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| TITLE: The Forsaken (The Forsaken #1) AUTHOR: Lisa M. Stasse PUBLISHER: Orchard Books PUB DATE: Aug 2 2012 |
Summary from Goodreads:
"Alenna Shawcross is a sixteen-year-old orphan growing up in a police state formed from the ashes of Canada, the US and Mexico after a global economic meltdown.
But when she unexpectedly fails ‘the test’ - a government initiative which supposedly identifies teens destined to be criminals - she wakes up alone on a remote island reserved for the criminally insane.
Terrified and confused, she soon encounters a group of other teen survivors battling to stay alive, including Liam, a boy who will become her love... and her lifeline.
Soon Alenna makes the terrifying discovery that there’s more to the island (and her past) than she could ever have guessed... But who can she trust? And can she ever escape?"
But when she unexpectedly fails ‘the test’ - a government initiative which supposedly identifies teens destined to be criminals - she wakes up alone on a remote island reserved for the criminally insane.
Terrified and confused, she soon encounters a group of other teen survivors battling to stay alive, including Liam, a boy who will become her love... and her lifeline.
Soon Alenna makes the terrifying discovery that there’s more to the island (and her past) than she could ever have guessed... But who can she trust? And can she ever escape?"
Rating:
The world has fallen to pieces, people are starving, a global economic meltdown has occurred. What’s left of Canada, the United States and Mexico form the United Northern Alliance. The UNA was formed to salvage what remains of their countries. What citizens didn’t expect is a government ruled by a dictator.
Orphaned and taken in by the government, Alenna Shawcross has to take the Government Personality Profile Test just like everyone else. The GPPT is designed to identify if a young individual has potential aggressive behaviors that may lead to future outlaws committed to murder, robbery and all sorts of crime. The test is to ensure safety within the UNA, and since Alenna has been raised by the government itself then she’s unlikely to fail, right?
That’s what she thought up until Alenna wakes up on the remote island specifically held in reserve for those who would fail the GPPT. Not too long, she stumbles upon a band of survivors, she then learns to fight for her life, meets a boy she feels a strong attraction to, and then some. Not only does she get to discover herself, but she also discovers things about the island, their enemies, the government... and something about her past...
