Little Brother

Marcus, a.k.a. "W1n5t0n," is a 17-year-old high school student who's cracked the networked world at least, the world of his high school's intrusive and clumsy surveillance systems. But when he and his friends find themselves struggling in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack, Marcus is no longer the master of his domain. Caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his friends are apprehended, imprisoned and tortured by the Department of Homeland Security. When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus finds that his city of San Francisco has transformed into a police state. Everyone is a potential terrorist, a potential suspect. Marcus knows the truth and realizes that the only way to save his world is to take it down himself.

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Little Brother is for readers ages 13 and up.

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Spark28:14The Coming War on Computing with Cory Doctorow (Full interview)

Science fiction author, journalist, and all around futurist Cory Doctorow believes the recent copyright battles are the opening salvo of a larger war against general computers.