Green Mountain Book Award
2012 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
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Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.
But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they're mercilessly interrogated for days.
When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.
But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they're mercilessly interrogated for days.
When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.
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Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2011 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
2011 · Young Adult · Nominee
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2011 · Teen · Recommended
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2011 · Young Adult · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2011 · Senior/Grades 10-12 · Nominee
Florida Teens Read
2009 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
2009 · Young Adult · Nominee
Indies Choice Book Award
2009 · Young Adult Fiction · Honor Book
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
2009 · Novel · Winner
Tayshas Reading
2009 · Young Adult · Commended
Hugo Award
2009 · Novel · Nominee
Nebula Award
2008 · Novel · Nominee
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