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Westgate Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Dystopian / Anderson, M. T	4-week checkout	Due 04-29-2024

Youth level.
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

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Brutal submitted by nickino on August 13, 2018, 8:53pm The language in the book is incredible, and Anderson paints a believable future with rich characters. It starts out interesting, and turns brutal by the end. Steel yourself.

Amazing submitted by c_zhang on June 28, 2019, 2:24pm This book is full of twists and turns, and the characters develop beautifully over the course of the book. Good read.

Thought provoking AND fun to read submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on June 15, 2021, 10:16pm The first part of the story, the opening bit that set the stage, did not appeal to me. I could tell what it was doing: the language and perspective were over-the-top (I’m not going to tell you over-the-top what, because it would ruin it, but what it was, it was 1000%). Then, something happened.

That’s what makes a good story. “Something happens, then something changes.” And ohhhh, did things change. Some parts stayed the same, but some people changed and some things changed and THAT was a *great* story.

In some ways this is a think piece about technology and advertising and influences, and there are wonderful discussions to be had about all of those. But I think it’s also a conversation starter about who we are and what we want and what other people expect from us versus what we expect from ourselves and from them (consider the main characters in regards to each other, and each set of parents with each youth). You can even dive into the great big questions about what do you want out of life, and what shapes those dreams.

Thought provoking AND fun to read. Recommended.

Thought Provoking submitted by lecktor on June 9, 2023, 10:13am The language can take some time to get a grasp of, at the beginning, but once you get it, it's a quick read.
While the dystopian environment of the book is painted in the background, the lack of descriptive words in the narration is an accurate commentary on the dumbing down of language itself - which does a good job at mellowing down the tragedies in the story.