High school junior Cassie Nesler is a talented coder enjoying a seemingly idyllic life in San Diego, California, with her mother and step-father. An academically strong student, Cassie is an introvert with a deep interest in programming and technology. This young adult novel follows Cassie as her life abruptly changes at the tragic death of her mother. Re-locating to rural Arkansas to live with her Aunt Jackie, Cassie gets to know her rural roots and Arkansas family. Still grieving her mother’s death, Cassie and her two new friends, Dylan and Sofia, are intrigued by the story of a car accident that claimed the life of two Doddville High School seniors nearly 20 years earlier that placed Cassie’s mother under a cloud of suspicion. The three friends seek to unravel the mystery along the River Road with the hope that the truth will exonerate her mother and unburden Cassie’s family. Combing through newspaper articles, accident reports, and her mother’s journals and song lyrics, Cassie comes to understand her mother and her mother’s life choices while gaining more knowledge about her own father. Through their efforts, the truth is uncovered, but the price paid might be too high for Cassie.
It is the summer of 1974 in the suburbs of southern California. Robin’s life is finally regaining some equilibrium after her early high school years of losing her mother to cancer, then losing her place on the varsity softball team. Getting a paid internship on the local newspaper as a budding photo-journalist the summer before the start of her junior year of high school helps to fill the void left by sports. The part-time work allows her to be part of the local sports scene by reporting on it. Then, Robin meets new high school student Madison Parker; a phenomenal tennis player whose focus is on becoming a professional and winning at Wimbledon. As their friendship deepens, their reputations and future plans are put in jeopardy. Will they be able to successfully navigate high school and hold on to each other? Or will society’s rules change their plans?
The sequel to Along the River Road follows Cassie as she achieves greater recognition of her programming skills. Specially invited to participate in a Cyber Security program designed for the top 5% of high school coders, Cassie is thrust into the highly competitive world of cyber security. Cassie must prove herself worthy of her leadership role in cyber security simulations while the owner of the global cyber security company Constant Corporation has shown an interest in her exceptional coding ability. Her new friendship with Deshi, another talented coder, has encouraged her to rise to the challenges while also providing a sounding board as Cassie is still working through her lost relationship with her mother. Trying to stand out among the pack of highly accomplished coders soon results in both Cassie and Deshi finding themselves in the middle of company espionage and an international cyber security breach. With Constant Corporation’s ability to stop cyber security breaches throughout the United States threatened, Deshi, Cassie and her friends Dylan and Sofia are soon caught in the middle and unsure who to trust.
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