Krystal Clear

By Danielle Gao

C013Y is a robot, but not the kind you are thinking of. This one has feelings. In the year 2050, C013Y went on a mission to capture a rogue robot (or so everyone thinks) named CA55.
Fletcher, the keeper of the crystals and a very old cat, sent CA55 to search for the signal that any robot sends if they are part of the missing family of robots that only Katherine created. Unlike others who build robots with software and materials, in the Land of Creations, Katherine creates robots with her thoughts and soul. Her robots do not need to be charged, a technology all SBT Firm factories dream of, which also put the Land of Creations and Katherine in danger. Many think Katherine is long gone, but what if she is still alive?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 31, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514492314

Danielle Gao

Danielle Gao started writing at age nine after an exciting first place win in a writing competition. She published her first novel in elementary school. Thankfully, she is still a student in Massachusetts. Danielle lives with her two birds, and the rest of her family. Other than reading and writing, she spends her time playing piano and tennis.

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Copyright © 2016 by Danielle Gao.

Illustrated by Raynald Kudemus

Library of Congress Control Number:   2016907435

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-5144-9232-1

                eBook            978-1-5144-9231-4

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Rev. date: 05/30/2016

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgment

Prologue

Chapter 1 C013Y's Dream

Chapter 2 CA55's Mission

Chapter 3 Ben

Chapter 4 Travels

Chapter 5 C013Y's Mission

Chapter 6 Family

Chapter 7 The Chase

Chapter 8 Katherine

Chapter 9 Trek

Chapter 10 Leave

Chapter 11 Unite

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I thank my teachers in my spiritual group for giving me the idea that everyone has a crystal clear inner being. I thank my mom for initiating and encouraging me to start writing this story. She also taught me to keep a writer's notebook to record my thoughts. I started by writing a couple of chapters. In order to keep me writing, my mom sent me to a writing class. I want to thank Logan Ngai, who was assigned by the teacher to be my partner for the book project in the writing class. Logan wrote most of the original chapter 6, where she gave me the idea of adding a mom and family to C013Y. Even though I had to rewrite chapter 6 to fit the rest of the chapters, I kept the idea of C013Y having a mom and family. After the class, my mom encouraged me to continue writing and publish the story. Publishing the book turned out to be much more work than I expected. I couldn't get it done without all the help and support I received from my family and the staffs at Xlibris publication, who made my first book-publishing experience a real pleasure. They are Antonio Solis, Senior Publishing Consultant; Jay Fairchild, Illustrations Coordinator; Raynald Kudemus, Illustrator; Nicole Tarrega, Manuscript Services representative; John Briones, Submissions Representative; and Maricel Narce, my Copy Editor.

PROLOGUE

M y name is C013Y. Many creators (humans) call me C-Zero-One-Three-Y, but somehow I know my name should be COBY. I am six feet tall, and I look just like a handsome fifteen-year-old boy creator, even if I do say so myself. I have floppy dark-brown hair, sea-green eyes, and a muscular body. But if you look close enough, you can see that my robot eyes are always glowing. However, I have something that most robots don't have: feelings. These feelings are like, well, emotions and connections into my mind. But most importantly, I have dreams. I observe others every day, and it seems they are just programmed to help their creators, like serving in restaurants and guarding special buildings, such as banks and military