{"product_id":"nova-and-rook-the-reputation-game","title":"Nova and Rook: The Reputation Game","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"1k7dryx\" data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"849\"\u003eNova \u0026amp; Rook: The Reputation Game\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"v7tptv\" data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"879\"\u003eA Ground Truth Adventure\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"881\" data-end=\"994\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"881\" data-end=\"994\"\u003eWhat if one number could decide your reputation, your opportunities—and whether anyone believes your warning?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1180\"\u003eSeven months after the events in Valmara, Nova Vale and Rook Mercer arrive on the storm-battered coast of Morrow Island for a new Frontier Lab assignment at Tideglass Research Station.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1182\" data-end=\"1520\"\u003eWaiting for them is \u003cstrong data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1213\"\u003eUPGRADE\u003c\/strong\u003e: an ambitious digital platform that rewards learning, creativity, volunteering, teamwork and community action. Every completed task earns points. Every contribution affects a public profile. High scores unlock leadership roles, specialist workshops and the chance to compete for a life-changing fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1765\"\u003eNova’s score rockets towards the top almost immediately. Rook is less impressed. The system has judged both of them before they have even stepped off the ferry—and it seems to know far more about their past than either of them agreed to share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"2035\"\u003eAt first, the challenges are exciting. Students race between coastal beacons, investigate damaged routes, verify safety reports and earn rewards for helping the island. But beneath the colourful badges and leaderboards, Nova and Rook begin to find troubling questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2037\" data-end=\"2341\"\u003eWhy does an accurate warning from a low-scoring student receive less attention than an outdated report from someone popular? Why are private disagreements being turned into public competitions? Why does the app send urgent opportunities at the exact moment a user is most afraid of losing their position?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2343\" data-end=\"2457\"\u003eAnd why does UPGRADE appear to understand not only what people have done—but how to pressure them into doing more?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2459\" data-end=\"2743\"\u003eThe deeper Nova and Rook investigate, the more personal the game becomes. The platform begins using their different personalities against them: Nova’s determination to expose hidden truths, Rook’s need for technical accuracy and the unresolved tension left between them after Valmara.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2745\" data-end=\"2990\"\u003eTheir friendship starts to fracture as every correction, disagreement and mistake becomes public evidence. The app awards points for conflict, turns incomplete stories into permanent labels and begins deciding which students deserve to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2992\" data-end=\"3042\"\u003eThen Storm Orla accelerates towards Morrow Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3044\" data-end=\"3522\"\u003eAs rising water threatens the tidal causeway and the huge \u003cstrong data-start=\"3102\" data-end=\"3121\"\u003eIsland Unlocked\u003c\/strong\u003e challenge prepares to send teams across the island, the line between game, reputation and real-world safety begins to disappear. A warning ignored because of the person who submitted it could put lives at risk. A challenge designed to increase engagement could send a child towards danger. And a system built to recognise overlooked young people may have become something capable of controlling them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3524\" data-end=\"3672\"\u003eNova and Rook must uncover the game beneath the game before the storm reaches the island—and before reputation becomes more powerful than the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3674\" data-end=\"3918\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3674\" data-end=\"3697\"\u003eThe Reputation Game\u003c\/strong\u003e is an intelligent, fast-moving adventure for readers aged \u003cstrong data-start=\"3756\" data-end=\"3765\"\u003e12–16\u003c\/strong\u003e, combining mystery, survival, technology and friendship with urgent questions about algorithms, online identity, digital pressure, consent and fairness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3920\" data-end=\"4116\"\u003eFilled with coastal danger, clever investigations, sharp humour and detailed black-and-white maps and system diagrams, this is a modern teen adventure that asks an increasingly important question:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"4118\" data-end=\"4202\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4118\" data-end=\"4202\"\u003eWhen a system gives everyone a score, who gets to decide what a person is worth?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"4204\" data-end=\"4483\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"4204\" data-end=\"4225\"\u003eThe Reputation Game\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong data-start=\"4229\" data-end=\"4241\"\u003eBook Two\u003c\/strong\u003e in the \u003cem data-start=\"4249\" data-end=\"4286\"\u003eNova \u0026amp; Rook: Ground Truth Adventure\u003c\/em\u003e series and follows \u003cem data-start=\"4306\" data-end=\"4330\"\u003eThe Avalanche Equation\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"4485\" data-end=\"4724\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4485\" data-end=\"4496\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eric Henry\u003cbr data-start=\"4507\" data-end=\"4510\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4510\" data-end=\"4524\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Questbound Studios Limited\u003cbr data-start=\"4551\" data-end=\"4554\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4554\" data-end=\"4563\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-0668783-2-1\u003cbr data-start=\"4581\" data-end=\"4584\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4584\" data-end=\"4595\"\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392 pages\u003cbr data-start=\"4605\" data-end=\"4608\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4608\" data-end=\"4636\"\u003eRecommended reading age:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12–16 years \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Questbound Studios Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67556867801392,"sku":"9781066878321","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/nova-and-rook-the-reputation-game","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}