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Synopsis
For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon—a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson creates a not-so-brave new world—and a smart, savage satire ushering us into an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now.
Is Feed appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
This satirical dystopian novel features teens with brain implants that control their thoughts and desires. Contains moderate language, references to consumerism as addiction, and dark themes about loss of autonomy and identity. Some sexual references and mild body horror related to technology.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include consumerism/addiction, mental manipulation, and body horror (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to this sharp satire about a world where technology controls everything, following a group of friends whose implants malfunction and one girl who fights back.