The Future of Us Hardcover - 2011
by Asher, Jay, Mackler, Carolyn
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It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as long - at least, up until last November, when Josh did something that changed everything. Things have been weird between them ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD in the mail,his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto their Facebook pages. But Facebook hasn't been invented yet. And they're looking at themselves fifteen years in the future.
By refreshing their pages, they learn that makingdifferent decisions now will affect the outcomeof their lives later. And as they grapple with theups and downs of what their futures hold, they'reforced to confront what they're doing right - andwrong - in the present.AUTHOR BIO:Jay Asher's first novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list, with foreign rights sold in over 30 countries and more than 1,000,000 copies in print in the US alone. Visit his website at www.jayasher.blogspot.com and follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jayasherguy.
Carolyn Mackler (www.carolynmackler.com) is the authorof the teen novels The Earth, My Butt, and Other BigRound Things (A Michael L. Printz Honor Book), Tangled,Guyaholic, Vegan Virgin Valentine, and Love and OtherFour-Letter Words. In 2008, Carolyn was a judge for theNational Book Award for Young People's Literature. Shelives in New York City with her husband and two youngsons.
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Details
- Title The Future of Us
- Author Asher, Jay, Mackler, Carolyn
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 356
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Razorbill, East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.A.
- Date 2011-11-21
- Bookseller's Inventory # BOS-G-11c-00825
- ISBN 9781595144911 / 1595144919
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.4 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 3.56 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 690
- Library of Congress subjects Friendship, Internet
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011278080
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as long--at least, up until last November, when everything changed. Things have been awkward ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD-ROM in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto Facebook . . . but Facebook hasn't been invented yet. Josh and Emma are looking at themselves fifteen years in the future.
Their spouses, careers, homes, and status updates--it's all there. And every time they refresh their pages, their futures change. As they grapple with the ups and downs of what their lives hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing right--and wrong--in the present.
