Maxwell Huxley's Demon — Michael Conn

One part Ender, one part Jason Bourne, and a dash of Harry. Your kids will love it and so will you. In MAXWELL HUXLEY'S DEMON, when nine-year-old Maxwell Huxley and three others break free from their mountain-top “school” for gifted children �" a place where kids mysteriously vanish when they turn ten �" a fantastical chase around the world begins. Pursuing answers and freedom, Max unintentionally creates a new world: a world where friends and family meet their demons, where artificial beings come to life, and where nanotechnology is indistinguishable from magic. Maxwell pays a heavy price to discover what he was bred for.