They also realize there must be more kids like them around the world and more Institutes around the world that are working together.Īs Luke and Tim arrive at the Institute, Avery uses his powers to connect with all the other Institutes and it causes the building to levitate. However, the Back Half kids are now trapped. They also realize that the gorks help to enhance their powers.

Luke and Tim then head back to The Institute to save the rest of the kids, and Luke negotiates with the Institute to stall for time.īack at the Institute, Avery and the other Back Half kids have learned how to collectively use their powers to fight back. They are subdued, but many are left dead. People from the Institute show up to take Luke back. Luke ends up in DuPray, where he meets Tim and shows him the flash drive regarding The Institute. She also gives him a flash drive with video proof of the atrocities at the Institute. Luke helps Maureen, a housekeeper on the staff, who then helps to him to escape and then kills herself. Luke makes many friends including Avery, a 10-year-old boy with very strong telepathic powers. The process gives them headaches which eventually destroy their minds, becoming so-called 'gorks'. In the Back Half, kids are put to work to be used as psychic drones to kill certain targets. In the Front Half, kids are tested on and tortured to enhance their abilities. The facility is divided into two sections. Luke is taken to a facility called The Institute where many kidnapped kids with telekinetic and telepathic abilities are being held. Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, Luke is a 12-year-old prodigy as well as a boy with mild telekinetic abilities who is kidnapped. Tim Jamieson is an ex-cop who impulsively decides to hitchhike to New York, but ends up stopping in DuPray, South Carolina and taking a job as a night knocker (patrolman).

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