5/8/2023 0 Comments The Ability by M.M. Vaughan![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vaughan ( Six) imparts sophisticated social commentary in this tale of friendship with a futuristic twist, told alternatively in the voice of 12-year-old Danny and in the journal entries of his friend Eric, nicknamed Slick. The satisfying revelation of Slick’s strangeness contrasts engagingly with the absurd humor of this odd-couple friendship, and Vaughan executes her satire effectively for an audience that may not be accustomed to it.Ī timely parable for this generation of digital natives.” (Kirkus Reviews) But can they keep Slick safe from his creators? Their friendship is a first for both of them: Danny’s first friendship at all and Slick’s first friendship that isn’t just about popularity. ![]() But he bonds with Danny over the one thing he loves that isn’t popular: the online game Land X. “A 12-year-old loner makes friends with a popular classmate-who just happens to be an android.ĭanny introduces Slick’s story by telling readers how it ends: Slick is dead, he was murdered, and he was an android.…Slick (real name Eric) thinks he’s a regular kid: He’s focused on how many friends he has on Kudos, enthralled with his many pairs of Slick sneakers and his Oldean T-shirts-he is so brand-obsessed he sounds like a present-day social media influencer-and ignored by his equally popularity-hungry parents. FRIENDROID / SLICK Stranger Things meets robots in this sweet story about an unlikely friendship between two boys-one human, one android. ![]()
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