Little Brother

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Tor Teen
Published: 04/29/2008
ISBN: 9780765319852
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.10w x 1.80d
Award: Hugo Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Winner
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee
Award: Nebula Awards - Nominee
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Florida Teens Read - Nominee

Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2008 pg. 60 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2008 pg. 355
Publishers Weekly 04/14/2008 pg. 55
School Library Journal 05/01/2008 pg. 121
Booklist 04/01/2008 pg. 48
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2008 pg. 441
Voya Best Sci-Fi/Fantsy/Horror 04/01/2008 pg. 10
New York Times Book Review 09/14/2008 pg. 17
New York Times Book Review 09/21/2008 pg. 24
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2008 pg. 34
New York Times Book Review 12/07/2008 pg. 54
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 365 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2008
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2008 pg. 40
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2009 pg. 14
Library Journal Annex 08/25/2009
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2009 pg. 13
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 pg. 365 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Booklist 12/01/2017 pg. 56

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 122449 / Little Brother
Reading Level: 5.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 17