The Unidentified
Fifteen-year-old Katey (aka Kid) goes to school in the Game—a mall converted into a "school" run by corporate sponsors. As students play their way through the levels, they are also creating products and being used for market research by the sponsors, who are watching them 24/7 on video...
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Fifteen-year-old Katey (aka Kid) goes to school in the Game—a mall converted into a "school" run by corporate sponsors. As students play their way through the levels, they are also creating products and being used for market research by the sponsors, who are watching them 24/7 on video cameras.Kid has a vague sense of unease, but doesn't question this existence until one day she witnesses a shocking anticorporate prank. She follows the clues to uncover the identities of the people behind it and discovers an anonymous group that calls itself the Unidentified. Intrigued by their counterculture ideas and enigmatic leader, Kid is drawn into the group. But when the Unidentified's pranks and even Kid's own identity are co-opted by the sponsors, Kid decides to do something bigger—something that could change the Game forever.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061802096 (0061802093)
Publish date: April 17th 2012
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Katey is a typical student in The Game. She doesn't have any corporate sponsors yet, but that's ok. Katey or "Kid" as she's known would prefer to hang out and play music with her friends. When one day Kid sees a fake suicide with a dummy and her whole world changes. Her thoughts on the Game and...
I was experimenting with ebook loaning through my local library system, and this was one of the few books available for immediate download without getting on a waiting list. It seemed like it might be a decent read, and I was impatient to try out the system. It was a good choice. The world of the Ga...