“Confidence, imagination and an ability to pluck the reader’s heartstrings confirms Kenny as a writer of serious talent.” The Guardian

What does AI mean for children? Pádraig Kenny explores what it means to be human, the value of every individual and whether true danger lies in technological creations or those who create them. He engages children to consider how they might respond in such situations, and challenges our relationships with AI.

In After, Jen and her father are making their way across a deserted world after a technological collapse brought civilization as people knew it to an end. The Flood took out all technology, but also many people who were connected to a central information hive. Those who are left behind must find each other and build a new life. But Jen’s father isn’t related to her by blood – he is a human-appearing AI, a glitch in the system, and a secret that must be kept, even from those she wishes she could trust.

Pádraig Kenny’s debut novel, Tin, and The Monsters of Rookhaven were Waterstones Books of the Month, while Stitch was both a Blackwell’s and Eason Book of the Month. He has won the CBI Honour Award for Fiction twice, and has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. 

CLASS 4th – 6th 

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LANGUAGE English

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