The Takedown

By Corrie Wang

Book Overview

"Wang's smart, technocentric debut-Gossip Girl meets M.T. Anderson's Feed-addresses identity, public perception, and social media skewering." -- Publisher's Weekly

Kyla Cheng doesn't expect you to like her. For the record, she doesn't need you to. On track to be valedictorian, she's president of her community club, a debate team champ, plus the yummy Mackenzie Rodriguez has firmly attached himself to her hip. But a week before college applications are due, a video of Kyla "doing it" with her crush-worthy English teacher is uploaded to her school's website. It instantly goes viral, but here's the thing: it's not Kyla in the video.

With time running out, Kyla delves into a world of hackers, haters and creepy stalkers in an attempt to do the impossible-take something off the internet-all while dealing with the fallout from her own karmic footprint. Set in near-future Brooklyn, where privacy is a bygone luxury and every perfect profile masks damning secrets, The Takedown is a stylish, propulsive, and provocative whodunit, asking who would you rely on if your tech turned against you?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484758404
• ISBN13: 9781484758403
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher