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Description
"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
Summary
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)
First Sentence
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.
Authors & Contributors
- Pete Hautman (Author)
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