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It’s been many years since “The Great Shake.” Life in the Urb has degraded to gangs of people fighting and living like animals. No one reads anymore. There’s no need if you can just download a different life with a mindprobe—but just don’t loop too long! Spaz is an outsider with epilepsy who tells us his story: meeting Ryter (who’s keeping some strange thing he calls a “book” hidden deep in his hovel) and risking a trip to Eden (the land of genetically modified, perfect people) to save his estranged sister—and ultimately, himself.
As a Scholastic Gold book, this ALA Best Book for Young Adults and Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People includes an interview with the author, a suggested list of other dystopian novels, and an Urb dictionary. Because language in the Urb has devolved, this book is written at a lower reading level (Lexile 740, DRA 6.0, ACR 5.0). However, the content is definitely geared for a much older student. *Note: In this dystopia (reminiscent of Fahrenheit 451), life is devalued and violence is consistent, yet not graphic. Be aware: humans are described as vicious animals, satisfying all their human needs and desires through bots and violence. 240 pgs, pb. ~ Ruth