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@lt;b@gt;Gripping@lt;/b@gt;...Bascomb shows the reader every angle of a classroom no larger than the average storage space, bursting with tensions, emotions, and unparalleled enthusiasm...@lt;b@gt;@lt;i@gt;The New Cool @lt;/i@gt;is a tale of triumph both in and outside of the classroom...it gives me hope for the future of education.@lt;/b@gt; @lt;br@gt;--Erin Gruwell, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling @lt;i@gt;Freedom Writer's@lt;/i@gt;@lt;i@gt;Diary@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt; Imagination, ambition and technology collide at an annual high-school robot-building competition...A nail-biting thrill ride for techies and armchair engineers. @lt;br@gt;@lt;/b@gt;--@lt;i@gt;Kirkus Reviews@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt;@lt;b@gt;@lt;br@gt; Gripping...Bascomb gives us plenty of suspense and pathos...An inspiring homage to the spirit of invention and a genuine sports epic, to boot. @lt;br@gt;@lt;/b@gt;--@lt;i@gt;Publishers Weekly@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Outstanding...THE NEW COOL

Outstanding...THE NEW COOL is a book that will make you feel good about America's ability to innovate solutions to its most pervasive problems. If you're sick of hearing about our impending doom, read this, and meet a generation of kids who could change not just the nation but the world. THE NEW COOL is, on its simplest level, the story of a robotics competition -- but once you realize the immensity of what's at stake, you'll be as nervously anticipatory as the competitors themselves. Neal Bascomb has penned an indelible portrait of a team on a mission that may ultimately be reckoned one of the defining books of the decade. --Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST, Inventor of the Segway PT, Member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and Winner of the National Medal of Technology, the Lemelson-M.I.T. Prize and the Global Humanitarian Action Award <br> THE NEW COOL is a prodigious true story and I loved it! It is heartening to know that there are still dedicated teachers like my Miss Riley

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NEAL BASCOMB has published a number of international and national bestsellers, including Higher, The Perfect Mile, Red Mutiny and Hunting Eichmann. His books have been optioned for film, featured in several documentaries and translated in 10 languages. He has also written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times. He and his wife and their two daughters make their home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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