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ISBN: 9781665902779

Content: " What starts off as a lighthearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns into a fight for survival in this unputdownable young adult thriller by New York Times bestselling author Jarrod Shusterman and debut author Sof237 a Lapuente. It was never meant to happen this way. Things were never supposed to get this out of hand. After a cyberbullying incident at her school goes viral, Luna Iglesias finds herself at the heart of a brewing controversy. When the social media company Limbo8212 who are also implicated in the scandal8212 sweeps in with an offer that sounds like an opportunity to turn over a new leaf and receive a scholarship to the college of her dreams, she's happy to jump on the new trend. It's called the Retro Challenge, where contestants live without modern technology, wear vintage clothes, party as if the future weren't already written, and fall in love as if they were living in a movie.At first, the challenge is fun. But then things get dangerous. Kids start disappearing, including Luna's friends. There are voices in the woods. Bloodred markings on the trees. And Luna increasingly begins to wonder if all these strange happenings are connected with the Retro Challenge. Secrets. Lies. Betrayal. The weight of her family on her shoulders. There's so much on the line for Luna, not to mention she's falling in love with the last guy she expected. Unless she can figure out the truth behind who's sabotaging the challenge, the next person to disappear may be Luna herself."

Content: Biographisches: "Sofí, Lapuente is an author, screenwriter, and avid world traveler who immigrated from Spain to the United States to realize her dream of storytelling. Since then, she has received a master's degree in fine arts at UCLA, worked as a producer and casting director on an Emmy nominated show, and received coauthor credits in Gleanings, the fourth installment of the bestselling Arc of a Scythe trilogy, with her partner, Jarrod. Together, the couple writes and produces film and television under their production company Dos Lobos Entertainment." Biographisches: "Jarrod Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling coauthor of novel Dry , which he is adapting for a major Hollywood film studio with Neal Shusterman. He is also the coauthor of the accoladed novel Roxy. His books have all received critical acclaim and multiple starred reviews. Sofi Lapuente and Jarrod are partners in every sense of the word, with love and multiculturalism as an ethos8212" Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: November 15, 2022 A no-technology challenge in a small Northern California town turns sinister. After Samantha shoplifts but lets her friend Luna take the fall for her crime, Luna is rightfully enraged--and not least because her mother, a Spanish immigrant, is at risk of losing her visa to remain in the U.S., making any sort of criminal activity especially harmful. Luna uploads a video of a drunk Samantha bad-mouthing her friends and other classmates to Limbo, the social media app everyone's obsessed with. Even though she has regrets and deletes it shortly after, she isn't fast enough, and the video goes viral. The harsh response results in Samantha's attempting to take her own life. The fact that she survives alleviates some of Luna's guilt, but she still sends a private message to the app developers, explaining her role in what happened and asking for their help as she seeks accountability. Much to everyone's surprise, the Limbo CEO comes to their school and proposes a challenge: Any student who manages to go the entire school year without using technology, including their phones, will receive a full-ride scholarship to college. As the year progresses, however, some of Luna's friends disappear and the real nature of #RetroChallenge becomes clear. Though the fast pace will appeal to reluctant readers, it comes at the expense of character development and relationship-building, making it hard to feel attached to any of them. The stilted dialogue poses another obstacle. A disappointing, unfulfilling journey with forgettable characters. (Thriller. 13-17) COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: November 28, 2022 Structuring their unevenly told high-concept thriller around a playlist, Lapuente, a debut author, and Shusterman ( Roxy ) take on social media usage and Big Tech. To get revenge on blond, popular friend Samantha for shoplifting and scapegoating her, 17-year-old Luna Mar237" Rezension(5): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 6, 2023 Grades 9-12 After Luna posts a revenge video of her ex-best friend trashing other students at their high school, the video goes viral. The fallout prompts the proprietors of Limbo, the social media app hosting the video, to step in to rectify the situation. The company unveils a new program in partnership with the school: the Retro Challenge, which invites students to eschew modern technology to simplify their lives and earn a full college scholarship. As Luna and other students set aside their online lives, they initially feel a newfound freedom. But as she progresses through the challenge, Luna begins to suspect that Limbo has ulterior motives for its generous offer. Despite a somewhat contrived premise, the story explores the divides modern technology can create in young people's lives. The story hews close to sci-fi, with the Limbo company employing futuristic resources that must be countered by the young protagonists. Even so, the themes of the book are prescient, asking readers to consider how much they are manipulated by the devices that are supposed to make life easier. COPYRIGHT(2023) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

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