Rash, Pete Hautman
Rash, Pete Hautman
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Rash

Author: Pete Hautman

Narrator: Andy Paris

Unabridged: 6 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/08/2013


Synopsis

Winner of the National Book Award, Pete Hautman pens a futuristic satire brimming with wry humor and honored by a Booklist starred review. Welcome to the United Safer States of America in 2076! Here, prisoners perform all manual labor. And the country is finally safe. Sixteen-year-old Bo ignores governmental protective devices capturing every action and word. He endures the avalanche of safety regulations. But when he's accused of spreading a rash at school, anger and jealousy threaten to override his daily dose of calming Levulor and earn him a "job" in the Canadian tundra.

About Pete Hautman

Pete Hautman is the author of many books for young adults, including the National Book Award winner Godless, the Klaatu Diskos trilogy, and Eden West. His middle-grade novels include The Rat Queen, Otherwood (winner of an Edgar Award), and Slider, which Booklist lauded for its “crystalline prose, delectable detail, rip-roaring humor, and larger-than-life characters.” Pete Hautman divides his time between Wisconsin and Minnesota.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Duffy

In this dystopian satire, the USSA (the extra S is for safety or socialism) has criminalized most marginally unsafe activities. For example, you must wear a helmet and pads to walk down the street. This may seem silly, but it does not appear that law abiding citizens work. And the government has eli......more

Goodreads review by Justine

Divertissant, ça se lit. Mais j'ai pas compris l'intérêt du livre... :/......more

Je croyais que c’était un livre de Noël à cause de la couverture ( lol). Finalement c’était un live d’obligatoire que j’ai lu au secondaire que j’ai retrouvé dans mon garde robe ( il était encore annoté ). Mais wow j’avais oublié que les profs du secondaire avaient des bons choix de livre. J’ai ADOR......more