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Lädt ... Mac Slater Coolhunter 1: The Rules of Cool (2016. Auflage)von Tristan Bancks (Autor)
Werk-InformationenMac Slater Coolhunter 1: The Rules of Cool von Tristan Bancks
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Mac Slater has just crashed the latest prototype of the flying bike he and his best friend Paul invented. Even worse, practically the whole school witnessed it. So when the creators of massive global webspace Coolhunters offer Mac the chance to compete for a job hunting cool, Mac thinks they're crazy. I mean, Mac lives in a small town and he doesn't have a TV, let alone a mobile. But Tony and Speed say he's so uncool he's cool. If Mac wants to win, he has one week to prove he has what it takes. And it turns out that finding the next big thing isn't easy - especially when he's pitted against Cat DeVrees, the most popular girl in school. Does Mac really know what cool is? Or will he crash and burn? Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Genre Adventure
Reading age 10 to 14
Series Mac Slater, Coolhunter 1
Mac falls so far short of being hip that through the odd inversions of fashion he is cool. Some men keen to set up a worldwide team of coolhunters suggest he compete against others to become the Australian coolhunter.
Mac’s town, Kings Bay, is presently ‘hot’ according to Speed the coolhunter organiser, and most readers will recognise a portrait of NSW surfing town, Byron Bay. Mac however lives a frugal life with his hippie mother though he is also influenced by his father, a keen builder of things that never seem to be finished. Mac and his best friend Paul attract notice when they unsuccessfully launch their latest invention, a (non) flying bike. At the launch is rich girl Cat DeVrees, soon to be Mac’s rival in the vidblog competition to be judged by online viewers.
This is exciting reading, and the theme of loyalty and friendship is appealing, but the stereotypes are tiresome. For something about ‘coolness’ the author tends to turn to some worn out situations. As well there is not a single girl or woman who is favoured except perhaps Mac’s mum, as long as she keeps the food and support coming.
First in a series.
See also Westerfeld’s novel about cool hunting, So Yesterday, set in New York.
Themes in this book:
Adolescents. Boys. Building. Change. Cheating. Competition. Creativity. Individuality. Inventions. Possessions. Problem solving. Video.
Review from Magpies