Adam wins the internet by Adam B

This is the first book by Adam B, a YouTube star that will grab the attention of many young readers who know him from his channel.   

The book is based on a character called Adam who dreams of being a YouTube superstar but with little hope of this eventuating as he is a nobody at his school.  He has no money, one friend and his mum and little brother at home who he is trying to support after the loss of their dad.

Adam stumbles across the mysterious Popularis Incrementum website on his old computer and from there his fortunes change with some interesting situations arising from the fame.  Adam accepts a mission to get one million subscribers within a year and his luck seems to be running out as it becomes clear that he is in too deep, and his life becomes one big fail after another.  He will need to have a trick up his sleeve to work out how he can get himself out of the situation he is in without damaging his family or his reputation too badly.

This book will be loved by readers and followers of Adam B alike, it is well written very funny and has enough twists and turns to keep the reader engaged and interested from the first to the last page.

I would recommend this book as a class read aloud or as a read alone, but I think younger readers are going to want to read ahead of the class as the book has many cliff hanger chapters to encourage late night reading.  Parents will enjoy this book too as the characters are well written and the story shows the human side of loss, fame and social media dangers which could open discussions with their children.  This is a good book for the current social media generation. 

Themes: Social Media, Family, Friendships, Mystery, Action, Adventure, Humour.

Mhairi Alcorn