Bobby Sky: Boy Band or Die

In Shine’s thrilling follow-up to 2014’s I Become Shadow, 14-year-old Robert “Hutch” Hutchinson is kidnapped by FATE (Future Affairs Training and Education), a super-secret government program aimed at making him a top-secret guardian called a Shadow. After two years of grueling training, he’s assigned to his Future Important Person, Ryo Enomoto, a Japanese national tasked with heading up a boy band. First, though, Hutch, now called Bobby Sky, must learn how to sing and dance like a professional. This was not the assignment he was hoping for, but after being chemically “linked” to Ryo, he doesn’t have a choice. The future of this mega-famous band, International—made up of Bobby (American), Ryo (Japanese), Kareem (Moroccan), and Seamus (Irish)—is hilariously planned to the hilt, complete with fake breakups and fights, and it’s all fun and mega stardom until Bobby is attacked by his own team, and someone takes down the band’s plane. Can Bobby save the day? Snarky narrator Bobby is genuinely funny, offering the perfect balance of self-deprecating and cocky. With plenty of derring-do, complete with a surprise cameo appearance, this adventure will please fans of the first book and win plenty of new ones. Ages 14–up. Agent: Faye Bender, the Book Group. [em](May) [/em]