Characters
The narrator of our story that has epilepsy and cannot use mindprobes.
Who is Spaz
Spaz learns that this person is dying, prompting his journey.
Who is Bean
These devices create brain-based hallucinations.
Mind Probes
The stinky place they run into Little Face
What is the Pipe.
Ryter believes this is worth preserving.
What are books/stories
The old gummy that knows how to read and write
Who is Ryter
Lanaya uses this vehicle to help them travel safely.
What is a Takvee
The people in this story live in.
Hint: neighborhoods
What is a latch/latches
Spaz lives in this rough urban area.
What is the Urb
The story shows how this divides people
What is money, looks, technology, and social class.
The chox kid who tags along with Ryter and Spaz
Who is Little Face
The group meets this latch boss who is stuck in a probe loop.
Who is Mongo the Magnificent
Spaz cannot use mindprobes because of this condition.
What is Epilepsy
Ryter lives in this type of shelter.
The novel explores this theme through Spaz’s journey to save Bean
The Proov girl that thinks she is better than everyone else
Lanaya
What does Ryter do to save Lanaya from the hungry mob
what is distracts the mob by telling them there are edibles in the opposite directions and almost gets eaten.
The nongenetically improved humans are called this.
What are normals
This area is full of danger and landmines.
The essential question of this unit we are on now
What are the pros and cons of digital life
Gang leader of the Bangers with three simple rules.
Who is Billy Bizmo
What does Lotti Getts tell Spaz, Ryter, Little Face, and Lanaya to do in order to see Bean?
What is find the Probe runner
This term refers to the time before the Big Shake.
The nice place all the proovs live
What is Eden
The book suggests this about technology and human connection.
What is Technology can be lonely, friends make you happy