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Concentr8
Format:
Book
Title:
Concentr8
Other title(s):
Concentrate
ISBN:
9781619639195
Publication:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Physical Description:
246 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
In the not-so-distant future London, riots have become the norm. But when the government suddenly stops distributing Concentr8 - a behavioural modification "miracle" drug akin to Ritalin - the city's residents rise up more fiercely than they ever have before. Amid the chaos, five teen pick a man seemingly at random and chain him up as a hostage in a warehouse Blaze is thier leader, and Troy has always been his quiet sidekick - the only person he has ever trusted. But even Troy didn't see this coming, and as their story unfolds over six tense days, one thing is clear: none of them will ever be the same again. Told from the perspective of multiple characters in a world familiar to our own Concentr8 is a breakneck funny, and unrelentingly searing look at our society ... and the group of teens who push back from the margins.
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