Little Brother

First edition. "A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion" (Scott Westerfield) for young adult readers, involving a terrorist attack in San Francisco (the title is a reference to 'Big Brother' in Orwell's 1984). After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.Winner of the 2009 John W. Campbell Award. Afterword, bibliography. Red cloth over clean text block. Unclipped dust jacket with mild shelf wear, to be wrapped in Brodart. I have the sequels to this book. 381 pp.