The premise: It's the future. Zane lives in a completely wired world, with completely wired parents. Technology has progressed so that every pet...
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Jan 03, 2009
Brandy
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Zane's world is completely plugged in--his room knows when he wakes up and emits breakfast smells to get him out of bed, his bathroom knows the temperature at which he likes his baths, and his parents communicate almost entirely through text messages. About the only unplugged thing in his world is his dog, Hugo--but that changes pretty quickly, too. Thanks to a new device his father gives him, Zane can now understand every word his dog (and every other animal he encounters) says. And most of
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Dec 08, 2009
Jan
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Zane is wired. His dog is wired. He lives in a luxurious wired world, where his room knows his temperature, his blood pressure, and prepares his bath at just the perfect temperature every day. His food is prepared perfectly to keep him healthy, and he can watch his mom and dad on two separate TV screens on the wall of his room whenever they want to talk to him. With his life so totally controlled, how could he ever get in trouble?
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A gift from his dad -- a new tech communication gadget More...
Jul 01, 2009
Raina
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Have I mentioned before that I'm SUPERsensitive about animal cruelty?
I liked this book. I really did. It's about a kid who grows up in the near future, where people do everything inside and his whole room is made up of screens, including ones that monitor his health level (blood pressure, temperature, how soon he will need to go to the bathroom...), and ones featuring his parents. It is not clear (as of when I stopped) if he ever actually is physically in the presence of his parents. More...
I liked this book. I really did. It's about a kid who grows up in the near future, where people do everything inside and his whole room is made up of screens, including ones that monitor his health level (blood pressure, temperature, how soon he will need to go to the bathroom...), and ones featuring his parents. It is not clear (as of when I stopped) if he ever actually is physically in the presence of his parents. More...
Mar 15, 2011
Chris
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"Animals don't belong to anyone," I say. . . .
He has enough breath to continue shouting at me. "What, like your dog? Like Hugo? He doesn't belong to you? He is free to come and go wherever and whenever he wants?"
"No, but that's not fair. Even I can't do that. When I leave my house's tracking system, my room even screams at me."
"That is love, Zane," Dr. Gristle calls out. "Don't you understand? That is concern, an More...
He has enough breath to continue shouting at me. "What, like your dog? Like Hugo? He doesn't belong to you? He is free to come and go wherever and whenever he wants?"
"No, but that's not fair. Even I can't do that. When I leave my house's tracking system, my room even screams at me."
"That is love, Zane," Dr. Gristle calls out. "Don't you understand? That is concern, an More...
Jan 22, 2011
Natalie
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Zane is living in a completely futuristic world where everything is planned and wired. You have your morning start when you wake up and your room literally wakes up around you. It tells you everything you need to know from your heart beat and blood pressure to the next time your bladder will need emptying. You have the aromas of your breakfast scented to your room, beckoning you to your breakfast. Your schedule is laid out for you by technology in a completely perfect way. You know where you’re
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Oct 25, 2009
Kym
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In a time when technology is expanding exponentially, Chris Lynch’s Cyberia hits home the “what if” ideas we all wonder about technology, where it is going, and how will it affect the human race. In Zane’s world, electronic surveillance is everywhere and interfacing replaces love and connection. A new device to enhance Zane’s world inadvertently allows his to communicate with his pet dog, Hugo and all animals. What could they possibly say?
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Corruption remains in this futuristic world More...
Feb 01, 2010
Nehemiah
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This book takes place in the furture and Zane is hooked up to his room. When he wakes up his room starts talking to him and soon the smell of breakfast fills the room. His parents have surrounded him with the newest gadgets because he is a lonely child and they want him to be more social. So he get a new gadget that allows him to talk to his father whenever he wants, but he soon finds out that he can also talk to animal. The animals expect him to answer all of their problems now that he can unde
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Dec 31, 2009
Kristin
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Zane lives some time in the future where technology rules the world and people rarely go outside. He spends most of his time in his room where his room ‘wakes up’ when he does and sends smells of breakfast through Scent-o-com. His room moderates his temperature and his weight. His one true friend is his dog Hugo. Zane gets a new gadget and all of a sudden he can hear and communicate with Hugo and all other animals. As he realizes this is quite strange, the animals fill him in on the evil Dr
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Jun 20, 2009
Amanda
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No offense to the author, whom I think would be a great person to have a cupa with, but there are SO many big reaching ideas in this book. It's a little 1984, Animal Farm and Disney's Lady and the Tramp. My kids...9, 7...just wouldn't pay attention for the read aloud. I liked the concept...a too-plugged in world watching you. And I LOVED the idea of animals communicating...there are also some overarching animal rights concepts here which I found thought provoking. But...eh. Though language isn't
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Oct 14, 2010
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Kira M for TeensReadToo.com
Zane lives in the future where everything is networked and microchipped, computers are responsible for telling you when you need to go to the bathroom, telling you what you're temperature is, adjusting your food so you're not gassy, and performing other such daily functions. His parents are wired, too, but he never gets to see them unless he has an appointment.
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Zane lives in the future where everything is networked and microchipped, computers are responsible for telling you when you need to go to the bathroom, telling you what you're temperature is, adjusting your food so you're not gassy, and performing other such daily functions. His parents are wired, too, but he never gets to see them unless he has an appointment.
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Jan 05, 2012
Vicky
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What a fun book! A baddie invents a device to enable animal/human conversation, but it only works for Zane, which he keeps a secret. The baddie wants to control all animals via an embedded computer chip and Zane must prove, whether he likes it or not, that he can be an animal's best friend!
Dec 21, 2010
Lindameredith07
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This is part of a series I was not familiar with until this book. Young people will enjoy the quirky humor and play on words while getting a message of the consequences of tampering with nature and the evil nature of some humans.
Jan 14, 2012
Kyle.b
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This book isn't really good. When I read the first 3 pages, I almost fell asleep. Nothing against the author, I've read many other of his books, and they're really good, but this book can be improved in MANY ways.
May 21, 2011
Mr. George
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Kinda bizzare near future tech world and young kid angst make this book work. Young boy must save these talking virtual pets from an evil doctor.
Mar 11, 2009
Jessy
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nature-lover bk, and its gonna be a series, so you dont know whether the ending will be happy or not!!!
Mar 25, 2010
It was so cool! I'm a technology freak and this book...made me think a little.
Jul 02, 2010
Tweller83
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Interesting book about how far technology could go with both animals and humans. What should animals have to do for humans, what lengths will we go. For the younger grades, but a pretty good book.
Jan 01, 2012
Laura
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A quick read. Lots of short sentences, felt kind of choppy. Set in the near future- Zane has had a computer chip implanted that allows him to communicate with animals who also have the chip. The creator of this chip- a scarey vet- wants to make all animals our slaves. Zane helps the animals with chips escape. Would appeal best to an animal lover who also enjoyed science fiction.
Nov 17, 2008
Roxanne Hsu
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It has such a promising premise and Chris Lynch can write quite well -- but when it comes to plotting a science fiction, he is heavy-handed, didactic, and often clumsy. And this is a first in a series, too!
Jul 13, 2008
Laurie
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Review forthcoming in Library Media Connection...but I didn't care for it much. My conclusion: "Dystopia lite for Webkinz fans."
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