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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Gotta B
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'Looking back, Talbot Blair realised that it all began that Monday morning when his best friend, Rick Lawrence, abruptly became a disconnect...

'In the near future, all communication devices are linked to individual users no-one can use an electronic item belonging to someone else. The worst possible fate is to lose that link and become a disconnect. If you can't connect with your friends, you might as well cease to exist.

'In Talbot Blair's world, changes in brain structure have been detected in young people, who have never known a world that didn't contain computers and the Internet. They have always been immersed in an electronic sea of interconnectedness and instant communication. Social psychologist Carter Renfrew's theory is that constant exposure to this electronic environment has re-wired adolescent brains so they are developing into a different species. Renfrew dubs this next evolutionary leap in humankind Homo electronicus. But what happens when Homo electronicus is taken offline?' (Provided by publisher)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2009 .
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      Extent: 324p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 1st 2011 
      ISBN: 9781741662986 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Fran Knight , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
[Review] Gotta B Allison Paterson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 24 no. 5 2009; (p. 38-39)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Oliver Phommavanh , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , 1 October no. 69 2009; (p. 37-38)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
[Untitled] Christy Fulcher , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 17 no. 3 2009; (p. 28-29)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Elizabeth Riley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 89 no. 1 2009; (p. 48)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Elizabeth Riley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 89 no. 1 2009; (p. 48)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
[Untitled] Christy Fulcher , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 17 no. 3 2009; (p. 28-29)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Oliver Phommavanh , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , 1 October no. 69 2009; (p. 37-38)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
[Review] Gotta B Allison Paterson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 24 no. 5 2009; (p. 38-39)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Fran Knight , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Gotta B Claire Carmichael , 2009 single work novel
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