The highest frontier
By: Joan Slonczewski
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tor
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9780765329561
Description: Jennifer Ramos Kennedy, a girl from a rich and politically influential family whose twin brother has died in an accident and left her bereft, is about to enter her freshman year at Frontera College. We accompany Jenny as she proceeds through her early days at school, encountering surprises and wonders and some unpleasant problems. Deadly microbes that caused Aids and anthrax are now being modified to cure disease and grow cables for space elevators. Earth is altered by global warming, and an invasive alien species called ultraphytes threatens the surviving ecosystem.--From book jacket.
Notes: "A Tom Doherty Associates book."