Gordon Korman - HarperCollins Children's Books

spent his entire life hearing stories about the Academy’skiller courses and crushing workload. And hereNoah had dismissed them all in the space of abouteight seconds.If Donovan had inquired about unraveling thegenetic code, Noah would have said that was easy too.“Thanks, I guess,” Donovan told him. “Is anythingin this place—well—hard?”“You know what’s hard?” Suddenly, Noah’s faceflushed with emotion. “Trying to control your owndestiny. It’s not just hard; it’s impossible.”So Donovan shifted gears and talked to Latrell aboutthe robot, which also backfired. Latrell got weirdlydefensive, as if Donovan might be trying to steal hisjob as the team’s top mechanic. And Jacey became sogenuinely flustered by the newcomer’s presence thatshe asked him which of the earth’s continental plateswas his favorite.Abigail went over to Donovan and put her two centsin. “You know a Gymboree parachute isn’t the same asa real parachute, don’t you?”Well, how could I not say something? He was going41