Sunday, July 31, 2016

MARTians

MARTians / Blythe Woolston 216 pgs.

Zoe graduates from high school early because her school is being closed.  She is smart and has good grades so gets two offers to interview for jobs.  She ends up at AllMART, the ubiquitous retail establishment whose training consists of singing jingles, clapping and learning the locations of all their products.  The world is a harsh place.  AllMART offers housing for employees that resembles the old time "company store" and costs more than pay.  Zoe meets MORTimmer and they live together in an abandoned strip mall. They work at AllMART and figure out how to steal what they need.  Things, of course, keep spiraling out of control and soon, a friend is arrested for stealing a baby...one that was actually abandoned at AllMART.

An interesting take on some of the things that are wrong with the world now and how they can get worse.

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