Little Brother

Hardcover, 384 pages

English language

Published April 29, 2008 by Tor Teen.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-1985-2
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OCLC Number:
176972381
Goodreads:
954674

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After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hackiing to set things right.

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reviewed Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Little Brother, #1)

Not afraid to have a political viewpoint

I liked how the topics of surveillance, cryptography, civil liberties got at least as much attention as the plot. Strong choice to not cover the terrorists at all.

It feels of its time, not in a bad way though. But Xbox, burning CDs, and the post 9/11 surveillance state. A little depressing when you consider how much more digital surveillance exists now.

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Subjects

  • General
  • Juvenile Fiction / General
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Children's Books/All Ages
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)

Places

  • San Francisco (Calif.)