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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 9 Up—Doctorow picks up the story of Marcus Yallow, two years after the events of Little Brother (Tor, 2008). Marcus and Ange are attending the Burning Man event in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, enjoying the myriad oddities there, when Marcus is approached by Masha. He had never expected to see her again and is even more surprised by her reason for contacting him. She gives him a flash drive containing the key to unlock more than 800,000 files that document numerous acts of governmental and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2013
Three years after the events of Little Brother (rev. 7/08), Marcus Yallow drops out of Berkeley, struggles to find a job during the recession, and attends Burning Man in the Nevada desert. There he runs into former nemesis Masha, who entrusts him with more than 800,000 files of government corruption. When Masha is kidnapped later in the festival, Marcus is left to decide what to do with the incendiary material. Meanwhile, Ma...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
