num_pages: 185
description: You can learn a lot about someone looking through their hard drive...Sixteen-year-old Jan Rose knows that nothing is ever truly deleted. At least not from the hard drives she scours to create the online identities she calls the Shadownet.Hobby? Art form? Sad pathetic plea to garner friendship even virtually? Sure Jan is guilty on all counts. Maybe shes even addicted to it. Its an exploration. Everyone has something to hide. The Shadownets hard drives are Jans secrets. They're stolen from her familys computer recycling business Assured Destruction. If the police found out Jans family would lose its livelihood. When the real people behind Shadownets hard drives endure vicious cyber attacks Jan realizes she is responsible. She doesnt know who is targeting these people or why but as her life collapses Jan must use all her tech savvy to bring the perpetrators to justice before she becomes the next victim.Stewart offers up an engrossing read about hacking computers and the underbelly of the technological world. He has created a strong character in Jan who the reader cheers on as she does all she can to save her friends and family. While the protagonist is a young woman an older audience will still find much to enjoy in Jans journey.--Library Journal.A fun fast-paced thriller guaranteed to distract teens from Facebook ... --Kirkus Reviews
language: English
title: Assured Destruction
publisher: Non Sequitur Press