We slept eight to a room, in bunk beds that were barely wide enough to contain my skinny shoulders, and the next day, another old dear let me pick out some clothes and a backpack from mountains of donated stuff. Some were even younger looking than me, with haunted eyes and quick flinches whenever anyone spoke too loud. Some were proper hard men, all gangster talk about knives and beatings and that. My bedfellows in the shelter-all boys, girls were kept in a separate place-ranged from terrifying to terrified. She had a strong Yorkshire accent that managed to be stern and affectionate at the same time. I’m pretty sure the old dear behind the counter knew that I was lying, but she didn’t seem to mind. I was worried that they’d send me home if I said I was sixteen. I was smart enough to find a shelter for runaways run by a church in Shoreditch, and I checked myself in that night, lying and saying I was eighteen. My “adventure” wasn’t much fun after that. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.ĪLONE NO MORE/THE JAMMIE DODGERS/POSH DIGS/ABSTRACTION OF ELECTRICITY But the powers-that-be haven't entirely reckoned with the power of a gripping movie to change people's minds. Parliament is in power of a few wealthy media conglomerates. This brings him in touch with a demimonde of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize even more harmless internet creativity, making felons of millions of British citizens at a stroke. Shamed and shattered, Trent runs away to London, where he slowly learns the ways of staying alive on the streets. Except it does, and it nearly destroys his family. In the dystopian near-future Britain where Trent is growing up, this is more illegal than ever the punishment for being caught three times is that your entire household's access to the internet is cut off for a year, with no appeal. Trent McCauley is sixteen, brilliant, and obsessed with one thing: making movies on his computer by reassembling footage from popular films he downloads from the net. From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother, Cory Doctorow, comes Pirate Cinema, a new tale of a brilliant hacker runaway who finds himself standing up to tyranny.

Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow