Little Brother - Book Review by Joe W.

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Little Brother is about a 17-year-old boy named Marcus Yallow. While ditching school to play a scavenger hunt-type game with a few friends, the San Francisco Bay bridge is bombed by terrorists. People from around the site of the attack are taken by the Department of Homeland Security to a remote island off of the shoreline of San Francisco for questioning. However, the people are treated like prisoners for the few days that they’re held captive. Upon his return from the island and finding out that one of friends never made it out, Marcus swears revenge against the DHS and promises to rescue his friend, Darryl. I thought this book was pretty interesting, because it’s based around technology that’s right around the corner but isn’t really there yet. If you’re the type of person who likes books about government conspiracies and questions about freedom, then this is the book for you. Heck, if you’re the type of person who can read (I’m gonna assume you are by this point) then you’ll like the book.



Review by Joe W.