In the year 2074, in Pete Hautman's book Rash, people are very, very safety conscious. In the United Safer States of America (USSA) french fries are illegal, football is banned, and outbursts of anger are taken very seriously because people must be protected. Teenager Bo Marsten learns this the hard way. When his temper flares out of control, he is sentenced to three years of manual labor in the Canadian tundra. Now he works in a factory where the warden cares nothing about the safety of his prisoners. If Bo can survive his sentence, he will have to decide what's worse - a society where people are locked up for road rage or a prison where the wrong move could make you a polar bear's dinner.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Is This the Future?
In the year 2074, in Pete Hautman's book Rash, people are very, very safety conscious. In the United Safer States of America (USSA) french fries are illegal, football is banned, and outbursts of anger are taken very seriously because people must be protected. Teenager Bo Marsten learns this the hard way. When his temper flares out of control, he is sentenced to three years of manual labor in the Canadian tundra. Now he works in a factory where the warden cares nothing about the safety of his prisoners. If Bo can survive his sentence, he will have to decide what's worse - a society where people are locked up for road rage or a prison where the wrong move could make you a polar bear's dinner.
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