01827cam a2200397 i 4500 509570415 TxGeo 20210820120000.0 201104s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020046833 9781338266740 hbk. 1338266748 hbk. (OCoLC)1182839273 TxGeo rda Richmond, Caroline Tung. The great destroyers / Caroline Tung Richmond. First edition. New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2021. 387 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Jo Linden lives in a world where there are no atomic weapons, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union is played out in the Pax Games, fought with powerful robotic mecha war machines operated by young pilots; Jo needs the prize money to save her father's mecha repair shop, and keep what is left of her family together, but when competing pilots start dying from poisoning, Jo finds herself caught up in Cold War politics and political conspiracy and she discovers that it is not only her family's survival at stake--she may have to prevent World War III. Ages 12 and up. Scholastic Press. Grades 7-9. Scholastic Press. 20210923. Mecha (Vehicles) Fiction. Robots Fiction. World politics Fiction. Conspiracies Fiction. Fathers and daughters Fiction. Brothers and sisters Fiction. Alternative histories (Fiction.) Action and adventure fiction. QS5