Leaving Simplicity

by Claire Carmichael

Book Overview

What if advertisements ruled the world? Taylor and Barrett maybe cousins, but they're from different worlds. Taylor lives in high-tech luxury, the daughter of top advertising specialists. Barrett was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554510899
• ISBN13: 9781554510894
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Annick Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10

Customer Reviews

Chilling and insightful near-future horror story

Pretty great YA book! Set in a near future where corporations work with the Ads-4-Life Council to ensure that every citzen is a productive consumer, Barrett is a freak- he was raised on an isolated compound by a 'cult' who rejected consumer society for a life of almost Amish spareness. When his uncle there dies, he must leave Simplicity for the Chattering World, where his condition as an advertising virgin makes him incredibly valuable to the marketers who study the psychology of persuasion- including his aunt, who heads the Ads-4-Life Council and is hoping for a major presidential appointment. Taylor, Barrett's cousin has always had everything- but is she who she thinks she is? An exciting story that leaves the reader with a heightened sense of awareness of how close we really are to this dystopia, and how far away simplicity truly is.