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Little Brother


Playaway Children

School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

Published: 2010

Great for age 12-17 years

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The ultimate tale of teen rebellion one seventeen-year-old against the surveillance state.Big Brother is watching you. Whos watching back?Marcus 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 schools 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 theyre 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 no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself. [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Playaway Children .

This book was published in 2010 by Findaway World .

 

This book is in the following series:

Playaway Children

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
This book was recognised by the Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers.

Nevada Young Readers' Award - YA
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Nevada Young Readers' Award.

Indies Choice Book Award - Fiction - YA
This book was recognised in the Fiction - YA category by the Indies Choice Book Award.

Young Reader's Choice Award - Grades 10-12
This book was recognised in the Grades 10-12 category by the Young Reader's Choice Award.

Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
This book was recognised by the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award.

Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.

Grand Canyon Reader Award - Teen
This book was recognised in the Teen category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award.

Hugo Award - Novel
This book was recognised in the Novel category by the Hugo Award.

John W Campbell Award
This book was recognised by the John W Campbell Award.

Nebula Science Fiction and Fantasy Award
This book was recognised by the Nebula Science Fiction and Fantasy Award.