Darkest Minds, The (Bonus Content) (Darkest Minds Novel, A) (Paperback)
Staff Reviews
After a weird virus gives children different abilities, they’re taken by the government and detained in camps to keep them from causing more destruction than they have already. After years in her camp, Ruby surprisingly escapes and finds herself on the run with two other escapees on their way to find a safe haven for kids like them. I’ve read this book around three times, and every time I love Bracken’s take on the superhuman novel. -- Makayla R., Colfax Café Manager
— From Staff PicksWhen Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government "rehabilitation camp." She might have survived the mysterious disease that killed most of America's children, but she and the others emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.
Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.
But when the truth about Ruby's abilities--the truth she's hidden from everyone, even the camp authorities--comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. On the run, she joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp: Zu, a young girl haunted by her past; Chubs, a standoffish brainiac; and Liam, their fearless leader, who is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can't risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.
While they journey to find the one safe haven left for kids like them--East River--they must evade their determined pursuers, including an organization that will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. But as they get closer to grasping the things they've dreamed of, Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.
"A riveting, emotional read that kept me on the edge!"—<em style="font-size: 11px; background-color: rgb(240, 248, 255);">New York Times</em><span style="f
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“Bracken’s latest maintains constant tension…A new twist on dystopia, this is one not to miss.”—Romantic Times
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“Haunting. . . Bracken creates a gripping and terrifying dystopian world."—Kirkus Reviews
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“The story’s quick-paced action leads to a heartbreaking cliffhanger that will have readers eager for the next book.”—Publishers Weekly