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Awaken - Katie Kacvinsky
Awaken
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Maddie lives in a world where everything is done on the computer. Whether it’s to go to school or on a date, people don’t venture out of their home. There’s really no need. For the most part, Maddie’s okay with the solitary, digital life—until she meets Justin. Justin likes being with people. He... show more
Maddie lives in a world where everything is done on the computer. Whether it’s to go to school or on a date, people don’t venture out of their home. There’s really no need. For the most part, Maddie’s okay with the solitary, digital life—until she meets Justin. Justin likes being with people. He enjoys the physical closeness of face-to-face interactions. People aren’t meant to be alone, he tells her.Suddenly, Maddie feels something awakening inside her—a feeling that maybe there is a different, better way to live. But with society and her parents telling her otherwise, Maddie is going to have to learn to stand up for herself if she wants to change the path her life is taking.In this not-so-brave new world, two young people struggle to carve out their own space.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: HoughtonMi
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 325
Edition language: English
Series: Awaken (#1)
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Bücherchaos
Bücherchaos rated it
3.0 Etwas für zwischendurch
Eine Stadt in den USA, nur wenige Jahre in der Zukunft: Plastikbäume, Online-Dates und Schule im Netz - Maddie, 17, lebt wie die meisten ein digitales Leben. Und merkt kaum, wie seelenlos sich das anfühlt. Bis sie sich Hals über Kopf in den etwas älteren Justin verliebt. Für ihn findet das wahre Leb...
Valarauco
Valarauco rated it
5.0 Die Rebellion der Maddie Freeman
Maddie lebt in einer Welt, die von Computern und Social Network bestimmt wird. Die Menschen sprechen kaum noch miteinander und halten es für seltsam persönlich mit jemandem zu sprechen oder weg zu gehen. Für Maddie ist dieses Leben völlig normal, bis sie Justin trifft. Er kämpft gegen das System der...
Betty Schmidt
Betty Schmidt rated it
4.0 Die Rebellion der Maddie Freeman
Buch: Die Rebellion der Maddie FreemanReihe: Maddie Freeman/Awake (Teil 1)Autorin: Katie KacvinskyGenre: Dystopie, Sci-Fi, Liebesgeschichte, Young AdultSeiten: 366Sprache: deutschPreise: Kindle E-Book: ab 7,49 €, Taschenbuch: 8,99 €, Gebundene Ausgabe: 15,99 €Englische Original-Version: AwakenPreise...
Book Buyer, Book Blogger
Book Buyer, Book Blogger rated it
5.0
After much deliberation, I decided I should dive straight into the dystopian genre, so I picked this book off my shelves and went into it with a completely open mind and was simply blown away. I had no idea what to be expecting with this book, other than a technology ridden world and a cute little '...
Megan @ The Book Babe's Reads
Megan @ The Book Babe's Reads rated it
3.0
Due to copy and paste, formatting has been lost.It's getting harder and harder to rate books-- although I liked this one, I can't say that I'm loving it. It had a very interesting premise, but it didn't exactly deliver for me. The idea of a digital school is mostly believable, but I find it hard to ...
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