By Lauren McLaughlin
240 p.
IL: Grades 7-9
RL: 5+
**This book is scheduled to be published October, 25, 2011. I borrowed the advance copy from a friend and did not receive any compensation for this review**
This novel is set in the future and is the story of Imani, a girl whose family has agreed to have her scored. Money is scarce, entrance to college is brutal and jobs depend on it. Enter the Score.
ScoreCorp has developed a computer program that they say will help level out the playing field and allow people who wouldn't otherwise be able to advance do so. So how does ScoreCorp score? Intelligent cameras that are nearly everywhere in town watch every move of those that they score. They record what Imani and every other Scored. does. They know who Imani's with and the decisions she makes. And then score accordingly. It's almost as if the program can read her mind.
Forget having friends. The scored socialize according to their Score and are always looking for a way to move up in peer groups by increasing their score.
So what happens when a rogue teacher assigns a project where it benefits the Scored to work with the Unscored? What will Imani learn about ScoreCorp and the very nature of the score itself? This fast paced dystopian novel will grab more mature readers as they look at what it means to be recorded all the time.
McLaughlin, L. (2011). Scored. New York, NY: Random House.
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