Mafiaboy cover

Mafiaboy

by Michael Calce

"In early 2000, the websites of CNN, Yahoo, E*Trade, Amazon, and eBay ground to a halt for several hours, causing panic everywhere from the White House to suburbia and around the world. After two months and hundreds of hours of wiretapping, the FBI and RCMP staged a late-night raid to apprehend the most wanted man in cyberspace - a fifteen-year-old kid. Mafiaboy." "For eight years, Mafiaboy, a.k.a. Michael Calce, has ignored requests from every major media outlet in North America and refused to tell his story - until now." " Using his experience as a cautionary tale, Calce takes his readers through the history of hacking and how it has helped make the internet the new frontier for crime in the 21st century."--Jacket.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?