Title: After
Author: Padraig Kenny
Illustrator: Steve McCarthy
Publisher: Walker Books
About the book
Jen and her father are making their way across a deserted world after a technological collapse brought civilization as people knew it to an end. The Flood took out all technology, but also many people who were connected to a central information hive. Those who are left behind must find each other and build a new life. But Jen's father isn't related to her by blood - he is a human-appearing AI, a glitch in the system, and a secret that must be kept, even from those she wishes she could trust...
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Radio interview with Author about the book [https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22495091/]
Publisher's Website [https://www.walker.co.uk/author/padraig-kenny/]
Illustrator's Instagram Account [https://www.instagram.com/mrstevemccarthy/]
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