Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (382 pages)
Marcus’s world is full of techno-secrets and gadgets. He and his friends are out in the city of San Francisco playing a reality-based technology game when a terrorist attack destroys the city’s Bay Bridge. Marcus and his friends hear announcements about taking shelter and head for the subway tunnels. The crowds are so fierce that one of his friends is stabbed! When trying to flag down help, Marcus is picked up by the Department of Homeland Security and tortured for being a suspected terrorist! This all happens in the first 50 pages of the book! Marcus’s techno-knowledge helps him to lead an underground, anonymous rebellion with the help an XBox and he tries to restore normalcy to his beloved home city. (for mature readers)
Miss Simer’s Rating: ***1/2
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