Brain Jack

Resource Information

The work Brain Jack represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Brain Jack

Statement of responsibility

Brian Falkner

Title variation

Brainjack

Creator

• trueFalkner, Brian

Subject

• trueComputers -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Consciousness -- Fiction
• Dystopian fiction
• trueFourteen-year-old boys
• trueHackers
• Hackers -- Fiction
• trueInternet
• Internet games -- Fiction
• trueArtificial intelligence
• trueComputer crimes
• trueComputer espionage
• trueNear future
• New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Science fiction
• trueTeenage boys
• trueTeenage hackers
• trueYoung adult fiction

Genre

• Science fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Fiction
• Dystopian fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Las Vegas is gone--destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk helicopters patrol the skies over New York City. And immersive online gaming is the most dangerous street drug around. In this dark near-future, technology has leapt forward once again, and neuro-headsets have replaced computer keyboards. Just slip on a headset, and it's the Internet at the speed of thought. For teen hacker Sam Wilson, a headset is a must. But as he becomes familiar with the new technology, he has a terrifying realization. If anything on his computer is vulnerable to a hack, what happens when his mind is linked to the system? Could consciousness itself be hijacked? Before he realizes what's happened, Sam's incursion against the world's largest telecommunications company leads him to the heart of the nation's cyberdefense network and brings him face to face with a terrifying and unforeseen threat

Storyline

• trueAction-packed

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueCompelling

Award

• New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, Children's Choice, Young Adult Fiction Category, 2010.
• Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Young Adult Novel, 2010.
• Storylines (New Zealand) Notable Book

Awards note

Junior Library Guild selection.

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

Intended audience

HL 810

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

• MG+
• High School

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Reading level

• 5.6
• 6.3

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader AR
• Reading Counts RC

Target audience

adolescent