The Takedown

Wang Corrie

"Wang's smart technocentric debut-Gossip Girl meets M.T. Anderson's Feed-addresses identity public perception and social media skewering." -- Publisher's Weekly

Kyla Cheng doesn't expect you to like her. For the record she doesn't need you to. On track to be valedictorian she's president of her community club a debate team champ plus the yummy Mackenzie Rodriguez has firmly attached himself to her hip. But a week before college applications are due a video of Kyla "doing it" with her crush-worthy English teacher is uploaded to her school's website. It instantly goes viral but here's the thing: it's not Kyla in the video.

With time running out Kyla delves into a world of hackers haters and creepy stalkers in an attempt to do the impossible-take something off the internet-all while dealing with the fallout from her own karmic footprint. Set in near-future Brooklyn where privacy is a bygone luxury and every perfect profile masks damning secrets The Takedown is a stylish propulsive and provocative whodunit asking who would you rely on if your tech turned against you?>