The Take Down

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. She and her three high-powered best friends don't just own their senior year at their exclusive Park Slope, Brooklyn high school, they practically define the hated species Popular. Kyla's even managed to make it through high school completely unscathed. Until someone takes issue with this arrangement. 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? It would have been funny, if it just wasn't. 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 and a debate-team champ, plus the yummy Mackenzie Rodriguez has firmly attached himself to her hip. She and her three high-powered best friends don't just own their senior year at their exclusive Park Slope, Brooklyn, high school, they practically define the hated species Popular. Kyla's even managed to make it to senior year completely unscathed. Until someone takes issue with this arrangement. A week before college applications are due, a video of Kyla "doing it" with her crush-worthy English teacher is uploaded to her school 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 luxery and every perfect profile masks damning secrets, The Takedown is a stylish, propulsive, and provocative whodunit that asks, Who would you rely on if your tech turned against you? -- from dust jacket "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? It would have been funny, if it just wasnt. Kyla Cheng doesnt expect you to like her. For the record, she doesnt need you to. On track to be valedictorian, shes president of her community club and a debate team champ, plus the yummy Mackenzie Rodriguez has firmly attached himself to her hip. She and her three high-powered best friends dont just own their senior year at their exclusive Park Slope, Brooklyn high school, they practically define the hated species Popular. Kylas even managed to make it through high school completely unscathed. Until someone takes issue with this arrangement. A week before college applications are due, a video of Kyla doing it with her crush-worthy English teacher is uploaded to her schools website. It instantly goes viral, but heres the thing: its 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 impossibletake something off the internetall while dealing with the fallout from her own karmic footprint. "In this near-future mystery, Kyla Cheng, the smartest, hottest, most popular student at her Brooklyn high school, gets taken down a peg by a faked sex tape that goes viral"-- Provided by publisher When a faked sex tape goes viral, Kyla Cheng must delve into a world of hackers in an attempt to take it off the Internet and figure out who is trying to damage her reputation