Brainjack
YOUNG ADULT FICTION FINALIST
Brainjack
Brian Falkner
Walker Books
ISBN 978-1-921150-95-1 pb RRP $19.99
Target age 12+
It would take a very special person to crack the computer systems of the White House – someone like Sam Wilson, brilliant teenage computer hacker. But Sam’s obsession is about to lead him into a dangerous world, where logging on to your computer could mean the difference between life and death.
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Brian Falkner was born and raised in Auckland. He is the author of several novels for children including, The Flea Thing (shortlisted for the LIANZA Esther Glen Award, 2004), The Real Thing, and The Super Freak (shortlisted for the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards, 2006), as well as the action adventure sci-fi novel, The Tomorrow Code which was shortlisted for the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards and the LIANZA Esther Glen Award, both in 2009. |

