charlie thorne and the last equation audiobook

Also, Charlie is the only kid character (weird!) and she's sassy and rebellious af! YES. This is a gritty kids book, it's gripping, and I could hardly put it down once I started it. The bad guys are white supremacists motivated by their hatred of refugees and the CIA is not to be trusted because of their allegiance to a government who would take Einstein's last equation and use it for nefarious purposes (as that govt did in the past with Einstein's former work). I mean, it is definitely NOT realistic, but I think it takes its ridiculous 12=year-old-genius-recruited-by-the-CIA premise and shows a world that is still somehow based in reality. It's very much something a 12 year old (or in that range) could appreciate for it's realistic depiction of espionage and manhunts - not anything worse than a movie or video game. I mean, maybe no cursing, no sex? No actual gore? But there's quite a lot of violence which I was surprised about! And honestly, I really liked that about it. I really liked this and was honestly hard-pressed to differentiate it between an action-packed spy book for adults. Maybe I should start reading more spy books?! There's that non-fiction one right now by Amarylis Fox hmmm.ĪNYWAY. Plus, I do surprisingly like a lot of spy stories - Alias, Harriet, Homeland (problematic guilty pleasure?), American Spy, D.E.B.S., Code Named Verity, etc. I wanted a book I could suggest to boys (and mothers of boys who obviously have internalized misogyny) that had a girl protag. In a breakneck adventure that spans the globe, Charlie must crack a complex code created by Einstein himself, struggle to survive in a world where no one can be trusted, and fight to keep the last equation safe once and for all.I am quite surprised by how much I liked this! A middle grade spy thriller? Very off-brand for me.

In desperation, a team of CIA agents drags Charlie into the hunt, needing her brilliance to find it first-even though this means placing her life in grave danger. Fearing what would happen if the equation fell into the wrong hands, he hid it.īut now, a diabolical group known as the Furies are closing in on its location.

Lemoncello's Library seriesįrom New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs comes the first novel in a thrilling new series about the world's youngest and smartest genius who's forced to use her unbelievable code-breaking skills to outsmart Einstein.Ĭharlie Thorne isn't old enough to drive.Īnd now it's up to her to save the world.ĭecades ago, Albert Einstein devised an equation that could benefit all life on earth-or destroy it.

'Fast-paced, smart, and action-packed.a real page-burner.' -Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mr.

Charlie thorne and the last equation audiobook