Marcus lives in California and on a day like any other he talks all his friends from around town into playing the game Sujuku-fun-magic instead of sticking around for school. They know how to avoid getting caught by the Gait readers (cameras that can tell who you are by the way you walk). But they have got a bad case of “wrong place, wrong time.” Homeland security picks them up (they don’t look like homeland security), gags and bags them, binds their hands (cutting off the circulation) and takes them to a prison where they are tortured and forced to give personal information to unknown people and then sent home after signing a form that says their stay with Homeland security was voluntary. Marcus decides to fight back. Using an x-box that was still unopened and helping the people under 25 to rise up against a government that is taking away everyones freedom. Marcus and his friends (like most teens of his time) are all tech savvy.
The book was awesome. Only the epilogue is preachy and talks at the reader telling them to rise up and take technology into their own hands. I stopped listening to the CD halfway into the epilogue. The rest of the book was fantastic. If you like books about teens rising up against something they find unjust, or books about possible futures, or even books about roll playing games, video games, or games in general then this is the book for you!
Tags: Book Review, Cory Doctorow, Hannah's Reviews, Little Brother
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Fukui’s Truancy and Truancy: Origin are also pretty good books in a similar vein.