Seventeen-year-old techno-geek “w1n5t0n” (aka Marcus) constantly bypasses his high school’s gait-recognition system (recognizes who you are by the way you walk) by placing pebbles in his shoes, chats secretly with friends on his IMParanoid messaging program, and routinely evades school security with his laptop, cell, WifiFnder, and ingenuity. One day while skipping school to participate in Harajuku Fun Madness (think WoW meets Geo Cashing), Markus and his friends are caught near the site of a massive terrorist attack on San Francisco and held by the Department of Homeland Security for six days (on Alcatraz of all places!) of interrogation. After he gets out he vows to use his techno skills to fight back against an increasingly frightening system of surveillance and loss of privacy. Set in an all to real world the book blurs the lines between current and potential technologies, and you get to find out how Markus attempts to stage a techno-revolution with just a cheap XBox and friends. There is great discussion of politics and liberties and it is even interesting to read! All teens who use Twitter, MySpace and any other such programs must read this book!

This is a link to the Library Catalog for the book : Little Brother