The Testing
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
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Joelle Charbonneau
The opening volume in the New York Times bestselling Testing trilogy. In Cia's dystopian society, it's an honor to be chosen for The Testing. But it’s not enough to pass the Test. Cia will have to survive it.It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization.When Cia is chosen, her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing. Armed with his dire warnings (”Cia, trust no one”), she bravely heads off to Tosu City, far away from friends and family, perhaps forever. Danger, romance—and sheer terror—await.“The Testing is a chilling and devious dystopian thriller that all fans of The Hunger Games will simply devour. Joelle Charbonneau writes with guts and nerve but also great compassion and heart. Highly recommended.”—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin and Flesh & BoneThe Testing trilogy is:The TestingIndependent StudyGraduation Day
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Author
Joelle Charbonneau
Pages
352
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2013-06-04
ISBN
0544035690 9780544035690
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"I immediately fell in love with this trilogy."
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"I did not expect this book to be so good! It's like Divergent and The Hunger Games had a baby, and their distant cousin is The Maze Runner. If you are a fan of any of those books, I highly recommend! I'm excited to listen the next book!"
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"I don't know... I thought the idea and the plot were pretty interesting if not unoriginal coming out of 2013. I definitely understand why it hasn't had the lasting power of some other dystopian books, but I do plan on finishing the series!"
Lize
"Absolutely loved this series! This was like The Hunger Games and Divergent combined but I liked it more than Divergent !! So many plot twists and suspenseful moments "
McKenzie Bahr
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Aubry Bahr
"Highly unrated gem! Great dystopian novel great for anyone who like hunger games, divergent, I’m surprised this didn’t do better! It’s actually amazing! "
Eric G
"#dystopian #youngadult #action_and_adventure #romance "
Vicki S.
"I still remember it and almost reread it once. It was good but nothing great- plus it’s just a knock off version of the hunger games with Cia instead of Katniss. Still love a good hunger games book though."
harper lukacsko
"4.5 Stars<br/><br/>This was a great time. I was in the mood for a dystopian and this was sitting on my shelf for a while but I couldn’t remember the content. This was an interesting concept; government deciding how history is told, testing others for “the sake of the greater good”, lies and corruption and all the fixings. The FMC, CIA, was a young and naive pacifist who works her way into being selected for the Testing. I didn’t mind her, except when she didn’t heed her father’s warning to trust nobody and trusted Tomas, who seems to be the MMC. I don’t trust Tomas and his possessiveness makes sense for a boy his age but not for the depth, or lack thereof, of their relationship. Will surprised me and I feel bad for some of the students that don’t get to “graduate”. All and all, it was a fun time and I’m going to finish the series."
Jay Hector
"A really good dystopian book. A must read for me."
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