Free to Fall: A YA Dystopian Thriller and Romance - A Teen Rebels Against the App Controlling Her Life - Couverture souple

Miller, Lauren

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062199811 ISBN 13 : 9780062199812

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2015

Synopsis

From the author of Parallel comes a high-stakes romantic puzzler set in a near-future where everyone's life is seamlessly orchestrated by personal electronic devices, perfect for fans of Black Mirror.

Fast-forward to a time when Apple and Google have been replaced by Gnosis, a monolith corporation that has developed the most life-changing technology to ever hit the market: Lux, an app that flawlessly optimizes decision-making for the best personal results.

Just like everyone else, sixteen-year-old Rory Vaughn knows the key to a happy, healthy life is to follow what Lux recommends. When she's accepted to the elite boarding school Theden Academy, her future happiness seems all the more assured.

But once on campus, something feels wrong beneath the polished surface of her prestigious dream school. Then she meets North, a handsome townie who doesn't use Lux, and begins to fall for him and his outsider way of life.

Soon Rory is going against Lux's recommendations, listening instead to the inner voice that everyone has been taught to ignore—a choice that leads her to uncover a truth neither she nor the world ever saw coming.

Imaginative and thrilling, this fast-paced story with two starred reviews is not to be missed!

“Miller offers an intricately plotted, intellectually rich thriller that will please a range of readers, from those searching for a page-turner to those wishing to thoroughly engage the mind.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Engaging and thought-provoking, Free to Fall should appeal to a variety of readers with its blend of action, secrecy, and romance, and it provides excellent discussion opportunities.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

• A High-Tech Dystopian World: Meet Lux—a life-optimizing app from a monolith corporation that makes every choice for you. The only problem? It demands you ignore your own inner voice.
• An Elite and Secretive Academy: Beneath the polished surface of Theden Academy, sixteen-year-old Rory Vaughn senses something is deeply wrong. And the truth is more dangerous than she could imagine.
• A Forbidden Romance: When Rory falls for North, a handsome townie who lives completely off the grid, she starts to see the cracks in her perfectly optimized world.
• A Fast-Paced Tech Thriller: Perfect for fans of Black Mirror, this electrifying page-turner will keep you guessing until the very last page.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lauren Miller is an entertainment lawyer and television writer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two kids.

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Lexicon

Rory Vaughn: a brainy sixteen-year-old who has always felt like an outsider, although she can't put her finger on a reason why. When she is accepted into an elite boarding school, she believes she's finally found a place where she belongs.

Theden Academy: the only high school of its kind, Theden is an intense two-year liberal arts program for the strong willed and highly gifted. But behind its polished exterior lurk dark secrets—including ones about Rory's own past.

North Pascal: a handsome, tattooed, coffee barista townie who knows as much about philosophy as Rory's classmates. He was banned from Theden's campus for breaking and entering. This isn't North's only secret.

Lux: the decision-making app that everyone uses. No longer caught up in the details of their everyday lives—all those endless decisions!—people are free to just enjoy themselves.

The Doubt: the colloquial name for the "whisper within" that children hear but adults are taught to ignore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0062199811
• ISBN 13: 9780062199812
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; HarperCollins, Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper; Dublin 1; D01 C9W8; Irlande