Monday, August 24, 2009

Little Brother



Little Brother
By Cory Doctorow
Library Standing: We have this book in book form!

Marcus Yallow, also known as w1n5t0n (using the leet alphabet), though later in the book he changes to M1k3Y, and three of his friends are truant from high school and find themselves near a terrorist bombing of The San Francisco Bay bridge. The foursome are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and held as enemy combatants because of their suspicious behavior, including having encryption on Marcus' cell phone. Marcus is eventually released to find that San Francisco has become a police state. He fights back against the DHS using technology and guile.

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