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Cyborg: The Second Book of the Clone Codes Cyborg: The Second Book of the Clone Codes Cyborg: The Second Book of the Clone Codes is a 2011 book by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack. It is the second book in the "Clone Codes" trilogy and is about Houston Ye, a teen cyborg who, with Leanna (a girl who discovered she is a clone in the first book, "The Clone Codes"), attempt to obtain civil rights for themselves. A review in the "School Library Journal" wrote "It's a fast-paced book, sometimes too much so. There is little character development, and the plot takes sudden jumps that makes it difficult to