The last book in the universe

The last book in the universe / Rodman Philbrick.-- New York : Blue Sky Press, 2000.

223 p.

0-439-08758-9

1. Science fiction.

813.54

Spaz Boy is one of the few people in the Urb who doesn’t use the virtual reality mind-probes to escape from the grim reality surrounding him. The Urb is a civilization destroyed by earthquake and its own shortsightedness centuries ago. Ruled over by gangs, it surrounds Eden; a forbidden Utopia walled off and mined against intruders by its genetically improved residents to keep them apart from the wretched remnant of the rest of humanity. But when Spaz Boy learns that his little foster sister is dying he crashes through all the boundaries of his world to get to her. The Last Book in the Universe is a page-turning chase through the ruins with a powerful message about how we treat people unlike ourselves.