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I've been reading eclectically this week... I even read what passes for a grown up book this week! Here's what's been on the list: The Six by Mark Alpert was my favorite. This is an action packed science fiction novel for at least middle grade and young adults. Adam Armstrong is 17, has muscular dystrophy and is confined to a wheel chair. At best, he has a few months to live. His dad is a computer scientist who works for the government and has been working on an artificial intelligence project that is about to change Adam's life. This program would allow a computer to extract Adam's memories and download them into a computer. The memories would then be uploaded to a robot that would essentially BE Adam. Adam's mom is vehemently against this idea because she is a conservative Christian who believes that God created life and humans should get out of the way. 5 other kids are given the same process and at the same time, the pilot proj...