Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town/ Cory Doctorow
I have to tell you right off the bat I really like Doctorow's books (Little Brother, Makers, Eastern Standard Tribe) but this is one of my favorites. There are two story lines going on in this novel. The one examines Alan and his family. His mother is a washing machine and his father is a mountain. His brother has come back from the dead and is killing his siblings for revenge. The other story line has Alan teaming up with Link, a punk genius who creates inventions from trash, to create a wireless mesh for the Internet. Both story lines are interwoven into a well-written, unusual, and entertaining novel. The characters are well drawn. The story moves smoothly. The only weak point was the ending. This is a seriously good book that I hope you will try. I give it 4 1/2 out of 5.