Little Brother & Homeland
Ratings6
Average rating3.8
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Ratings6
Average rating3.8
**Little Brother**
Marcus Yallow is seventeen years old when he skips school and finds himself caught in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his friends are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they are brutally interrogated for days.
When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state. He knows that no one will believe him, which leaves him one option: to take down the DHS himself. Can one brilliant teenage hacker actually fight back? Maybe, but only if he’s very careful...and if he chooses his friends well.
**Homeland**
A few years after the events of *Little Brother*, California’s economy collapses and Marcus finds himself employed by a crusading politician who promises reform. Then his former nemesis, Masha, emerges with a thumbdrive containing WikiLeaks-style evidence of government wrongdoing. When Marcus witnesses Masha’s kidnapping by the same agents who detained and tortured him earlier, he has to decide whether to save her or leak the archive that will cost his employer the election and put thousands at risk.
Surrounded by friends who consider him a hacker hero, stalked by people who look like they’re used to inflicting pain, Marcus has to act, and act fast.
[Source][1]
[1]: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250774583
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I enjoy a good YA dystopia but this one was a little too much grounded in reality for me. Rather than some futuristic or post-apocalyptic world, this could happen tomorrow. Every time I thought things couldn't get worse, the shit completely hit the fan. It scared the pants off me, and I loved it. You should read it.
