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Devil on My Back

by Monica Hughes · 1984

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When the slaves rebel against the rigid social order imposed on the colony by the all-controlling computer, Tomi, the son of the colony Overlord manages to escape beyond the computer's reach and discovers what it is like to be free.

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young adultchildrens
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short · 170 pages

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