Bad Shadou - Paperback

by Capulet Poehner (Author)

Thirteen-year-old Elle has a secret: she's EleMent03, a YouTube gaming star with hundreds of thousands of followers. But when a mysterious user named BadShadou starts leaving personalized messages in her videos-messages only she can see-Elle's digital life takes a dark turn.

The Snapchats come next. Then the impossible truths: Shadou is an alien. He's holed up beneath Mount Rainier. And he's guarding something ancient and terrible that's starting to wake up.

As Elle's family unravels around her-new school, her dad's accident, her mom's obsession with the mountain-Elle discovers her ability to connect with technology goes far deeper than coding skills. Devices speak to her. She can control them with her mind. And Shadou says she's the only one who can help him stop what's coming.

But Elle is just trying to survive eighth grade, make friends, and maybe figure out her confusing feelings for the quiet boy next door. The last thing she needs is an alien texting her about the end of the world.

Then everything changes.

Three years later, at sixteen, Elle has reinvented herself as a celebrated teen coding prodigy in Los Angeles. She's buried her past, her secrets, and her connection to Shadou. But when an ancient evil finally breaks free from its prison beneath Mount Rainier, Elle must face the destiny she's been running from.

Because Quaru-the darkness that destroyed entire civilizations-is awake. And it knows her name.

Perfect for fans of Ender's Game, Ready Player One, and Stranger Things. A Pacific Northwest YA sci-fi thriller about a girl who codes, an alien who needs her help, and the ancient evil that threatens to consume everything.