The Six Series, Book 1
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Your Rating: 0 stars
Star rating for
Author:
Alpert, Mark
Series:
Six
Published:
Sourcebooks 2015
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Lexile measure:
780L
Status:
Available from OverDrive

Description

Exchanging their bodies for machines, these teens will defy expectations, brave danger, and defend civilization. They are The Six.

Adam's muscular dystrophy has stolen his mobility, his friends, and in less than a year it will take his life. Virtual reality games are Adam's only escape from his wheelchair. In his alternate world, he can defeat anyone. Running, jumping, scoring touchdowns: Adam is always the hero.

Then an artificial intelligence program hacks into Adam's game. Created by Adam's computer-genius father, Sigma has gone rogue, threatening to kill Adam—and the entire human race. Their one chance to stop Sigma is using the technology Adam's dad developed to digitally preserve the mind of his dying son.

Along with a select group of other terminally ill teens, Adam becomes one of the Six who have forfeited their failing bodies to inhabit weaponized robots. But with time running short, the Six must learn to manipulate their new mechanical forms and work together to train for epic combat...before Sigma destroys humanity.

"Adam is an unusual hero—and he faces a frightening question: Computers can't kill—CAN they? I'm still shaken by the answer. Will the near-future really be this terrifying?"—R.L. Stine, bestselling author of the Fear Street series.

Visit Mark at markalpert.com.

Also in This Series

Formats

Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Sample 
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
Sample 
OverDrive Read
Sample 
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.

More Like This

Subjects

Subjects
Science Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Young Adult Literature

More Details

Street Date:
07/07/2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781492615309
ASIN:
B00TFZ0C1I
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.7, 16 Points
Lexile measure:
780

Borrower Reviews

Librarian Reviews

Published Reviews

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation (style guide)

Mark Alpert. (2015). The Six Series, Book 1. Sourcebooks.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Mark Alpert. 2015. The Six Series, Book 1. Sourcebooks.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Mark Alpert, The Six Series, Book 1. Sourcebooks, 2015.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Mark Alpert. The Six Series, Book 1. Sourcebooks, 2015.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

Copy Details

LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection11
East Hampton Public Library00

Staff View

Grouped Work ID:
8cae69e7-1a23-e30c-c8cb-74b651007984
Go To Grouped Work

API Extraction Dates

Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Mar 01, 2018 14:08:08
Date Updated:
Aug 09, 2018 17:34:09
Last Metadata Check:
Nov 18, 2024 01:43:10
Last Metadata Change:
Oct 14, 2024 01:42:20
Last Availability Check:
Nov 18, 2024 01:43:22
Last Availability Change:
Oct 31, 2024 13:04:45
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Nov 20, 2024 22:19:00

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0174-1/{F5C8E5A5-F0AB-4F89-982D-1B44C9626167}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0174-1/{F5C8E5A5-F0AB-4F89-982D-1B44C9626167}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0174-1/F5C/8E5/A5/{F5C8E5A5-F0AB-4F89-982D-1B44C9626167}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0174-1/F5C/8E5/A5/{F5C8E5A5-F0AB-4F89-982D-1B44C9626167}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781492615309
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B00TFZ0C1I
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781492615309
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Mark Alpert
title
The Six Series, Book 1
dateAdded
2015-12-17T16:47:00-05:00
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=242&titleID=2211548
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: LION: Libraries Online (CT)
          • id: 1354
sortTitle
Six Series Book 01
crossRefId
2211548
series
Six
id
f5c8e5a5-f0ab-4f89-982d-1b44c9626167
starRating
4.3

OverDrive MetaData

interestLevel
UG
isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: TheSixSeriesBook1_9781492615309_2211548
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 1457132
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781492615309
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: -1
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 1
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 7/7/2015
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/six-f5c8e5?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: TheSixSeriesBook1_2211548
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B00TFZ0C1I
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 7/7/2015
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/six-f5c8e5?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: TheSixSeriesBook1_9781492615309_2211548
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781492615309
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 7/7/2015
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/six-f5c8e5?.epub-sample.overdrive.com
keywords
      • value: Disabilities
      • value: teen books
      • value: disability
      • value: robots
      • value: Young adult fiction
      • value: Young Adult
      • value: Virtual Reality
      • value: terminal illness
      • value: action adventure
      • value: books for teens
      • value: young adult novel
      • value: books for young adults
      • value: young adult novels
      • value: best young adult books
      • value: young adult books for boys
      • value: young adult books for girls
      • value: young adult books
      • value: young adult science fiction
      • value: books for teenagers
      • value: books for teen girls
      • value: books for teens 12-16 girls
      • value: books for teens and young adults
      • value: books young adult
      • value: good books for teens
      • value: teen books best sellers
      • value: young adult books best sellers
      • value: young adult gifts
      • value: teen book
      • value: young teen books
      • value: books for teen boys
      • value: books for teenage boys
      • value: books for teenage girls
      • value: books for teen
      • value: teen books for girls
      • value: teen girl books
      • value: teen and young adult
      • value: teen boy books
      • value: teen fiction books
      • value: teenage girl books
      • value: teen books for boys
      • value: best teen books for boys
      • value: teenage books
      • value: best selling books for teens
      • value: best books for teens
      • value: teens books
      • value: teen and young adult books
      • value: best teen books
      • value: books for young teens
      • value: young adult best sellers
      • value: best books for young adults
      • value: teenager books
      • value: good teen books
      • value: best books for teen boys
      • value: books best sellers for teens
      • value: books for young adults girls
      • value: basketball books for teen boys
      • value: top young adult books
      • value: books teens and young adults
      • value: books young adult best sellers
      • value: best selling teen books
      • value: young adult kindle books
      • value: science fiction books for teenagers
      • value: best book for teens
      • value: best books for teenage girls
      • value: best seller books for teens
      • value: best sellers for young adults
      • value: best selling books for young adults
      • value: best selling young adult books
      • value: best selling young adult books 2018
      • value: best teen books of 2018
      • value: best young adult books 2018
      • value: book teen
      • value: books best sellers teens
      • value: books best sellers teens young adults
      • value: books best sellers young adult
      • value: books for teen boys best sellers
      • value: books for teen girls age 12-14
      • value: books for young adults best sellers
      • value: kindle books young adult
      • value: kindle young adult books
      • value: popular books for teens
      • value: teen best seller books 2018
      • value: teen books best sellers 2017 girls
      • value: teen books best sellers 2018
      • value: teen books best sellers 2018 girls
      • value: teen fiction books best sellers 2018
      • value: teen girl books best sellers 2017
      • value: teen girl books best sellers 2018
      • value: top selling books for teens
      • value: top teen books 2018
      • value: young adult best sellers 2018
      • value: young adult fiction best sellers
      • value: young adults best sellers
      • value: articificial intelligence
      • value: best seller books for teen boys
      • value: best selling books for teen boys
      • value: books for teen boys 15 to 18
      • value: books for teenage boys 14-16
      • value: books for teenagers boys
      • value: books for teens 12-16 boys
      • value: books for teens boys
      • value: books teenage boys
      • value: cyber tech
      • value: teen boys books
      • value: teenager books for boys
      • value: top books for teen boys
      • value: young adult books best sellers 2017 boys
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: Alpert, Mark
      • bioText:

