At the Speed of Lies, Cindy L. Otis
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy L. Otis
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At the Speed of Lies

Author: Cindy L. Otis

Narrator: Shannon Condon

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/25/2024


Synopsis

Quinn Calvet was supposed to be having an epic year. She had plans with her best friend, Ximena, and sister, Ava, and to grow her following as an influencer on The Whine. Instead, Quinn finds herself third wheel to Ximena and her boyfriend or getting ditched by Ava who has turned into an overachiever, obsessed with studying and joining school clubs. It brings up Quinn's old feelings that her disability has her left behind. She tries to talk to Ava about it, but she's too busy with the newest club at school, Defend Kids, which is working frantically to help find two kids who were recently kidnapped from a nearby town.

Suddenly, Defend Kids is all anyone is talking about, and whenever Quinn posts about them on The Whine, she gains tons of new followers and her posts go viral. As the club works to get the message out, more kids in the surrounding area go missing, but it seems like the police and the media aren't doing much about it. When two of Quinn's classmates are kidnapped, the dangers that Defend Kids is trying to fight become all too real. As Quinn and her friends search for the missing kids, tensions escalate at school, there's an uptick in bullying, and conspiracy theories abound. Before she knows it, Quinn and The Whine are at the center of it all, trying to find out what's really happening. Only the truth might be more deadly than anyone knows . . .

About Cindy L. Otis

Cindy L. Otis knew that she wanted to join the CIA at seven years old when her dad let her watch the first James Bond movie. After receiving her bachelor's degree in international politics and her master's degree in international relations from Boston University, her dream came true. She went on to serve as a military analyst, intelligence briefer to the White House, and Branch Manager. The recipient of the Army Civilian Service Medal and the CIA’s Donald Cryer Award, she is a dedicated advocate for disability rights.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lillie on October 17, 2022

rtc!......more

Goodreads review by Infosifter on December 15, 2024

The author says she wrote this book to highlight the dangers that conspiracy theories pose and how they can affect young people through social media. Social media has certainly made the high school experience that much harder and more intense! But though this book has a specific message, the author......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on August 21, 2023

This book!!! Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! Picked this one up looking for a new release- so so glad I did. I feel like I've been looking for a book like this forever. I used to think fair disability representation in YA might be something I would never see, but the author wrote about the experience......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on May 03, 2023

UPDATE: Pre-order a SIGNED copy of AT THE SPEED OF LIES from Books of Wonder and get a limited edition sticker, bookmark, and character card: [URL not allowed] UPDATE: Galleys for AT THE SPEED OF LIES are now available for request on Edelweiss!......more

Goodreads review by Annie on August 16, 2023

A character who has Rheumatoid Arthritis and uses a wheelchair!!! and was so unexpected once I started reading but it was a great surprise. Representation matters. Great library find!! Fake News and How the spread of Misinformation works and causes harm and how easy it is for people to believe it an......more