iBOY by Kevin Brooks

As Tom is going to visit his good friend Lucy, he is hit in the head with an iPhone thrown from the 30th floor of the building.  When Tom awakes in the hospital, the doctors explain that they could not remove all of the pieces of the iPhone; some are embedded in his brain.  Soon Tom realizes that these electronic pieces connect with his brain to give him "super" powers.  He can read other people's text messages, listen to phone calls, and send messages with his mind.  He also discovers that the night he was going to see Lucy, she was brutally raped by a gang that lives in their apartment complex.  Tom, comparing himself to Spiderman, uses his new powers to figure out who committed the crime and get revenge.

I really liked this science fiction/ realistic novel.  The characters are well-drawn and the brutal violence of the world in which Tom and Lucy live is honestly portrayed.  The iPhone super power is a nice twist.  It actually works.