        Mark Alpert is a contributing editor at Scientific American and the author of several science-oriented thrillers for adults: Final Theory, The Omega Theory, Extinction, and The Furies. The Six is his first science thriller for young adults. He lives with his wife and two teenage kids in New York City. Visit Mark online at markalpert.com.

      • name: Mark Alpert
imprint
Sourcebooks Fire
publishDate
2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
The Six Series, Book 1
fullDescription

Exchanging their bodies for machines, these teens will defy expectations, brave danger, and defend civilization. They are The Six.

Adam's muscular dystrophy has stolen his mobility, his friends, and in less than a year it will take his life. Virtual reality games are Adam's only escape from his wheelchair. In his alternate world, he can defeat anyone. Running, jumping, scoring touchdowns: Adam is always the hero.

Then an artificial intelligence program hacks into Adam's game. Created by Adam's computer-genius father, Sigma has gone rogue, threatening to kill Adam—and the entire human race. Their one chance to stop Sigma is using the technology Adam's dad developed to digitally preserve the mind of his dying son.

Along with a select group of other terminally ill teens, Adam becomes one of the Six who have forfeited their failing bodies to inhabit weaponized robots. But with time running short, the Six must learn to manipulate their new mechanical forms and work together to train for epic combat...before Sigma destroys humanity.

"Adam is an unusual hero—and he faces a frightening question: Computers can't kill—CAN they? I'm still shaken by the answer. Will the near-future really be this terrifying?"—R.L. Stine, bestselling author of the Fear Street series.

Visit Mark at markalpert.com.

seriesId
940450
gradeLevels
      • value: Grade 3
      • value: Grade 4
popularity
986
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BPQEAAA20/products/f5c8e5a5-f0ab-4f89-982d-1b44c9626167/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
    • shareInLibby:
        • href: https://link.overdrive.com/share?q=3L4hADHmp90
        • type: text/HTML
id
f5c8e5a5-f0ab-4f89-982d-1b44c9626167
starRating
4.3
readingOrder
1
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0174-1/{F5C8E5A5-F0AB-4F89-982D-1B44C9626167}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0174-1/{F5C8E5A5-F0AB-4F89-982D-1B44C9626167}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0174-1/F5C/8E5/A5/{F5C8E5A5-F0AB-4F89-982D-1B44C9626167}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0174-1/F5C/8E5/A5/{F5C8E5A5-F0AB-4F89-982D-1B44C9626167}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Science Fiction
      • value: Young Adult Fiction
      • value: Young Adult Literature
publishDateText
07/07/2015
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9781492615293
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription

Exchanging their bodies for machines, these teens will defy expectations, brave danger, and defend civilization. They are The Six.

Adam's muscular dystrophy has stolen his mobility, his friends, and in less than a year it will take his life. Virtual reality games are Adam's only escape from his wheelchair. In his alternate world, he can defeat anyone. Running, jumping, scoring touchdowns: Adam is always the hero.

Then an artificial intelligence program hacks into Adam's game. Created by Adam's computer-genius father, Sigma has gone rogue, threatening to kill Adam—and the entire human race. Their one chance to stop Sigma is using the technology Adam's dad developed to digitally preserve the mind of his dying son.

Along with a select group of other terminally ill teens, Adam becomes one of the Six who have forfeited their failing bodies to inhabit weaponized robots. But with time running short, the Six must learn to manipulate their new...

sortTitle
Six Series Book 01
lexileScore
780
crossRefId
2211548
series
Six
publisher
Sourcebooks
atos
5.7
bisacCodes
      • code: YAF001020
      • description: Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
      • code: YAF056000
      • description: Young Adult Fiction / Science Fiction / General
      • code: YAF058050
      • description: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement