Puplished by Annick Press (2007)
Genre: Science Fiction, Friends and Society, Utopia/Dystopia
Disclaimer: Some swearing
Pages: 250
This book is about two teens, Barret and Taylor, that learn about the dark truth of the society they are living in. Barret is originally from a place called Simplicty. Simplicity is a small farming community that lives without modern conveniences like electrity and even a mail service and it teaches about the evils of "the chattering world" and especially advertising. He is forced by his aunt to leave Simplicity to enter the chattering world when his careprovider, his uncle Paul, dies. His Aunt Kara Trent works for the "Ads-4-Life Counsil and is a big part of the advertising that dominates the chattering world. Taylor is Kara's daughter and grew up in this society of advertising. As Barrett is trying to adjust to this loud society, him and Taylor learn about the dangers of advertising and the forces behind it. They also learn about how far people will go to gain power.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found Barret's perspective on advertising and the other things that are going on in the chattering world fascninating. This book also made me think more about advertising, even though this story takes place in a futuristic world I was amased to see how many parallels there are to our own society.
Other young adult books by this author:
- Adds R Us (sequel to Leaving Simplicity)
- Incognito
- Fabricant
- Originator
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