![]() I would recommend Awaken to fans of YA and dystopia. ![]() Maddie becomes more and more unsatisfied with her digital life and she starts to rebel. Maddie meets Justin online and he introduces her to a whole new world: real food, a dance club, and new friends she talks with in person. All the trees, grass, and flowers are plastic and food is not grown fresh: it's all genetically engineered. Wood and fires have been outlawed and there is no vegetation to be had. In Kacvinsky's world, everything is digital: school, dating, work, even exercise. Maddie's father invented digital school, and while Maddie is unsatisfied with her secluded, face-to-face interaction-free life, any protests against the digital school regime are not tolerated at home. Because of school shootings, bombings and a rise in violence, in the year 2060 everyone goes to school digitally. ![]() ![]() I found myself afraid that my kids will miss out on the world I experienced growing up, due to our society's digital trend.Īwaken's main theme is digital school. Kacvinsky takes aspects of our current society, and expands them in such a way that the events that unfold in Awaken are totally believable. Dystopia is one of my favorite YA sub-genres to read, and Awaken was a great example of why I like this genre so much. ![]()
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