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Title: |
The Culling |
| Series: |
The Torch Keeper |
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| By (author): |
Steven dos Santos |
| ISBN10-13: |
073873537X : 9780738735375 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Weight: |
.386 Kg. |
| Published: |
Flux - March 2013 |
| List Price: |
10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Out of Print
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| Subjects: |
Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage) |
| Recruitment Day is here...if you fail, a loved one will die For Lucian â Luckyâ Spark, Recruitment Day means the Establishment, a totalitarian government, will force him to become one of five Recruits competing to join the ruthless Imposer task force. Each Recruit participates in increasingly difficult and violent military training for a chance to advance to the next level. Those who fail must choose an â Incentiveâ â a family memberâ to be brutally killed. If Lucky fails, heâ ll have to choose death for his only living relative: Cole, his four-year-old brother. Lucky will do everything he can to keep his brother alive, even if it means sacrificing the lives of other Recruitsâ loved ones. What Lucky isnâ t prepared for is his undeniable attraction to the handsome, rebellious Digory Tycho. While Lucky and Digory train together, their relationship grows. But daring to care for another Recruit in a world where love is used as the ultimate weapon is extremely dangerous. As Lucky soon learns, the consequences can be deadly... |
| Awards / Prizes: |
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Named an ALA Rainbow List Top Ten Book (2014)
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| Reviews: |
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"A heart-pounding page turner." --VOYA
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