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Echo Star is Always Listening

Echo Star is Always Listening

by Melinda Salisbury

ISBN: 9781839942730

Ruby Brookes and her best friend Deva have won free places at the Ash Tree Foundation Performing Arts Camp over the summer, but only if their school grades seriously improve. So when Deva suddenly starts getting high marks in all their subjects, leaving Ruby behind, she is confused and jealous. Until she finds out Deva's success is down to EchoStar, a new app that's helping her get ahead. Ruby is desperate to start using it too, but there is much more to it than she has imagined. Because EchoStar is always watching and listening ...

Reviews

Hareem - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

In my opinion, the book itself is amazing and the style of the story is written nicely . The genre of this book is very clear and it is a realistic thriller. I like the words which have been chosen to represent the story

Hawwa - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

There was so much going on in such a short book. The whole thing was page-turning and I would definitely read the next book. I loved the plot twist about the EchoStar AI. Overall it was a great read.

Zoey - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

Quick read. Page-turning. Nice buildup. I really enjoyed this book!

Diana - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

I liked the tense drama of this book, and how the AI is mysterious. I also liked how the technology seemed to get more and more sinister, until a really interesting climax. I also liked the cover illustration. I didn't really like how the main character was punished for doing the right thing, but the book overall was very good.

Charlotte - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

Very good story line and good twists and turns. Kept me interested and I couldn't put it down. A great ending too and it made me want to read the second book. Such a cliffhanger!

Elizabeth - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

This was a very interesting book. It had me hooked right to the end. I absolutely loved the ending. I recommend reading it!

Hana - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

The emotions in this book were written very well with an interesting plot

Jenny - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

I enjoyed reading this book and I liked how it is a situation that lots of people might be in - the part where they are struggling with school work. I did think that the book could have been a bit longer though to go in to more detail. Thank you for writing this book.

Clemmie - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

It was a really good book. Nice and short. Easy to read good ending.

Emily - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

I loved how the book slowly came to the understanding of what and who was controlling the Echostar app and how you can't trust everything on the Internet. I also loved when the same boy kept turning up and that it didn't draw to much attention to him either. There could have been more suspense but overall it was a great book and I really enjoyed reading it.

Tabi - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

I loved it! As a big reader, I am always happy to find a book that really connects with all my wants in a book. I have never really enjoyed Sci-Fi, but this really made it more enjoyable and fun for me. Thank You.

Mia - Nottingham Girls High School - 2025

I don't usually like books like this, but I actually liked this one.