Feed

Anderson, M. (2002). Feed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press

Genre & Themes: Young Adult - computers, technology, brainwashing, teens, dystopia

Titus is a teenager from the future that enjoys trips to the moon with this friends. All these teens have implants in their brains that create a feed that essentially thinks and suggests everything they say or do. During one of their many trips to the moon their implants begin to malfunction. They are all hospitalized and forced to have their feeds down during this time. Since they were born into these feeds they are for once in their life being forced to think on their own.  With time they all seem to recover except for Violet, Titus' love interest. Her feed never fully recovers and her family cannot cover the costs of repairing it. All this becomes too much for Titus to handle so they end their relationship. Weeks pass and Titus finds out that that Violet is now brain dead. During this time he discovers he truly does love Violet.

Some Awards Won by This Title:

1995 - National Book Award Finalist
1999 - BCCB Blue Ribbon Book
2000 - SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Fiction
2000 - Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year
2000 - ALA Best Books for Young Adults
2000 - Printz Honor Book
2000 - Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults
2000 - Fiction Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
2000 - Edgar Allan Poe Best Young Adult Award Finalist
2001 - New York Times Paperback Children's Best Seller
2005 - New York Times Paperback Children's Best Seller