Zusatztext Rave Reviews for Proxy I fell in love with this story from the first sentence to the final! epic page. London is a force to be reckoned with. Marie Lu! author of the Legend trilogy A fast-paced dystopian novel which should appeal to readers of the Hunger Games . VOYA Not only is Proxy an edge-of-your-seat literary thrill ride! it's an important and groundbreaking novel as wellLondon has crafted a true tour de force. Matt de la Peña! author of Mexican White Boy A big twist and heroic ending will leave readers eager for more Shelf Awareness Offering intriguing moral dilemmas amid breakneck actionThe matter-of-fact presence of a gay lead [Syd] in an action driven story is welcome and overdue. Publishers Weekly An action-packed thrill ride. SLJ Informationen zum Autor Alex London writes books for adults, children and teens. At one time a journalist who traveled the world reporting from conflict zones and refugee camps, he now is a full time novelist living in Brooklyn. You can visit Alex London at www.calexanderlondon.com Klappentext "Put down what you're doing and read this book. Right now. The complex characters, intricate world, and blistering pace are off-the-charts amazing. Marie Lu, author of the Legend trilogy Syd's life is not his own. As a proxy he must to pay for someone else's crimes. When his patron Knox crashes a car and kills someone, Syd is branded and sentenced to death. The boys realize the only way to beat the system is to save each other so they flee. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test the boys' resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. This fast-paced thrill ride of a novel is full of breakneck action, shocking twists and heart-hammering suspense that will have readers gasping until the very last page. This edition includes a exclusive bonus story featuring Syd and Knox! "Looking for an awesome YA summer read? Look no further than Alex London's Proxy. EW.com "Whipping Boy + Blade Runner with a sprinkling of The Hunger Games (plus, of course, a dash of A Tale of Two Cities) = a treat for teen SF fans. Kirkus ReviewsPROXY By Alex London Both were being denied their childhoods: the prince by a smothering excess of privilege, [the whipping boy] by none at all. Sid Fleischman In the landscape ahead, you will either create the software or you will be the software. Douglas Rushkoff 1 Even a perfect machine wasn't built to go this fast. Knox knew it, but still he pressed harder on the accelerator. Ripples of heat blurred the air around the car, and the girl in the passenger seat squealed. Terror? Delight? Did it matter? He took a turn too sharply, felt the stabilizer engine straining. His windshield lit up with warnings: lane markers flashing red, speed indicators blinking. Sweat beaded on his upper lip, but the car held the road. R U glitched? popped up in his datastream in translucent green letters. He could see through them to the pavement, but they were impossible to ignore. He glanced at the girl, giggling to cover her nerves. They curved up the speedway, slicing like heat lightning over the slums of the Lower City, past the blast-barriers and security fences, rising higher and higher. There were parts of the Mountain City you just didn't go if you were lux, parts you didn't even see. The city below them blurred. The city beside them gleamed. Knox accelerated. srsly?! blinked double-sized in front of Knox, each letter wiggling and changing colors. The font was chunky; the y swished like a cat's tail. Very retro. Probably custom made for her by some trendy for-hire coder. Her hands waved in the air in fro...

Rave Reviews for Proxy

“I fell in love with this story from the first sentence to the final, epic page. London is a force to be reckoned with.” —Marie Lu, author of the Legend trilogy
 
“A fast-paced dystopian novel which should appeal to readers of the Hunger Games.” —VOYA
 
“Not only is Proxy an edge-of-your-seat literary thrill ride, it’s an important and groundbreaking novel as well…London has crafted a true tour de force.” —Matt de la Peña, author of Mexican White Boy
 
 “A big twist and heroic ending will leave readers eager for more” —Shelf Awareness
 
“Offering intriguing moral dilemmas amid breakneck action…The matter-of-fact presence of a gay lead [Syd] in an action driven story is welcome and overdue.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“An action-packed thrill ride.” —SLJ

Autorentext
Alex London writes books for adults, children and teens. At one time a journalist who traveled the world reporting from conflict zones and refugee camps, he now is a full time novelist living in Brooklyn. You can visit Alex London at www.calexanderlondon.com

Klappentext

"Put down what you're doing and read this book. Right now. The complex characters, intricate world, and blistering pace are off-the-charts amazing.” —Marie Lu, author of the Legend trilogy

Syd's life is not his own. As a proxy he must to pay for someone else's crimes. When his patron Knox crashes a car and kills someone, Syd is branded and sentenced to death. The boys realize the only way to beat the system is to save each other so they flee. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test the boys' resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay.
This fast-paced thrill ride of a novel is full of breakneck action, shocking twists and heart-hammering suspense that will have readers gasping until the very last page.

This edition includes a exclusive bonus story featuring Syd and Knox!

"Looking for an awesome YA summer read? Look no further than Alex London's Proxy.” —EW.com

"Whipping Boy + Blade Runner with a sprinkling of The Hunger Games (plus, of course, a dash of A Tale of Two Cities) = a treat for teen SF fans.” —Kirkus Reviews

Zusammenfassung
“Put down what you’re doing and read this book. Right now. The complex characters, intricate world, and blistering pace are off-the-charts amazing.” —Marie Lu, author of the Legend trilogy

Syd’s life is not his own. As a proxy he must to pay for someone else's crimes. When his patron Knox crashes a car and kills someone, Syd is branded and sentenced to death. The boys realize the only way to beat the system is to save each other so they flee. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test the boys' resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay.
This fast-paced thrill ride of a novel is full of breakneck action, shocking twists and heart-hammering suspense that will have readers gasping until the very last page.

This edition includes a exclusive bonus story featuring Syd and Knox!

“Looking for an awesome YA summer read? Look no further than Alex London’s Proxy.” —EW.com

“Whipping Boy + Blade Runner with a sprinkling of The Hunger Games (plus, of course, a dash of A Tale of Two Cities) = a treat for teen SF fans.” —Kirkus Reviews

Leseprobe
PROXY    By Alex London         *“Both were being denied their childhoods: the prince by a smothering excess of privilege, [the whipping boy] by none at all.”—Sid Fleischman   “In the… landscape ahead, you will either create the software or you will be the software.” —*Douglas Rushkoff1
 Even a perfect machine wasn’t built to go this fast.
 Knox knew it, but still he pressed h…