The Takedown
Autor Corrie Wangen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 apr 2018 – vârsta de la 14 ani
Kyla
Cheng
doesn't
expect
you
to
like
her.
For
the
record,
she
doesn't
need
you
to.
On
track
to
be
valedictorian,
she's
president
of
her
community
club,
a
debate
team
champ,
plus
the
yummy
Mackenzie
Rodriguez
has
firmly
attached
himself
to
her
hip.
She
and
her
three
high-powered
best
friends
don't
just
own
their
senior
year
at
their
exclusive
Park
Slope,
Brooklyn
high
school,
they
practically
define
the
hated
species
Popular.
Kyla's
even
managed
to
make
it
through
high
school
completely
unscathed.
Until someone takes issue with this arrangement.
A week before college applications are due, a video of Kyla "doing it" with her crush-worthy English teacher is uploaded to her school's website. It instantly goes viral, but here's the thing: it's not Kyla in the video. With time running out, Kyla delves into a world of hackers, haters and creepy stalkers in an attempt to do the impossible-take somethingoffthe internet-all while dealing with the fallout from her own karmic footprint. Set in near-future Brooklyn, where privacy is a bygone luxury and every perfect profile masks damning secrets,The Takedownis a stylish, propulsive, and provocative whodunit, asking who would you rely on if your tech turned against you?
Until someone takes issue with this arrangement.
A week before college applications are due, a video of Kyla "doing it" with her crush-worthy English teacher is uploaded to her school's website. It instantly goes viral, but here's the thing: it's not Kyla in the video. With time running out, Kyla delves into a world of hackers, haters and creepy stalkers in an attempt to do the impossible-take somethingoffthe internet-all while dealing with the fallout from her own karmic footprint. Set in near-future Brooklyn, where privacy is a bygone luxury and every perfect profile masks damning secrets,The Takedownis a stylish, propulsive, and provocative whodunit, asking who would you rely on if your tech turned against you?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781484758403
ISBN-10: 1484758404
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 136 x 208 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Freeform
Colecția Freeform
ISBN-10: 1484758404
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 136 x 208 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Freeform
Colecția Freeform
Notă biografică
Corrie
Wang
owns
and
operates
the
award
winning
untraditional
Japanese
food
truck,
Short
Grain.
She
is
passionate
about
libraries,
road
trips,
and
eating
all
the
food,
everywhere.
Before
moving
to
the
south,
she
lived
in
Brooklyn
where
one
of
her
last
paying
gigs
was
managing
a
three
story
nightclub
on
the
Lower
East
Side.
She
and
her
husband,
Shuai,
currently
live
in
Charleston,
SC
with
their
pup,
Moose.The
Takedownis
Corrie's
debut
novel.
You
can
find
her
online
at
www.corriewang.com
Recenzii
"Kyle's
determination
to
unmask
her
tormentor
will
have
readers
riveted...
Wang
takes
on
stereotypes
of
women
and
girls
while
creating
a
vision
of
the
future
that
will
chill
readers
for
its
prescience."—Publishers
Weekly
*"An exciting, prescient story... Highly recommended for all YA collections."—School Library Journal, starred review
"Snappy dialogue, a keen empathy for the pressure cooker of high school, and a wryly self-conscious narrative tone combine for a page-turner that... is extremely relevant right now."—Booklist
"Wang brilliantly balances the complexity of lives lived online, teenage relationships and insecurities, and the double standard of slut shaming... A thought-provoking, entertaining read."—Kirkus
*"An exciting, prescient story... Highly recommended for all YA collections."—School Library Journal, starred review
"Snappy dialogue, a keen empathy for the pressure cooker of high school, and a wryly self-conscious narrative tone combine for a page-turner that... is extremely relevant right now."—Booklist
"Wang brilliantly balances the complexity of lives lived online, teenage relationships and insecurities, and the double standard of slut shaming... A thought-provoking, entertaining read."—Kirkus