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    Script Kiddie (Assured Destruction #2)
    Script Kiddie (Assured Destruction #2)
    Script Kiddie (Assured Destruction #2)
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    Script Kiddie (Assured Destruction #2)

    By Michael F. Stewart

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    “A fun, fast-paced thriller guaranteed to distract teens from Facebook ...”—Kirkus Reviews, on Assured Destruction Book #1.

    Jan Rose no longer steals data from the old computers she recycles. She doesn't need to. As the newest member of the police department’s High Tech Crime Unit, the laptop of a murderer has landed on her desk. Her job: to profile and expose a killer.

    But that’s not all.

    A creep lurks in the shadows, stalking a friend, and Jan must stop him before the hunt turns deadly. The clock counts down for Jan to save her friend, her job, her boyfriend—maybe even her life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael F. Stewart
    Release dateJun 18, 2013
    ISBN9780981269979
    Script Kiddie (Assured Destruction #2)
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    Michael F. Stewart

    Michael F. Stewart is the Claymore award-winning author of The Boy Who Swallows Flies and many books for young people in various genres, including Ray Vs. the Meaning of Life and Heart Sister (Orca Book Publishers). Michael lives in Ottawa.

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    • 4/5
      I received Script Kiddie (Assured Destruction #2) by Michael F. Stewart (Non Sequitur Press) through LibraryThing.com.The best thing about the Assured Destruction series is Michael Stewart's voice. As I read I really believe that a 16 year old girl is telling the story. Mr. Stewart says he has a lot of kids and writes a lot of juvenile and YA fiction and the practice has been to good effect.Script Kiddie take up the story only a few hours after the end of Assured Destruction. Janus has a broken leg. She has just been sentenced to 2000 hours of community service (that penalty seems harsh but I don't know the norms) and the Ottawa Police Department has agreed to attach her to their cyber crime unit to work out her community service.Things do not go well, to say the least.I highly recommend the book but I would like to direct some attention to some weaker points.Janus's Mom has MS and cannot work and, as a result, they are poor. Her mom's illness and their poverty have a negative effect on Janus's ability to attend school. She must stay home sometimes to help her mother with health care and to tend the counter at the Assured Destruction business that is their livelihood. Janus is a gifted child but a poor student in part because of the stress of having these double responsibilities. So where is Social Services? Mom should be getting benefits as a disabled worker. Where is the local MS society who should be around to help? Janus has no advocate within the school. Her computer teacher is supportive but emotionally absent. The principal is hostile. Janus is threatened with having to repeat the semester because of her physical absences from school yet there are no arrangements being made for home schooling, tutoring, or other measures to accommodate the role Janus faces alone as her mother's sole support. Why has the school not helped arrange some of these things?I also wonder why they don't have mortgage insurance, but maybe people don't do that anymore.Janus is concerned about Peter, her mom's boyfriend but says nothing to anyone, not even a hint to the friendly police woman. (BTW Peter is becoming a caricature.) All of the proper alarm bells are going off but it is as if the school and society have said to her "Be alarmed if XYZ happens" but does not then tell her what to do with her concern.Canada is not a vacuum. The books need a bit more depth.
    • 3/5
      I received this book from LibraryThing in exchange for review.I am generally not a fan of the YA genre and this book did nothing to change that. I found the characters to be lackluster. I felt no affinity for them.I think this book was simply OK for me even taking into consideration the genre. If you are a fan of YA it would probably be a 4 star read. Give it a try - don't rely on my genre bias to dissuade you.
    • 4/5
      YA contemporary cyberpunk, with a really likable female lead. It's a little OTT, but it's also an enjoyable page turner that prompted me to go back and read the first in the series. (Received through the Member Giveaways program)
    • 4/5
      In this second book of the series set in Ottawa Janus finds herself in trouble once again. When we last left Jan she had just been sentenced to perform 2,000 hours of community service in the cyber crimes unit. If there is more than one choice you can be assured that our heroine will inadvertently choose the one that gets her in the most trouble. The characters remain the same, likable, easy to identify with and of course the in crowd that we all disliked but still wanted be. The book is a good read, entertaining and you don't have to be a computer genious to understand. I'm already looking forward to the next episode.
    • 4/5
      Script Kiddie by Michael F. StewartI found Script Kiddie to be an interesting book. I particularly liked the way Stewart develops our young main character, Janus. I suspect teens could easily identify with her. She was sincere, yet misunderstood. She had tremendous pressure for a young person with a sick mom, an absentee dad and serious financial woes. Her responses to these were refreshingly real. We see her succeed in areas and fail in others. We see her mess up but then see her make efforts to amend.The plot is busy with several mysterys intertwining Janus' life. This keeps the book fast paced. All were related to computers as Janus was a tech geek - a script kiddie to be exact. I was concerned it would be filled with lengthy technical jargon but found it to read easily and enjoyed some insight into this world.I would recommend this book to teenagers and older.I received this e-book in exchange for an honest review.
    • 4/5
      Janus and crew have new adventures to face in episode 2 of Assured Destruction.In a sense episode 2 is just a continuation of episode 1. However, it could be read as a stand alone story.The narrative is well written with multiple interwoven mysteries and challenges. Characters continue to grow on their own and in their relationships.Overall, a touching read.
    • 5/5
      This time, the sequel's equal and in some ways, even better. Another YA-teen full length novel about real life and virtual life, and the interesting ways those supposedly separate entities can overlap. I read this sequel before the first novel (Assured Destruction), but it doesn't matter. Both can stand alone and both are excellent.Understand, I hate books written in present tense. If I find I've accidentally downloaded one, it's deleted. I just don't like them. This book had me wrapped up in the first Kindle screen, and I found myself fascinated before I even realized the author had importuned me with his challenging grammatical structure. By the time I clicked to the second screen, I knew I'd relaxed into the web of a good author. He could have written the book in pidgin English and I'd still have finished it.16-year-old Janus helps her mother (crippled with MS) run their family business, Assured Destruction. Customers bring in their old computers and other electronic gear for recycling, and the hard drives are shredded. Janus still has her ring network, Shadownet, and she still lives portions of her life through her various virtual identities. But now she's also lending her considerable skills to the local police department, helping to crack computer crimes, or at least that's the idea. With Janus, things don't always work according to plan, but that's good entertainment.I read it in two sittings. Five stars. Write fast, Mr. Stewart.
    • 5/5
      I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.This book is full of action and you find yourself engrossed from the very beginning. The storyline is well developed and the characters are well written. Janis has a full plate and you feel yourself cheering her on. As far as this being the second book it the series it is a standalone novel that is better than the first. You can see the author has grown between books. Looking forward to reading more from this author.
    • 4/5
      I found this a very enjoyable book. I did not read the first one as I was contacted by the author who asked if I would read this book and give my honest opinion. I devoured this in less than a day. I really liked Janus and felt for her situation. She is a very smart 16-year-old who is just trying to survive. Her Mom has MS and their business Assured Destruction has been struggling since her Dad left them. This book was very descriptive, I felt sucked into the storyline and the story. Not sure the police would take 16-year-old into a case as community service time but that's the joy of fiction, anything can happen. Now that I've read this book I want to know what happened in the first one and what is going to happen in the third. Who really is Peter? Why is he in the picture and is so cryptic? What is going on with the credit card scam is so much more than just the leak, but how does Peter know it's so much more? I want to know more!! I would definitely recommend this book and if the first and third are as good as this one, then I recommend the entire trilogy.
    • 5/5
      After reading this book, I liked it so much and was so taken by the overall plot that I went back and read the first book in the series. I am not really sure which book I prefer, but I am leaning toward the second mostly because I don’t particularly like books that can give youth ideas they have enough of their own, thank-you). I really enjoyed the way the author has taken something that we read about every day (i.e. hacking and identity thief) and turned it into something that is a really good story. I think this speaks loudly to young people. The author also obviously knows his stuff because, though I am not an expert, I can see that a lot of what happens and is done is correct and doable. Jan’s family own a service, Assured Destruction, that takes people’s old IT gear and demolishes it while assuring that there is nothing usable or that can cause them harm still left on it. In the first book, Jan gets into trouble by stealing identities on the computers for her “Shadownet”. As part of her community service (from the first book), she is working with the police in a high crime tech unit. Her job becomes profiling and tracking a murderer. This seems like a great job, but, and this is my one fault with the book, I am not sure that any organization such the one she is working in, would expect her to profile and expose a killer. Profilers are usually very experienced people, and, while she is good at what she does, I am not sure she has the level of experience/expertise for this. Nor do I think any police section would ever place anyone who is there as part of a community service requirement in the jeopardy this assignment gives her. They would be more likely to give the task to one of their own, more senior, paid members or would go within the force to find a candidate. I really think this was a bit farfetched to me. Nevertheless, the story proceeds well and is quite well developed. The main character, though she does some crazy or stupid things (don’t all young people at times), comes across as a pretty good, level-headed individual, one for whom we would be rooting. Also included in this story plot are other stressful situations Jan must face: her mother’s worsening illness, her fading relationship, a tight money situation. All these only add to her stress level. Still, she handles is quite well considering her age and experience. This is another reason I was impressed with the main character. I am eager to see just where the next addition of this series goes. I think lots of young people would enjoy the books. They have just the right mix of realism, contemporary culture and good, common sense. Young people would benefit from reading about this young girl and her exploits. In addition, anyone who works with young people would enjoy it also, since there are so many good points about the books and the series thus far. Finally, I think many other readers who are looking for a good story about today’s complexities of life and/or a good mystery would enjoy the book. I received this from Library Thing to read and review.

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