Point Books To Proxy (Proxy #1)
| Original Title: | Proxy |
| ISBN: | 0399257764 (ISBN13: 9780399257766) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Proxy #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2016) |
Alex London
Hardcover | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 3.88 | 10003 Users | 1566 Reviews
Describe About Books Proxy (Proxy #1)
| Title | : | Proxy (Proxy #1) |
| Author | : | Alex London |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | June 18th 2013 by Philomel Books |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. LGBT. Science Fiction. Dystopia |
Explanation In Favor Of Books Proxy (Proxy #1)
Knox was born into one of the City’s wealthiest families. A Patron, he has everything a boy could possibly want—the latest tech, the coolest clothes, and a Proxy to take all his punishments. When Knox breaks a vase, Syd is beaten. When Knox plays a practical joke, Syd is forced to haul rocks. And when Knox crashes a car, killing one of his friends, Syd is branded and sentenced to death.Syd is a Proxy. His life is not his own.
Then again, neither is Knox’s. Knox and Syd have more in common than either would guess. So when Knox and Syd realize that the only way to beat the system is to save each other, they flee. Yet Knox’s father is no ordinary Patron, and Syd is no ordinary Proxy. The ensuing cross-country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, test both boys’ resolve, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay. Some debts, it turns out, cannot be repaid.
Rating About Books Proxy (Proxy #1)
Ratings: 3.88 From 10003 Users | 1566 ReviewsPiece About Books Proxy (Proxy #1)
Oh God. This book.Im staring at the last page, waiting for a coherent thought on how I feel about this book. And sadly, it would not come. Because I cant think. I just feel. I keep feeling all these emotions inside of me and I just want to hug myself to sleep.I never knew I could relate to this book so much (thats why I literally spent a week to slowly read it). It is definitely, as Marie Lu said it, OFF-THE-CHARTS-AMAZING.Alex London has that talent like Collins, Lu, Roth, Dashner and so manyActual rating: 3.5Poor Sydney Carton. He's got a hard Knox life. Yes, I wrote this entire review just so I could work "hard Knox life" into it somehow.Remember reading The Whipping Boy in grade school? Remember how much you hated the fact that life could be so unfair? Well, get ready to be even more bitter towards life in this YA dystopian version of it.This has a plot, but I think it doubles as a social commentary and satire about our culture and how it is devolving. It's about consumerism,
It is quite possible that with "Proxy", Alex London may have in fact written one of the best books of this year & something that should it reach the big screen could become a blockbuster industry for Hollywood. The concept is very simple - the wealthy (known as Patrons) have everything & anything they do wrong is paid for by the poor (the Proxy) who lives revolve around massive debt & punishment. The proxies also have no idea who their patrons are & also are to never meet. It is
My review at geeksout.org: Very rarely, I come across a book that manages to surprise me. We are living in a post-Harry Potter-and-Twilight world, and "young adult fiction" has become synonymous with mediocre imitators of either series. Books for younger readers are lucrative right now, and publishers have swarmed to tales of wizard schools and supernatural romance like flies to a bloated, festering corpse. For every book that manages to find its wings and rise from the rotting carcass of these
Good, but sad. Just ordered book number 2. Lol!
Wow, I didn't really know what to expect going into this. People recommended it to me when I asked for more LGBT+ reads after Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. And I can say I'm pleasantly surprised. I also read this for #diverseathon , and it ended up being perfect for that. Not only is the main character gay, but he's also a person of color.Besides all that, I really enjoyed this novel on its own! Syd was super realistic in his thoughts about situations, I thought. He
4.5 starsThis review can also be found at http://fortheloveofbooksreviews.blogs... In the City, there are patrons, and there are proxies. Patrons pay proxies to take on their debt, which includes punishments for misbehavior and crimes. Knox is a wealthy teenage boy who has lived a privileged life, especially compared to Syd, his proxy, who lives in the poorer area of town. Syd has spent almost his whole life being punished for Knox. He's having a fairly normal, if slightly unfortunate day: he's
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