Truancy is a dystopian novel written by Isamu Fukui, a New York City student in Stuyvesant High School, when he was 15 years old. Set in a totalitarian city ruled by its Mayor and Educators, it follows the story of a fifteen-year-old student named Tack, and a student rebellion calling itself the Truancy. The story takes a critical look at the institution of school, and is dedicated "to everyone that has ever suffered in the name of education".
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Truancy is a dystopian novel written by Isamu Fukui, a New York City student in Stuyvesant High School, when he was 15 years old. Set in a totalitarian city ruled by its Mayor and Educators, it follows the story of a fifteen-year-old student named Tack, and a student rebellion calling itself the Truancy. The story takes a critical look at the institution of school, and is dedicated "to everyone that has ever suffered in the name of education".
The story takes place in an unnamed city dominated by the educational system. Ruled over by a tyrannical Mayor and his Educators, students live a miserable existence with their only purpose being to obey. However, an underground student rebellion known as the Truancy, led by an enigmatic boy named Zyid, seeks to destroy the system by any means possible, no matter the cost.
Meanwhile, a fifteen-year-old student named Tack is busy trying to survive under the Educator's rule, ignorant of the war that the Mayor is keeping silent. Tack's monotonous...
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