"Smart, timely and riveting."--The New York Times Book ReviewPerfect for fans of Warcross and Black Mirror, Girl Gone Viral is the inventive and timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder's catapult to stardom.For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual experience her heart desires. But she can't code her dad back into her life. When he disappeared after her tenth birthday, leaving only a cryptic note, Opal tried desperately to find him. And when he never turned up, she enrolled at a boarding school for technical prodigies and tried to forget.Until now. Because WAVE, the world's biggest virtual reality platform, has announced a contest where the winner gets to meet its billionaire founder. The same billionaire who worked closely with Opal's dad. The one she always believed might know where he went. The one who maybe even murdered him.What begins as a small data hack to win the contest spirals out of control when Opal goes viral, digging her deeper into a hole of lies, hacks, and manipulation. How far will Opal go for the answers--or is it the attention--she's wanted for years?

Exclusive paperback content: We're working with the author on exclusive new content for this edition, so more to come when we have the details ready.Critically acclaimed debut: Down and Across garnered overwhelming accolades, including multiple starred reviews, praise from major media like USA Today, The Washington Post, and Entertainment Weekly, and love from authors as varied as Khaled Hosseini and Adam Silvera. With its more commercial story, Girl Gone Viral is the perfect opportunity to take Arvin's career to the next level.Grounded science fiction: With his experience working in the tech industry, Arvin brings depth and nuance to the issues his tech-obsessed protagonists face. And the angst of competitive, high-achieving teens, so authentically captured in Down and Across, is similarly present at Opal's prestigious Palo Alto Academy of Science and Technology.Completely convincing future world: Much like Her or Black Mirror, Girl Gone Viral creates a near-future world that seems like it could actually happen. There are no silver jumpsuits or dystopian regimes; rather, it's a believable extension of where technology could take us in our living memory. (In fact, [an older] Jimmy Fallon is still on late night in the book!)High-stakes mystery: Opal's relentless search for answers about her father's disappearance brings her into the depths of a megalithic corporation with hints of Dave Eggers's The Circle…or where our own tech giants could be a couple decades from now.All-too-timely subject: When Opal is thrust, Mark Zuckerberg-like, into the spotlight, she finds herself in the middle of a national debate about data, privacy, and the frightening implications of our information getting into the wrong hands.Dream author: Arvin is everything we dream of in an author: gracious, professional, great at public speaking, hardworking, cooperative, and an effortless connector! We have another book signed up with Arvin for Fall 2020, so we're excited to continue building him as a Penguin house author. And don't miss his Twitter feud with @PenguinTeen!