No Child's Game: reality TV 2083 by Andrea White

Have you ever wondered what life will be like in 2083? Mandatory television viewing, reality TV shows, education determined by the throw of dice? White follows the adventure of five winners of a contest, to survive the Antarctic in the same manner that Admiral Robert E Scott and group did in 1912 with their doomed attempt to reach the South Pole. Each fourteen, the five teenagers come from varied backgrounds, but generally life is pretty miserable for them. You are either rich or you are poor. The government is in bad shape. The media seems to rule. The reader joins the group, contestants on a reality TV show "Antarctic Survivor." With the odds seeming to be against them, are they smart enough to survive? This is a great tale, full of material taken directly from Scott's journals and other accounts of the expedition. Is this our future?