Author: Cory Doctorow
Report by: Matt Dagenais
Little Brother
takes place in the near future when terrorists blow up the Bay Bridge in
beautiful San Francisco. Talented, young, smart, teen hacker Marcus and his
friends are cutting school to play an exhilarating game, when they
are arrested by Homeland Security and accused of being terrorists. They
are interrogated and for a week. Finally released, Marcus vows to fight
the DHS, which has turned San Francisco into a virtual police state.
Little Brother is a very exciting, breathtaking,
mind-altering book. This book is perfect for a male teen as there is
action suspense and a little mystery. Author Cory Doctorow
has written a book that you can become a part of. I myself when
reading this book felt like I was there along side Marcus as one of his friends
trying to help fight the DHS. This book raises, in the most compelling way,
issues of free speech, freedom vs. security, the rights of the government and
the governed, and more. Author Cory Doctorow uses slang language to really set
the mood and it gives you more of an idea about what the characters are
like. Overall I recommend this book to all teen boys that like
action, suspense and, mystery.
