Feed by M.T. Anderson

Anderson, M. T. (2002). Feed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
ISBN-10 0763622591
ISBN-13 978-0763622596
237 pgs
Format: Book
Genre: Science Fiction
Classification: Fiction
Age level: Age 14 and up

Reader's annotation
The future has arrived, bringing with it flying cars, vacations on the Moon, and the Feed, a computer implanted in the brain at birth that makes it possible to access information, chat with friends and shop, all with your thoughts. It also pipes in commercials regularly, which is no problem when kids attend School Inc. But user beware, a faulty Feed can be a deadly problem.

Summary
Spending spring break on the Moon with his friends, Titus meets Violet and begins a relationship with her, although she doesn’t quite fit in with his friends. Violet questions the Feed, once hers starts to break down. But nearly everyone has had a Feed since birth, a computer implanted in the brain that feeds a steady stream of information, ads, and chat from friends directly into your thoughts. There is no need to learn to read, as the Feed will read your thoughts and supply answers to any question. You can even shop on the Feed. Schools are run by a corporation and people get around in flying up-cars. Life runs along pretty smoothly, until there is a problem with Violet’s Feed that endangers her life.

Notes
Feed takes teens to another world far into the future, completely different from our own, or is it such a stretch?

Awards and honors
Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2002