Saturday, May 02, 2009

Little Brother

By Cory Doctorow
(YA F Doct) Woodbourne only
Format: CD book narrated by Kirby Heyborne
12 hours, 2008, Science Fiction

After a terrorist attack in San Francisco, 17-year-old techno-geek Marcus and his friends are detained by the Department of Homeland Security as possible suspects. After being physically and psychologically tortured, Marcus is released to discover that his city has become a virtual police state. Revenge and his belief in civil liberties and intellectual freedom drive Marcus to encourage other hackers to help him drive the DHS out of San Francisco. But can they succeed in fighting the state? (Grades 10 & up)

reviewed by Teen Librarian Elizabeth H.

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