Here is the blurb/synopsis:
Farrah Higgins started high school with one thing on her mind: ditching the math geek image that earned her the name Digit in middle school. By her senior year she’d figured out how to fake normal and fit in with the It Girls of Samohi. And it was all good, if exhausting, until she noticed some faint numbers in the corner of her TV screen and cracked the communications system of a murderous eco-terror organization. Kidnapped by the FBI for her own protection, half in love with her captor and running for her life… can she end world terror and get life back to normal before the prom?
Now that you have read the blurb/synopsis, which is comparatively short to the ones from my previous review, I shall move onto the personal summary thing (wow, using 'shall' makes it all sound so formal!). So this book is about a girl named Farrah Higgins, but was given the nickname Digit in middle school, with the reasons behind it being her special mathematical abilities to allow her basically to be a human computer or calculator. But as she enters high school, she has mastered the art of being normal -- or as normal as someone like Digit/ Farrah can be. She joined a clique/group in her high school dubbed as the Fab Four, and everything was as good as it can be, until one night, when she was watching TV with the Fab Four, and happen to see a flash of numbers at the corner of the TV screen, and Digit being Digit, remembered the numbers, and the next set, and the next. After attempting to push the whole number extravaganza into the back of her mind to no avail, she finally gives in and starts trying to crack it -- which she did -- only problem is is that it doesn't seem to make much sense, and no one else has seem to notice, until she heard the shocking news at her school that makes her realize that the series of numbers weren't just some silly joke, but the work of some lethal eco-terrorists organisation. She soon confides in with her father, a Maths professor, since it seems that her mother (an actress) and Danny (her younger brother) wouldn't be too suitable to confide in. She feels guilty for not realizing it earlier and they the decided to go to the FBI to report what her findings were in hope to help them with the investigation, where she soon finds herself sucked into the chaotic world of espionage -- alongside a very attractive, slightly older agent...
What I liked about this book:
The concept of having a girl like Digit with such a special gift is refreshing. The author, Annabel Monaghan, definitely did some research and dug out all existing mathematical knowledge for her to be able to write such detailed process on how Digit cracked a lot of main codes, and it was good to include Digit's 'working' or 'calculations' because it adds to the truly authentic smart, geeky and brilliant Digit way! Also, for some of those that is as smart as Digit and could actually understand it (I have to admit, I don't quite understand most of the calculations and may or may not be guilty of skipping some of her 'workings'). Overall, it is a great book, so check it out :)
What I found needed some improvements:-
What I liked about this book:
The concept of having a girl like Digit with such a special gift is refreshing. The author, Annabel Monaghan, definitely did some research and dug out all existing mathematical knowledge for her to be able to write such detailed process on how Digit cracked a lot of main codes, and it was good to include Digit's 'working' or 'calculations' because it adds to the truly authentic smart, geeky and brilliant Digit way! Also, for some of those that is as smart as Digit and could actually understand it (I have to admit, I don't quite understand most of the calculations and may or may not be guilty of skipping some of her 'workings'). Overall, it is a great book, so check it out :)
What I found needed some improvements:-
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