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    The Future of Us (Hardback) By (author) Jay Asher, By (author) Carolyn Mackler

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    Short Description for The Future of UsIt's 1996, and less than half of all American high-school students have ever used the Internet. Emma just got her first computer and an America Online CD-ROM. Josh is her best friend. They power up and log on--and discover themselves on Facebook, 15 years in the future. Everybody wonders what their destiny will be; Josh and Emma are about to find out.
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  • Couldn't put it down!5

    Michelle Madow The Future of Us was one of those books that I couldn't put down until I finished! It's such a unique idea -- two teens in 1996 put their AOL CD-Rom into their computer, only to discover that they can log into their Facebook pages from 15 years in the future. I loved all the references to 90's stuff! I was pretty young in the 90's, but I definitely remember the days when downloading AOL to your computer took 98 minutes, going online required hogging up one of the telephone lines, and you listened to music on a Discman instead of an iPod.

    One thing I love about time travel stories (or peeking into the future in this case) is that the reader sees how everything you do in the present affects the future. This book does a great job at showing how the decisions the two main characters make determines how their lives end up. With one changed decision and one press of the refresh button, everything can change -- from their future spouse, children, job, etc. I loved seeing the consequences of their actions! There's also a lot of humor thrown in, and I found myself smiling a lot while reading this book. For example, in 1996, Emma reads a future Facebook status update she wrote in her car, and she wonders how people have computers in their cars in the future. (They can't even imagine the concept of an iPhone!) Josh sees a Facebook status someone wrote where they say, "Poor Pluto," and wonders if Pluto got hit by an asteroid or something. This book was just lots of fun to read!

    Another aspect of this book that I loved was the relationship between the two main characters, Emma and Josh. Even though they lived in 1996, they still felt like contemporary teens. They're next door neighbors and have been friends for their whole lives, so their relationship was genuine, and I was rooting for them to get together the whole time I was reading.

    The Future of Us was one of my favorite books of 2011. It's fresh, quick, and original, and is a book you don't want to miss! by Michelle Madow

  • Fun read!5

    Alexandra The Future of Us is a fast-paced novel about two people who ultimately have to figure out what they want in the future for themselves and from each other. A light and really fun read. by Alexandra

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