Little Brother

Doctrow, Cory.  Little Brother. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2008.

ISBN 9780765319852 | Hardcover | 384 p. | $17.95 USD

Annotation: Seventeen year old Marcus Yallow is arrested after a terrorist attack and grilled by the Department of Homeland Security.  After he is released, his home city of San Francisco has been turned into a police state.  Marcus uses his computer skills to fight the police state and struggles to set things right.

Awards/Honors:

- Booklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 2008

- John W. Campbell Memorial Award

- New York Times Notable Books - Children's Books: 2008

- School Library Journal Best Books: 2008

- Texas Tayshas Reading Lists: 2009

- White Pine Award (Ontario)

- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2009

- YALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - Science and Technology: 2009

Open End Booktalk: How would your life change if your city was attacked by terrorists? Marcus is a 17 year old computer whiz living in San Francisco it the very near future and when the city is attacked by terrorists, Marcus is arrested by Homeland Security and cruelly questioned.  Once he's released, he uses his computer skills to create an underground network to fight back against the cruel government.  But the plans he makes to high back don't always have the results he hopes.  Security keeps getting stepped up in the city.  Can Marcus keep up his crusade  against the police and government? Or will he be arrested because everyone thinks he's the terrorist?

Listen as author Cory Doctrow describes the book: