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Reader reviewed by mearley

The "feed" is a constant stream of text messages, advertisements, news, and entertainment plugged directly into the brain of every American.  Titus and his friends just accept the feed as a way of life, but then he meets Violet who did not get the feed until later in life.  She tries to come up with ways to trick the feed or avoid its messages.  This has tragic consequences.  In the background of the story is a vague idea of the collapse of society--rumors of war, mysterious skin lesions--but the feed keeps everyone self-centered enough that they only care about their own lives and their own feed.  Excellent dystopian novel for mature teens.