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    Operation Copycat
    Operation Copycat
    Operation Copycat
    Ebook61 pages40 minutes

    Operation Copycat

    By Matthew K. Manning and Mary Meinking

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    Growing up with financial worries and only a single dad looking out for him, Sai Patel found escape on the Internet. And as a founding member of Drone Academy, Sai takes every opportunity to stand up for underdogs being cyber-bullied. But after ousting a particularly nasty bully from the SWARM boards, Sai's life takes a dramatic turn when his nemesis customizes a drone to look exactly like Sai's, using it to commit theft, interrupt emergency rescues, and cause as much trouble as possible. Framed for crimes he didn't commit, Sai must prove his innocence to his friends and the law, using his own drone to bring its doppelganger to justice.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMay 15, 2020
    ISBN9781515887232
    Operation Copycat
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    Matthew K. Manning

    The author of the Amazon best-selling hardcover Batman: A Visual History, Matthew K. Manning has contributed to many comic books, including Beware the Batman, Spider-Man Unlimited, Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Shanties, Justice League Adventures, Looney Tunes, and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? When not writing comics themselves, Manning often authors books about comics, as well as a series of young reader books starring Superman, Batman, and the Flash for Capstone. He currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Dorothy and their two daughters, Lillian and Gwendolyn. Visit him online at www.matthewkmanning.com.

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      Operation Copycat - Matthew K. Manning

      Cover

      THE SWARM TEAM

      (Society for Web-Operated Aerial Robotic Missions)

      saiguy

      Name: Sai Patel

      Age: 15

      Ethnicity: Indian-American

      Home base: Savannah, Georgia

      Interests: SWARM logo design; a founding member of SWARM

      Drone: Solo — the smallest of the SWARM drones; bright white with four blades; a guard bar around the drone’s exterior protects those blades while a harness in the center carries Sai’s smartphone

      HowTo

      Name: Howard To

      Age: 16

      Ethnicity: Vietnamese-American

      Home base: Los Angeles, California

      Interests: Science fiction, comic books, and all things fantasy — everything from movies starring trolls and elves to role-playing games featuring wizards and warlocks

      Drone: Redbird — the sleekest and flashiest of all the SWARM drones; a slick, red hot rod with four black helicopter blades, shiny red paint, red and yellow painted flames on the sides, and a small black camera in its center

      ParkourSisters

      Name: Parker Reading

      Age: 16

      Ethnicity: Caucasian

      Home base: New York, New York

      Interests: Athletics, specifically wrestling and martial arts; computer hacking — and using her computer skills for the good of SWARM

      Drone: Hacker — a small gray drone, almost bug-like in appearance; Hacker has red and green lights and six helicopter blades; the most technologically advanced drone in SWARM’s arsenal

      Zor_elle

      Name: Zora Michaels

      Age: 16

      Ethnicity: African-American

      Home base: Rural Indiana

      Interests: As far as her classmates know, fashion, trends, and the coolest clothes and accessories; in reality: science, computers, comic books, and SWARM; all things pink

      Drone: The Beast — the largest drone on the SWARM team; several feet wide with four industrial gray helicopter blades and a black, crane-like camera; camouflage colors help it blend into its surroundings

      CHAPTER 1

      THE FALL OF EILEEN WU

      Yesterday

      Eileen Wu didn’t know how much longer she could hold on. She couldn’t find a footing for her right foot. Her left foot was supporting most of her weight, even if it only had a three-inch ledge to stand on. She was clinging to the root above her head, but the root was dirty, and her hands were sweaty. She kept slipping down little by little.

      Eileen looked over her shoulder. Below her was at least a six-story drop. She remembered reading on the Internet that humans can only hope to survive a four-story fall. Anything more was virtually impossible to live through.

      As she looked down the cliff face at the waves breaking on the rocks below, Eileen wished she didn’t know that fact. But more than anything, she wished she hadn’t gone hiking at all today.

      Everything had started out normally enough. Eileen had told her mom she was heading to Travels Island, a nature preserve an hour from her home in Savannah, Georgia, to do some hiking. She’d put on her favorite pair of capris, the ones with the rugged knee patches that could take a fall. She’d brought her phone, in case she needed to make an emergency call, and so she could listen to music. She’d packed a backpack full of the essentials: snacks,

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