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I think every teen should read Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. It's free from Doctorow's web site and also in our library here at MobileRead.
Of course, the companion book should be 1984 by George Orwell. Then, if I were a teacher -- of English or govenment or civics or whatever the high school is now called the class we knew as "Problems of Democracy" back in the 1960s -- I'd ask the students to think about why Doctorow chose his title. And how feasible either future seems to them. And how a society can balance the rights of the individual against the security of the many.
Oh my! I've kidnapped a nice thread about reading and opened it up to a serious discussion.
So, R34D3R. I'm really glad you have your Sony reader. I also have the silver one and I'm enjoying it. My hubby bought me the cover with the light-wedge in it and that makes the reader excellent for reading when travelling.
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