Description de l’éditeur
Don't miss this prequel to the multi award-winning SLATED trilogy by Teri Terry, queen of the teen thriller!
I'm just one girl. What can I do?
Sam's cosy life as daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister is about to end. These are turbulent times. Borders have closed and protests are turning violent. The government blames the country's youth, and is cracking down hard. Mobile phones are blocked, gatherings are banned and dissent is brutally crushed.
Sam is torn between family loyalty and doing what is right. When she meets Ava and Lucas her mind is made up.
One girl, one choice. She can make a difference: she must. Even if her life - and her heart - are on the line ...
A red-hot thriller packed with secrets and revelations that shines a new light on the award-winning SLATED trilogy.
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.
