Pepe: The Street Kid
Robby Charters
- Pepe
- doesn't
- know
- who
- he
- really
- is
- nor
- where
- he
- came
- from.
- The
- farther
- back
- he
- tries
- to
- remember,
- the
- weirder
- it
- gets.
- He
- only
- knows
- he
- has
- to
- take
- care
- of
- his
- "sister"
- Po.
- It's
- not
- his
- natural
- sister,
- they
- look
- too
- different
- for
- that.
- Their
- grandmother
- died
- in
- the
- slum
- fire,
- in
- which
- Pepe
- and
- Po
- barely
- escaped
- with
- their
- lives.
- Now
- they're
- on
- their
- own,
- living
- in
- an
- abandoned
- construction
- site
- with
- other
- homeless
- kids.
- Pepe's
- best
- friend
- is
- a
- drug
- addict.All
- the
- while,
- floating
- magnetic
- trains
- fly
- overhead
- and
- a
- popular
- cafe
- that
- looks
- like
- a
- disco
- ball
- floats
- in
- mid
- air,
- and
- a
- giant
- hologram
- of
- the
- General
- peers
- at
- them
- from
- above
- the
- intersection.The
- General
- is
- quadriplegic,
- is
- hooked
- up
- to
- a
- computer
- system
- that
- controls
- a
- robot
- army,
- and
- he's
- obsessed
- with
- finding
- the
- family
- of
- the
- previous
- head-of-state,
- so
- as
- to
- eliminate
- them.A
- mystic
- old
- Japanese
- man
- has
- taken
- a
- special
- interest
- in
- Pepe.
- He
- keeps
- showing
- up
- at
- just
- the
- right
- time
- to
- save
- their
- skins.Awarded
- the
- IndiePENdents.org
- Seal
- of
- Good
- Writing.
"Books
- this
- good
- usually
- don't
- show
- up
- on
- my
- radar...
- Excellent
- nerd
- sci
- fi
- totally
- deserving
- your
- money."
- --
- Ezekiel
- Carsella
- at
- Books
- N
- Tech
"Pepe
- was
- an
- action
- packed
- ride
- that
- I
- enjoyed
- from
- start
- to
- finish.
- Mr.
- Charters
- has
- a
- way
- of
- creating
- a
- near
- future
- in
- exquisite
- detail,
- and
- I
- felt
- like
- that
- really
- made
- the
- story."
- --
- Paige
- Boggs
- at
- Effectively Paige
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