Little Brother
Author(s): Cory Doctorow
Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," 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 school's 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 they're 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 that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.
Review(s):
Nominated Hugo Award - Nominee (2009), School Library Journal Best Books of the Year (2008), Winner Philip K. Dick Award Winner (2009), Long-listed Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List (2009), Winner CYBIL Award (2008), Nominated Nebula Awards - Nominee (2008), Long-listed Book Sense Children's Pick (2008), Nominated Locus Awards - Nominee (2009), Long-listed Publisher's Weekly Kids Galley to Grab (2008), Long-listed Booklist Editors' Choice (2008), Long-listed Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year (2008), Kirkus Best Book of the Year (2008), VOYA's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (2007), Long-listed Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year (2008), Winner Prometheus Award Winner (2009), Long-listed Amazon.com Top 10 Editor's Picks: Teens (2008), Winner John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Winner (2009), Long-listed VOYA Best SciFi/Fant/Horror (2007), Nominated Prometheus Award Nominee (2009), Long-listed School Library Best Books of the Year (2008)
ISBN: 9780765323118