Self-Help, Skills & Self-Improvement (40).Children's Non-Fiction (Picture Books) (2).However, like that book, The Burning and We See Everything the writer considers reputation, privacy and status. Furthermore, at least one of the three has something he needs to keep hidden… Bookwagon recommends The Chaos of Now to our older, YA readers.This is a different response from that in Piglettes. However, somehow this cyber snooping turns dark. Yet, how far is the trio prepared to go? Where will their surveillance end? What are their parameters? Originally, this was supposed to be an entry in the American Cybersecurity Competition. Certainly the secret intrusion of Friends of Bishop feels as though it’s giving strength to the timid, different, quashed and silent. Their actions seem clear-cut, vigilante and justifiable as it shows up Ashley Thorne and Brett Carver and others in Haver High.
So when Eli is invited to join a secret trio determined to wreak havoc by hacking their way into paying back Jordan Bishop’s bullies, it seems fair. When Eli’s Dad brought Misty home, with her too young, too in- your- face body, and too not- Eli’s mother, ways, it became chaotic. There is a stink of chaos after Jordan Bishop’s suicide when the bullying became too much for him. It may have been when Eli hacked into police department files. (Faber & Faber) The Chaos of Now began for Eli before Malcolm Mahoney realised his conversation had been overheard in the boys’ bathroom. Bookwagon recommends it as suitable for our older teen readers, only. This is a really satisfying, concerning novel. We are entirely convinced by Eli and his circumstances, rolling between frustration and understanding of his behaviour. The issues, manner and treatment are contemporary and thought-provoking.
How can Eli hope to survive The Chaos of Now? Yet a turmoil is building that threatens to overwhelm him, the group and their actions. Furthermore they’re convinced that their actions are justifiable, and worthy of an entry in the annual American Cybersecurity Competition.Įli’s confidence grows- at home, in Spanish, with the girl he likes, and in the fall out of the group. Friends of Jordan Bishop seek to ‘out’ the bullies. However, his concerns about his hacking past, alongside issues with his father, convince him to agree to join an online vigilante group. While Eli was never particularly close with him, they were in the same year. Haver High student Jordan Bishop took his life after the bullying got too much for him. While Eli struggles with Spanish, his new stepmother, Malcolm Mahoney’s threat and guilt at hacking into police department files, another issue appears.
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