Polynomial: A Gift From the Future

Polynomial is a twelve year old boy with an eight year old sister named Omni. They are from an easy and friendly town in Heidelberg, Germany. Polynomial and Omni are fun-loving, beyond average intelligent kids who are homeschooled, until a sudden family mishap... their parents are kidnapped. Displaced for a few days at a shelter, they assume that family in Munich will take them in, but they are wrong. They are surprised to learn that an uncle that they are unfamiliar with has committed to taking them. The only thing they know is that this uncle lives in America and is married to a Black woman, but they have no clue as to what kind of city - Chicago is. Initially excited by the beauty and vastness of Chicago, Polynomial learns very quickly that he may not like the city. And to make matters worse, their uncle lives in a very questionable neighborhood - a foreign world to Polynomial and Omni. Polynomial has found nothing with which to encourage him in wanting to stay in Chicago, until one day he meets a unique African-American boy by the name of Magnetic. Magnetic takes on the appearance of an ordinary Black kid from the inner-city, but Polynomial soon learns that this isn't the case with Magnetic. Magnetic is the first kid Polynomial's age to ever challenge his intellect and morality. And when he realizes that Polynomial is in possession of something very special to him, he will secretly send Polynomial on a blind adventure that is sure to get his attention.

About the Author :
Marcus Haynes has been incarcerated since the tender age of seventeen. After twenty-five years in prison, he has turned his back on the criminal world and I dedicated to transforming lives and futures of other disadvantaged youth, and black and Hispanic youth in general, with the goal of keeping them away form criminality, and therefore, prison. After twenty years of educating himself, Marcus is convinced that he knows how parents and caregivers can stimulate the intellectual, personal and social development of their children, which will greatly enhance the possibility that they will not commit terrible crimes. If the street - and book - smart founder of Kinder Prim is embraced by the education community, whose interests lie with digital equity and the racial identity development of ignored, oppressed, black and Hispanic children, then the author believes we can take America to the next stage in evolution.