Slated
Book One in the Slated Trilogy
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Beschreibung des Verlags
In the first book of this suspenseful, emotionally charged thriller series, a young girl struggles to reclaim her identity and find her place in a world determined to erase her past.
“The romance and politics keep [the] suspense ratcheted up.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Even if you’re sick of teenage dystopias, this paranoid mind-wiping novel will thrill you.”—io9
Can you know the truth if your memory has been erased?
Kyla has been Slated—her memory erased, her personality wiped blank. This is the government’s way of dealing with teen terrorists: give them a fresh start as a new person. They teach Kyla how to walk and talk again, give her a new identity and a new family, and tell her to be grateful for this second chance.
It’s also her last chance, and to ensure that she plays by their rules, Kyla is fitted with a Levo, a bracelet that monitors her mood and will stun—or even kill—her if her levels of anger or violence rise too high.
As she adjusts to her new life, Kyla can see she is different from other Slateds. She asks too many questions and is plagued by nightmares that feel like memories—even though she shouldn’t have memories. Who is she, really? Has her Slating gone wrong? And if only criminals are Slated, why are innocent people disappearing? Torn between the need to understand more and her instinct for self-preservation, Kyla knows a dangerous game is being played with her life, and she’s determined not to let anyone see her make the wrong move. . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Memory loss and near-future dystopia have been popular YA themes of late, and while debut author Terry's dystopia is not always convincing absent a large-scale catastrophe, it's hard to believe society is going to give up its gadgetry her treatment of medically induced amnesia is intriguing. Kyla Davis, who knows that's not her real name, is 16 and emerging from nine months in the hospital after being "Slated," or having her memory erased. She is preoccupied with observing and drawing her surroundings, studying them for clues to her old identity. This, readers are told, is unusual, though every "Slater" described in the book differs from the supposed "blank-brained" norm. One is Amy, Kyla's black adoptive sister; another is Ben, a kind classmate with a knack for discovering information. There is little by way of conventional plot; the focus is on Kyla's unfolding awareness and gradual piecing together of the puzzle that is her past. Intriguing, yes, but also frustrating at the end of this book (a sequel arrives next year in the U.K.), there's much left to happen in the plot. Ages 12 up.
