Language: R (41 swears, 0 ‘f'); Mature Content: PG (kissing); Violence: PG-13 (bloody death)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: MANY
16yo Emerson lives in the Burrows, the poorest part of the city with her young brother Kester, and oblivious father. She steals money to buy food for her 9yo brother Kester, who is deaf and has genius level intelligence. She’s apprehended for starting a fire at the school she was robbing and she’s offered a deal - agree to participate in a competition where one contestant will receive money and status or she can go to prison for arson. Emerson doesn’t want to take the deal, but Kester talks her into it because it could change her life for the better. When she arrives, Emerson discovers forty-nine other competitors and the details of the games - gain the most social media followers to win, the lowest ranked person is sent to life in prison. The youth all have to participate in crazy and dangerous games or the poisonous capsule placed in each of their wrists will be triggered to kill them, one by one.
I enjoyed the descriptive surroundings and I felt suffocated when reading about Emerson being under the sand. Emerson has unconditional love and loyalty for her brother. The story is similar to Hunger Games and Squid Game. The ethnicity is mixed.
LynnDell Watson, DHS Librarian, Delta, Utah
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