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The Girl Who Failed the Algorithm
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 8 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The algorithm already decided who she would become.
It didn't plan on being wrong.
In a near-future society where an AI system predicts risk, behaviour, and potential before teenagers are allowed to choose for themselves, seventeen-year-old Elia Cross is flagged as a failure.
She isn't violent.
She isn't dangerous.
She just doesn't fit the model.
As the system tightens its grip - monitoring emotions, tracking choices, and quietly erasing anyone who threatens its certainty - Elia begins to realise the truth: the algorithm doesn't prevent harm. It defines it.
Watched by surveillance drones and trapped inside a future written by data, Elia must decide whether staying invisible will keep her safe... or whether being seen is the most dangerous thing of all.
The Girl Who Failed the Algorithm is a gripping young adult dystopian thriller about surveillance, identity, and the cost of a world that values prediction over humanity. Tense, emotional, and frighteningly plausible, it explores what happens when technology claims to know us better than we know ourselves - and what it takes to take that power back.
Perfect for readers who love:
Intelligent YA dystopian fiction
Stories about AI, surveillance, and control
Strong female protagonists
Thought-provoking, fast-paced thrillers with real-world relevance
In a world ruled by prediction, being human is the ultimate risk.
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