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The Forsaken [Paperback]

Lisa Stasse (Author)
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Publication Date: 2 Aug 2012
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 first of a planned trilogy, this incredible novel will leave you gasping for the sequel...

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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Orchard (2 Aug 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1408318806
  • ISBN-13: 978-1408318805
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.3 x 19.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 68,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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 A good, captivating read.

(Bookbag 20121001)

About the Author

Lisa Stasse graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Government and English literature, and is currently a digital librarian at UCLA. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband and their one-year-old daughter.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Don't Judge a Book By its Cover 4 Sep 2012
By neonlights
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I first saw this book in WHSmith but my mum made me buy it from Amazon because everything is always cheaper on here ;) . The cover immediately caught my eye. I know everyone says don't judge a book by its cover but I'm always guilty of it. I won't pick up a book unless the cover looks good. On the cover, Alenna looks like a "badass" *in my American voice* and looks like she could kick some butt so that's what I expected to read about in the book. I was wrong though...

Alenna is a sixteen year old girl living in a government-corrupt country called the UNA. She takes the GPPT test that all sixteen year olds have to take and ends up failing, so is then transported to The Wheel. She's forsaken. The test basically tests for "psychopathic" traits. The first two chapters of the book were informative but I found them quite boring. It's only when Alenna gets to the Wheel that the pace starts to pick up. Reading about the teenagers' lives on The Wheel reminded me of the show, Shipwrecked.

I liked the characters in this book. Alenna is a nice girl, she's kind of timid and lacks fierceness so I don't see her as a heroine at all. She's not like Katniss (Hunger Games) or Tris (Divergent). She was a follower and let everybody else do all the work for her. I didn't really build up a connection with Alenna at all, she was just nice. I was quite disappointed with the lukewarm romance element. Liam and Alenna only spoke to each other around four times in the book and even then, they weren't proper conversations. I would have liked to see them interact more.

Overall, I did enjoy this book because it was interesting and I will be reading the rest of the Trilogy. I don't feel as if the pages in the book live up to the cover. They have a girl on the front, carrying arrows on her back, that looks like she will hurt you if she has to, but Alenna doesn't even know how to fight or aim a bow and arrow...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Lost meets the Hunger Games 26 Aug 2012
By SJH @ A Dream of Books
Format:Paperback
When I read the publisher's tagline for `The Forsaken' which described it as "Lost meets the Hunger Games", I knew that this was a book I wanted to read. Mystery happenings on a strange island and a group of teenagers trying to survive in a foreign and dangerous environment - it sounded amazing and it was!

Lisa M. Stasse has written a thrilling debut novel which captured my imagination from the very first chapter. The story is set in a future society where economic meltdown has caused a block of countries calling themselves the United Nations Alliance to form. It is this society which the main character Alenna lives in as an orphan, her parents having been taken from her when she was ten years old.

I loved the setting of this book. There's a sense of complete isolation on the island - this is a place so remote that there's no obvious way to leave and no easy way to survive. The landscape is alien to the teenagers who arrive on the island and there is the added threat hanging over them that the life expectancy of residents is only eighteen years old. It was interesting seeing the way in which they each tried to adapt to their environment, with some settling in better than others.

Action packed from the very first page, the story took a complete change of direction near the end. There was a very surprising twist in the final few chapters which I didn't seem coming at all. I enjoyed the fact that Lisa M. Stasse kept me guessing and events never became predictable in the slightest.

I would have liked to have seen perhaps a little more romance in the book, as a relationship developments between Alenna and the gorgeous Liam but considering the circumstances, it's understandable why this had to take a bit of a back seat. Hopefully this will be developed more as the series progresses.

Enormously enjoyable, I loved 'The Forsaken' and can't wait to read the next book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book perfect for hunger games lovers 1 Nov 2012
By GG
Format:Kindle Edition
i love this book. the way it grips you is so clever. i could not put it down. i recomed you read it. i love the twist at the end
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4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting YA dystopian
(Source: I borrowed a copy of this book.)
Alenna has been an orphan since the age of 10, when her parents were taken away by the government for being political dissidents. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Sarah
4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read
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Alenna is shocked when she wakes up on the wheel, an island where kids who fail the GPPT test are sent. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nerve tingling and page turning
The Forsaken opens with a prologue. Ten year old Alenna Shawcross witnesses the traumatic event of the police breaking into the family home and dragging her parents off making her... Read more
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my daughter couldn't put this book down, she loved it so much
if you like the hunger games you'll enjoy this
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I haven't read a lot of dystopia to tell you the truth. And when i've read Hunger Games, you might remember i was really not impressed and not only that but i did not manage to... Read more
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As a result of global unrest, economy collapse and resulting food shortages,... Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing!
I won't re-cap the plot synopsis because it tells you everything you need to know about the story but I will say that I was really looking forward to starting The Forsaken. Read more
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The Forsaken is a particularly engrossing debut that kept me reading until 4am. I just couldn't put the book down after I started reading it; I totally hadn't been planning to stay... Read more
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