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The darkest minds / Alexandra Bracken.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Darkest minds ; 1.Publication details: London : Quercus, 2018.Description: 517 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781786540508 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813.6 23
Summary: Ruby is 16. She is dangerous. And she is alive. For now. A mysterious disease has killed most of America's children. Ruby might have survived, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse than a virus: frightening abilities they cannot control. Pressured by the government, Ruby's parents sent her to Thurmond, a brutal state 'rehabilitation camp', where she has learned to fear and suppress her new power. But what if mastering it is a whole generation's only chance for survival?
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Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F BRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R16142M0499

Originally published: New York: Hyperion, 2012.

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Ruby is 16. She is dangerous. And she is alive. For now. A mysterious disease has killed most of America's children. Ruby might have survived, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse than a virus: frightening abilities they cannot control. Pressured by the government, Ruby's parents sent her to Thurmond, a brutal state 'rehabilitation camp', where she has learned to fear and suppress her new power. But what if mastering it is a whole generation's only chance for survival?

Patron comment on 17/10/2019

The idea of kids not having adults to rely on was scary. I loved the action and the suspense. CC

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