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What if your child had a twin made of data? When Alex looks into the dark screen of his mother's tablet, a boy looks back. The boy has Alex's face, and Alex's hands, and none of Alex's memories, because he isn't Alex. He is what the world has made of Alex, out of all the small pieces his family has accidentally given away. Teddy is in trouble. The pirates have taken him. Only Alex can bring him home, and to do it, he must learn the one word that works like magic in the data world, and ought to work like magic in ours: consent. Alex and the Data Twin is a gentle, strange, enormous-hearted picture book about the world children already live in, and the word that keeps them safe in it. It is the first book in The Data World Adventures, a series for children ages 5–9 (and the grown-ups reading with them) about data, privacy, identity, and consent in the digital age. These are not stories of warnings or rules. They are stories of one boy, his teddy, and a world made of shimmering blocks. Inside you'll find: A 55-page fully illustrated picture book with original artwork by Mamta Panara A foreword for parents, caregivers, and teachers on how to read the book together Questions to explore as a family after the story Alex's Checklist for Grown-ups: a child-voiced conversation starter about what's posted online The Data World Glossary: gentle definitions of the words the story introduces About the author Shirley Werchota has spent years working in technology, data privacy, AI, education, and regulation. She is also a parent. She wrote this book because she kept returning to the same thought: children need a way to understand the digital world they are already living in, and they need language for it that makes sense to them. Alex and the Data Twin is that language, in story form. Illustrated by Mamta Panara. Edited by Barbara Lanz.