IGIST by L.S. Larson is the perfect book for children who are aging out the Middle Grade reading section and quickly approaching that of YA. Not quite either, but a good bridge from one to the other. Emi wants desperately to go IGIST, a galactic academy for the intelligent and the up and coming innovators of the universe. Her father wants her to go there as well but when her acceptance correspondence never shows up, he resolves to get Emi into space by any means necessary. If I was 13 again, I would be completely obsessed everything this book has to offer, from the android best friend, to the goal of going to an academy that is essentially a space station in the form of a campus. I wish that I could have made better use of the interactive app that can be downloaded free, but the AR (Artificial Reality) affect only works on physical copies and this review is based on a digital copy provided via Netgalley. Despite that, the parts of the app that I could access were responsive and even included a section to buy IGIST merch! ***This review has been provided at no cost and is based on an arc copy made available by Netgalley.***
