The AI Incident

<P><B>The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado's unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school.</B><BR/><BR/> Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because he's a foster kid who's been in nine homes? Or maybe because he burps when he gets nervous…which is often? Malcolm has a plan to finally get adopted by a forever family before it's too late. But then on Visiting Professionals' Day, his school invites Dr. Alphonse Hatch, president of Hatch-ED—one of the fastest-growing artificial intelligence companies in the state—to give a presentation. Dr. Hatch brings his AI-powered robot, and events get set in motion that create...THE INCIDENT.<BR/><BR/> An irresistible MG novel about the role of AI in schools and in our lives…and what it means to be human. </P>