Galaxy Brain Hacks the Popularity Code

By Chris Harding

A middle-schooler hacks her school's A.I. chatbot to crack the popularity code - what could go wrong...? Only everything. This is a funny, fresh graphic-novel series launch from an Emmy-winning creator.

"All the fun, tech, and cringe that kids will love." --Terri Libenson, New York Times bestselling author of the Emmie & Friends series

Polly Maxwell - aka "Galaxy Brain" - is excited to start at a new STEM middle school. There she knows she'll finally fit in and live her best nerd life.

But it turns out that even among nerds there is a social hierarchy. Polly finds herself with a group of random outsiders, while her former best friend Henna sits at the cool kids' table. What's a desperate young inventor to do?

Hack the school's A.I. chatbot to crack the secrets of popularity, of course

What could possibly go wrong...?

Galaxy Brain combines evergreen middle-school themes with a STEM twist, about the limitations of A.I. and the power of human creativity and true friendship.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250422256
• ISBN13: 9781250422255
• Release Date: July 2027
• Publisher: Balzer & Bray
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7