars
Cadel Piggot has been visiting Dr. Thadeus Roth since he was seven years old and had been caught hacking into credit
card company files. His adoptive parents, terrified of his intelligence and innocence, forbade him to touch computers and
hauled him right off to the psychologist.
But it's not long before Thadeus is not only letting him use his computer, but is also facilitating a relationship between Cadel
and Dr. Darkkon, an imprisoned criminal mastermind who claims to be Cadel's father.
As Cadel grows older, expanding his talents and often "testing" them, he finds himself at the Axis Institute, a school founded
by his father where evil schemes and rule-breaking are encouraged (as long you don't get caught). But he also meets
Kay-Lee. It's her friendship that opens his eyes to what's really happening, and makes him face the ultimate question: Has
Cadel's whole life been just another one of his father's schemes?
A little slow towards the beginning, and sometimes a bit too fast when it comes to number theory and computer technology,
this is ultimately a book that doesn't require a remarkable genius of any kind to understand.
Category: Action-Adventure
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 5/1/07
Publisher: Harcourt
Reviewed by: The Compulsive Reader
Rating: 4 Stars
Cadel Piggot has been visiting Dr. Thadeus Roth since he was seven years old and had been caught hacking into credit
card company files. His adoptive parents, terrified of his intelligence and innocence, forbade him to touch computers and
hauled him right off to the psychologist.
But it's not long before Thadeus is not only letting him use his computer, but is also facilitating a relationship between Cadel
and Dr. Darkkon, an imprisoned criminal mastermind who claims to be Cadel's father.
As Cadel grows older, expanding his talents and often "testing" them, he finds himself at the Axis Institute, a school founded
by his father where evil schemes and rule-breaking are encouraged (as long you don't get caught). But he also meets
Kay-Lee. It's her friendship that opens his eyes to what's really happening, and makes him face the ultimate question: Has
Cadel's whole life been just another one of his father's schemes?
A little slow towards the beginning, and sometimes a bit too fast when it comes to number theory and computer technology,
this is ultimately a book that doesn't require a remarkable genius of any kind to understand.