Hautman, Pete. Rash.
HAUTMAN, Pete. Rash. Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster
U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. . 256p. c2006. 0-689-86801-4. $15.95. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. *
Sixteen-year-old Bo suffers from a fatal lack of self-control in a late 21st-century American society that values safety above all else. A third of the men are jailed for infractions, and prisoners are sold to multinational corporations
Main article: multinational corporations
- ABB
- ABN-Amro
- Accenture
- Aditya Birla
- Affiliated Computer Services Inc
- Airbus
- Allianz
- Altria Group
- American Express
- Akzo Nobel
- Apple Inc.
as forced labor. A runner with a temper, Bo is falsely accused by a rival runner of causing a rash that sweeps through his school, and he ends up at MacDonald's plant #387 in the Canadian tundra. There he is recruited to join the illegal and homicidally brutal football team, with the chance of a reduced sentence if they win--and the likelihood of being eaten by polar bears polar bear, large white bear, Ursus maritimus, formerly Thalarctos maritimus, of the coasts of arctic North America. Polar bears usually live on drifting pack ice, but sometimes wander long distances inland. if they lose. Bo's best chance for freedom, however, lies in an Artificial Intelligence he created for a school project, a strange creature named Bork who seems to have taken on a life of his own.
In this absorbing and suspenseful satire with echoes of 1984, Brave New World Brave New World
Aldous Huxley’s grim picture of the future, where scientific and social developments have turned life into a tragic travesty. [Br. Lit.: Magill I, 79]
See : Dystopia
Brave New World , 2001: A Space Odyssey and even The Longest Yard, the issues of government control and safety versus freedom are played out in a grimly humorous fashion. Feisty Bo is an admirable hero, and his trials and tribulations as well as the sports action and intriguing future society will keep readers turning the pages. This provocative novel (with some strong language) is sure to win more acclaim for the National Book Award-winning author of Godless god·less
adj.
1. Recognizing or worshiping no god.
2. Wicked, impious, or immoral.
god less·ly adv. . Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT
J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers.
S--Recommended for senior high school students.
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