{"id":3279,"date":"2016-11-02T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2016-11-09T17:19:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T01:19:41","slug":"the-testing-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2016\/the-testing-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Testing — teen review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review by Jacob Chon, grade 9<\/p>\n

The Testing<\/em> by Joelle Charbonneau<\/h2>\n

Summary: In a world after chemical bombing and total warfare has decimated the globe, Malencia Vale, daughter of an agricultural scientist, is chosen for the Testing, a government program that is made to find the next leaders of the world. \u00a0Her family is ecstatic, but her father tells her to not trust anyone. \u00a0Malencia immediately makes new friends and enemies at the Testing Center, but something is off. \u00a0Those who fail tests are never seen again. \u00a0Then one of their tests involves dropping them in the middle of a wasteland. Their only goal: survive and make it to the finish line. \u00a0However, there are limited spots and in the days that follow, Malencia witnesses her friends kill to win. \u00a0Will she make it out alive or will she become one those who disappear?<\/p>\n

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The Testing seems like an ordinary book at first riding on the coattails of <\/span>The<\/span><\/i> Hunger Games<\/span><\/i>, but it is unique. \u00a0The humanity of the characters and the hard decisions of killing their friends they make puts it above most copycats. \u00a0This is a good read for those who liked <\/span>Divergent<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>The Hunger Games<\/span><\/i>. \u00a0I would give it a solid 4\/5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Find this book in our catalog: The Testing<\/a><\/p>\n

Call Number: YA FIC Charbonneau, J<\/p>\n

344 pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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