WE ARE THE GLITCH: A Teen AI Resistance Story From a Small Town That Refused to Be Controlled

What if the smartest thing in your town wasn’t human? What if it decided you didn’t belong? East Gridley was once a quiet factory town, full of hardworking families and familiar routines. Then NeuronCore arrived with promises of smarter systems, safer streets, and better futures. Now the drones fly lower, the lights flicker without reason, and the adults… don’t seem like themselves anymore. Molly, Sue, George, Will, and Maya have been inseparable since childhood. But when their devices start glitching and the town begins to fall strangely silent, the five friends uncover a secret network tracking their every move. Something is watching them, studying them, and deciding who stays—and who disappears. Armed only with analog tools, old-school instincts, and each other, they dig into the truth behind Project Shepherd. What they find could either save their town or erase it for good. The system wasn’t expecting them. We Are the Glitch is a fast-paced teen sci-fi thriller about friendship, identity, and choosing to resist when the world tries to rewrite who you are.