The Forsaken Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Stasse, Lisa M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442432667 ISBN-13: 9781442432666 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Violence - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Juvenile Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2011027270 |
Lexile Measure: 660 |
Series: Forsaken - Trilogy |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.75 lbs) 400 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Teen |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 154941 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Choose a tribe. Watch your back. And don't stop running. Filled with thrilling adventure and romance, The Forsaken is praised by EntertainmentWeekly.com as "a fast-paced novel that] you'll get sucked into. You just can't seem to put it] down." As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the US, 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 standing 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 a charismatic warrior named Liam concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stasse, Lisa M.: - Lisa M. Stasse is a digital librarian at UCLA. She is the author of the Forsaken trilogy: The Forsaken, The Uprising, and The Defiant. |