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Gr 7 Up—Like almost every 16-year-old in the United Commonwealth, Cia Vale hopes to be called for the Testing, her ticket out of rural Five Lakes Colony and into the University in Tosu City. Cia's father was selected, but only vaguely remembers the experience in nightmares. Her four older brothers were passed over. Just when she has resigned herself to life as a mechanic or farmer, she gets word that she is one of four students selected from Five Lakes and is expecte...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Cia is honored to have been selected for The Testing. She can't imagine anything she wants more than to pass the mysterious tests and be permitted to attend University so that she can become one of the elite few helping to rebuild the world after the Seven Stages War. Her dad's ominous warning to trust no one, delivered at the last minute, shakes ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More