LOCK IN by John Scalzi

This book is not YA, but some of your young adults may enjoy it. What I felt was most valuable about this book is the way it can open up discussion about discrimination and the way in which we ingrain it into society. It also, therefore, has a great discussion for a creative writing class on how real an author can make their world feel by truly fleshing out all the ways in which whatever change they've made from our world to their world affects so much.

Discrimination

“Here’s a hint,” I said. “One comes from a beloved android character from one of the most popular films of all time. The other describes the sound of broken machinery. Guess which one we like better. P 25 Lock in  by John Scalzi (Also a good example of allusion)

“Are you saying I should just shut up every time someone says something stupid or factually wrong about Hadens?” I asked. “I just want to be clear what you’re asking.”

“I’m saying pay attention to when it makes sense to say something,” Vann said. P 49 Lock in  by John Scalzi (such difficult advice! This might be a great discussion with students. When is it worth it to speak up against a microaggression?)

“So I walked up, making as much noise as threepily possible as I do.” p 144 Lock in  by John Scalzi

“Me? I file a report,” Tony said. “With the first iteration of networks the hackers would run blackmail schemes. Fire up a series of gory pictures or put ‘It’s a Small World’ on a repeating loop until the victim paid to make it stop.” p172 Lock in  by John Scalzi

Threep in a wheelchair p 191 Lock in  by John Scalzi (short scene that can spark some interesting discussions)

We were at a standing table because cafes disliked threeps hogging chairs, a small piece of technological bigotry that I didn’t really give a crap about one way or another. P226 Lock in  by John Scalzi

**Any mistakes in the quotes are my own. Please let me know if you see any. Also, the formatting is off when I copy/ paste from my Google docs like I did here. Sorry.**