The hive
(Book)

Based on a story proposal by Jennifer Beals and Tom Jacobson.

It's the near future -- the day after tomorrow -- and the government has shut down online bullying once and for all. With BLINQ, its new social media platform, users can "like" or "share," but they can also "condemn" posts -- and if condemns reach a certain level, users can exact punishment from the original poster in real life. Seventeen-year-old Cassie McKinney is angry at everything. She's just lost her father, a cult hero in the hacking world, and been uprooted to a new apartment, and a new school. Cassie is barely enduring senior year when she's drawn into a powerful group of girls and their effort to make their posts go viral. Cassie's just trying to be funny when she posts a cutting BLINQ. But when that BLINQ goes viral in all the worst ways, she becomes the target of a furious mob. Cassie goes on the run, and in the shadows, she finds people to help her hide.