Reading Level: Ages 12 and upHardcover: 384 pages
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Genre: Dystopian
Book One: The Forsaken
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Amazon Summary:
A thought-provoking and exciting start to a riveting new dystopian trilogy.
As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do that to a girl. But Alenna can’t help but stand out when she fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have to take: The test says she has a high capacity for brutal violence, and so she is sent to The Wheel, an island where all would-be criminals end up. The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.
My Mini Review:
Action Packed, Semi Strong Heroine, Close to a love at first sight kind of romance
Heroine- 4/5
Secondary Characters- 4/5
Romance- 3.5/5
Action- 5/5
Comedy- 1/5
Overall- 3/5
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