The Future of Us By Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
It's the year 1996, and
Emma just got her first computer as a gift from her father. Josh comes from
next-door, over to her house with a CD-ROM that his family got in the mail, but
when they install it, a weird little blue icon pops up. When Emma clicks on it,
it takes her to this extremely weird website... Facebook: a website where
people post details about their personal lives on the internet where everyone
can see. What they had for dinner, how work is stressing them out, new
relationships, why do they put these things on the internet? ...But wait, it's
1996, Facebook hasn't even been invented yet... What Emma and Josh are
looking at are their Facebook profiles 15 years in the future, where it shows
their future friends, spouse, kids, job, location, everything. The thing is, every
thing they do now effects what their future will be, so every time they log on,
something's different. Will they save themselves from making massive mistakes in the
future, or just make things go completely haywire?
I loved this book! I
read it because Jay Asher, the author of 13 Reasons Why, (Which i also liked),
co-wrote it. The characters are lively, realistic, relatable, and full of
personality. The pop-culture references are funny, the romance is suspenseful,
and you'll stay up late reading cause you just have to know what happens next! It has that fantasy
feel, since they can pretty much see the future, yet it seems real. It has a little of everything
so I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
Book Review by Lindsay
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