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Human.4

Mike A. Lancaster (2011)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads3.59
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeceptionManipulationLoss of Autonomy

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoverySurvival

Hero archetypes

Coming-of-Age Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Outcast / LonerTime-Displaced

Tropes

Fish out of WaterReluctant HeroUnreliable NarratorTime TravelFound Footage

Themes

Technology and HumanityIdentityIsolationConformity vs IndividualitySurvivalMemoryObsolescence

Synopsis

Twenty-first century fourteen-year-old Kyle was hypnotized when humanity was upgraded to 1.0 and he, incompatible with the new technology, exposes its terrifying impact in a tape-recording found by the superhumans of the future.

Is Human.4 appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

This YA sci-fi dystopia explores themes of forced technological upgrades and societal control through a found-footage narrative. Contains mild peril and existential fear but no graphic content.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include deception, manipulation, and loss of autonomy.

Who'll love this

Teens will find the tech-upgrade horror premise and tape-recording format gripping as Kyle uncovers what happened to humanity.

Tags

DystopianScience FictionFound FootagePost-Apocalyptic