Giveaway: The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse

"Lost meets The Hunger Games"

The Forsaken
Lisa M. Stasse
Paperback (UK)
Release date: August 2nd 2012
by Orchard Books

 

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 Luis, 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?

The Forsaken book trailer

UK vs US cover

Because of the wonderful people at Hachette Children's Books UK, I have a gorgeous finished copy of The Forsaken to give away to one of my readers. This book is the first in a planned trilogy and I don't know about you, but I think it looks rather amazing! Thanks so much to Hachette UK for this giveaway opportunity!

Waiting on Wednesday (28)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. 

My pick this week:

The Forsaken

Lisa M. Stasse

Release date: July 10th, 2012

by Simon & Schuster BFYR

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A thought-provoking and exciting start to a riveting new dystopian trilogy.

As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do that to a girl. But Alenna can’t help but stand out when she fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have to take: The test says she has a high capacity for brutal violence, and so she is sent to The Wheel, an island where all would-be criminals end up.

The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.

You all know I love dystopians - and if you don't well.. now you do! *Hurray* But even if I didn't, a prison island? Epic, right?

What d'you pick this week?

Link me! :)