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Futuretrack 5 by Robert Westall

psalmcat's review against another edition

5.0

Yet another YA book, but definitely for older, more sophisticated readers. Set about 20 years in the future--about the dramatic division of Haves & Have-Nots effected by the installation of a centralized computer than runs the whole country of Britain. Eventually the main character figures out that the computer needs to be "taught" ethics, since one of the stratification causes is the plan to eliminate all the genetically predisposed "difficult" (i.e., smart and able to foment rebellion) types from the country. Complicated, but really good.