"I cried, sitting by her bed, and I told her the story of us. 'It's about the feed,' I said. 'It's about this meg normal guy, who doesn't think about anything until one wacky day, when he meets a dissident with a heart of gold.' I said, 'Set against the backdrop of American in its final days, it's the high-spirited story of their love together, it's laugh-out-loud funny, really heartwarming, and a visual feast."
In a time, not to far in the future, almost everybody has a 'feed'. A transmitter implanted directly into your brain, the feed enables you to communicate instantaneously with any other user, making conversation unnecessary. The feed can find the answer to any question for you, making school unnecessary. And, above all, the feed is a marvelous tool for making all of those important shopping decisions. When Titus, an "meg normal" guy meets Violet, an unusual girl, he begins to understand some unsettling things about his America. Anderson has created an entertaining, yet chilling, satire about where our country--and our youth--are headed. This book belongs on any bookshelf with Huxley, Orwell, and Vonnegut. For a truly enjoyable experiences, listen to the audio book, which adds a special zing to all of that consumerism.
SLJ recommends grades 8 and up.
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