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In a dystopian world where the U.N.A. (formerly Mexico, the U.S., and Canada) governs with strict surveillance, eleven‑year‑old Alenna learns early to blend in after her parents are taken by police. A brutal test that all sixteen‑year‑olds must take unexpectedly labels her as a violent threat, sending her to the notorious island prison The Wheel. There, prisoners endure a harsh two‑year expectancy amid constant civil war, competing over land, and machines that abduct children from their shelters. As desperation rises, Alenna and her fellow inmates devise a perilous escape plan, fighting to survive the island’s grim reality and the ever‑ominous government.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Lisa M. Stasse
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