True Life in Uncanny Valley

True Life in Uncanny Valley is a gripping contemporary young adult novel by Deb Caletti. The story follows Eleanor, a girl determined to uncover the truth about her family and her famous father, Hugo Harrison. Hugo is a charismatic tech genius whose AI inventions reshape reality, but to Eleanor, he is a dangerous secret. To get closer to her father and half-brother, Eleanor secures a summer nanny job by pretending to be someone else.

This work of teen and young adult literature blends romance and social and family issues as Eleanor enters a world of wealth and ego. While navigating a new relationship with a colleague of her father, she struggles to maintain her facade. True Life in Uncanny Valley, volume 1, explores the conflict between curated images and authentic identity within a high-tech landscape where the truth is often hidden.