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  • A Girl Named Digit
  • Karen Coats
Monaghan, Annabel . A Girl Named Digit. Houghton, 2012. [192p]. ISBN 978-0-547-66852-9 $16.99 Reviewed from galleys R Gr. 7-10.

Farah learned her lesson years ago: hide the fact that you are a mathematical savant under a vapid, nonthreatening exterior, and all will be well. When she notices a reverse Fibonacci sequence appearing on the screen during a popular TV series and figures out that it is linked to a terrorist attack at JFK airport, however, the seventeen-year-old does what she has to: goes to the FBI. There she meets a very attractive, talented young agent who doesn't believe her in the least, until Farah's continued investigation brings on the ire of a well-known environmental terrorist group. She and John, her FBI cutie-pie, stage a pretend kidnapping to get Farah off the streets, figure out the coded transcripts of the terrorists behind the attack, and take off to New York. Unfortunately, they find themselves set upon by assassins in every safe house, indicating that there is leak at the FBI itself, so they have to come up with a new plan with the help of John's CIA agent father. This fast-paced caper novel will appeal to readers who like their nonstop action aided and abetted by romance and humor. John, as the older man, fights his feelings more than Farah, whose attempts at kissing are continually thwarted by the imposition of imminent danger, but eventually the two find their way to a two-geeks-in-love conclusion that proves that true love is no impediment to efficient crime-solving. While not nearly as laugh-out-loud funny as Jaffe's Bad Kitty books, this will find favor with readers who appreciated the fast-paced intrigue of that series. [End Page 39]

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