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Rash
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Rash (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Pete Hautman (Author) (edit contributors)

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"Of course, without people like us Marstens, there wouldn't be anybody to do the manual labor that makes this country run. Without penal workers, who would work the production lines, or pick the melons and peaches, or maintain the streets and parks and public lavatories? Our economy depends on... read more

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The story follows Bo, a 16-year-old living in the futuristic United Safer States of America. Bo's father and brother have been incarcerated and Bo tends to see his own rash behavior as genetic. Things spiral out of control after Bo attempts to assault a classmate and is arrested. Bo is shipped... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The story follows Bo, a 16-year-old living in the futuristic United Safer States of America. Bo's father and brother have been incarcerated and Bo tends to see his own rash behavior as genetic. Things spiral out of control after Bo attempts to assault a classmate and is arrested. Bo is shipped off to a work camp run by McDonald's.

Conditions at the work camp are difficult, with 20 hour shifts making gourmet dishes, and nothing but pizza for every meal. However, due to his running ability, Bo is soon invited to join the Goldshirts, a group at the camp that receives special privileges while they play football for the camp warden, Hammer. Training to play the sport, which is now illegal, makes Bo stronger and more self confident. At the same time, the artificial intelligence that Bo previously created returns. The program has mutated and become a rogue, spreading across the web.

Using its immense database of criminal law, the AI, named Bork, negotiates the early release of Bo and his family members. Rogue AI programs are illegal, and Bork is eventually discovered and destroyed. However, Bo has already gained the skills that he needs, and eventually resolves to travel to South America, the only place where football is still played legally.

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  • “run like there's a bear on your ass”
    Gramps

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Gramps, who was born in 1990, once told me that when he ws my age the only way to wind up in prison in the USSA (back when it had only one S) was to steal something, kill somebody, or use illegal drugs.

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Hardcover page 1: Gramps, who was born in 1990, once told me that when he ws my age the only way to wind up in prison in the USSA (back when it had only one S) was to steal something, kill somebody, or use illegal drugs. Correction: Gramps, who was born in 1990, once told me that when he was my age the only way to wind up in prison in the USSA (back when it had only one S) was to steal something, kill somebody, or use illegal drugs.

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  1. Pete Hautman (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0689868014
Page Count: 256

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