Fighting Evil In Genius Squad By Catherine Jinks

The realistic fiction novel Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks talks about a fifteen-year old boy named Cadel who is a pure genius and has an enemy called Prosper English, Cadel’s dad. During the story, Cadel learns that when it comes to fighting evil, one genius is not enough.
First, Cadel, who lost both his parents and has to live in a foster home with troublesome kids, is a very intelligent kid who solves algorithms in his head to pass the time, however because of this he has no friends except for one, the disabled female Sonja who is also smart and has no parents. Cadel's caseworker and social worker want Cadel to move into a different foster home because of his problems with a fellow foster home kid, Mace, and an unwanted hacker trying to get the attention of Cadel. However this "hacker" are people who need Cadel's and Sonja's intelligence which is hard to refuse when they are offering 15,000 dollars and more with a better home to live in and a chance to be with his friend, Sonja. These people who are giving them the offer refer to themselves as the “genius squad” and are discovering a organization called GenoME which attracts the attention of any police officer,

This statement from Trader explains the theme of the story. It also describes Cadel’s part in Genius Squad and how he’s so vitally important to the team’s success. Additionally, “It was quite obvious to Cadel that Prosper was too dangerous and smart to be fought solo rather than side by side” (Jinks 63). This quote from the story shows that even Cadel, who is very smart, agrees that a genius like Prosper can’t be battled alone. He knows that the only way to defeat him is to work