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The year is 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus—and the vaccine intended to protect against it—wiped out most of the earth’s population. The night before eighteen-year-old Eve’s graduation from her all-girls school she discovers what really happens to new graduates, and the horrifying... read more
Characters edit
- Eve: The main character. She is very inexperienced living outside the School's walls. She runs away from the school once she discovers the secret they've been hiding from the girls.
- Caleb: A member of the sows. He helps Eve and Arden. Eve falls in love with him
- Arden: She has attitude and is interesting unlike Eve. She is a student at the same school who questions things instead of accepting everything blindly. She runs away from the school, and later meets up with Eve on the road
- Leif: The leader of the sows.
- Lark: A runaway Arden and Eve meet while captured.
- Pip: Eve's best friend, which she feels guilty about leaving behind.
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“Even if the troops found me, even if I collapsed out in the desert, in the shadow of the great rocks, I had to move. I had to at least try”
Eve
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First Sentence edit
By the time the sun set over the fifty-foot perimeter wall, the School lawn was covered with twelfth-year students.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anna Carey (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperTeen
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 4, 2011
ISBN: 978-0062048509
Page Count: 320
Publisher: HarperTeen
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 4, 2011
ISBN: 978-0062048509
Page Count: 320
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