So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   159514000X ISBN-13:   9781595140005 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   September 2004 Pages:   240 Format:   Hardcover; With dust jacket Ages:   12 and UP
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION MISSING PERSONS_FICTION ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS_FICTION NEW YORK (N.Y.)_FICTION MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES
Description/Notes
Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is paid by corporations to spot what is 'cool,' combines his analytical skills with girlfriend Jen's creative talents to find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy directed at the heart of consumer culture. Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market. But when a big-money client disappears, Hunter must use all his cool-hunting talents to find her. Along the way he's drawn into a web of brand-name intrigue-a missing cargo of the coolest shoes he's ever seen, ads for products that don't exist, and a shadowy group dedicated to the downfall of consumerism as we know it. nbsp; In this ultra-hip conspiracy thriller by Philip K. Dick honoree Scott Westerfeld, a shadowy group dedicated to the downfall of consumerism draws a street savvy 17-year-old into its web of brand-name intrigue.