Little Brother
Cory Doctorow
Tor Teen
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On Sale: 04/13/2010
ISBN: 9780765323118
432 Pages, Ages 13-18Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.
But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they're mercilessly interrogated for days.
When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.
School Library Best Books of the Year, Prometheus Award Nominee, VOYA Best SciFi/Fant/Horror, John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Winner, Amazon.com Top 10 Editor's Picks: Teens, Prometheus Award Winner, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, VOYA's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Kirkus Best Book of the Year, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, Booklist Editors' Choice, Publisher's Weekly Kids Galley to Grab, Locus Awards - Nominee, Book Sense Children's Pick, Nebula Awards - Nominee, CYBIL Award, Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List, Philip K. Dick Award Winner, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, Hugo Award - Nominee
Chapter 1
I'm a senior at Cesar Chavez, High in San Francisco's sunny Mission district, and that makes me one of the most surveilled people in the world. My name is Marcus Yallow, but back when this story starts, I was going by w1n5t0n....
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Cory Doctorow: a reading from "Little Brother" Book Tour
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