Variant
by:
Robison Wells (author)
Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life. He was wrong. Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have...
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Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life. He was wrong. Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive. Where breaking the rules equals death. But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780062026088 (0062026089)
Publish date: September 26th 2011
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages no: 373
Edition language: English
Series: Variant (#1)
This isn't one of those scare-you-straight schools, is it? -Benson Fisher At almost 18-years old, Benson Fisher just wanted a place he could belong and feel safe. After moving from foster family to foster family (33 since he entered the system at age 5), he really just wanted to stay in one place....
Ich habe erst 2 oder 3 wirklich gute Jugendthriller gelesen, von den meisten war ich eher enttäuscht….dann kam dieses Buch und es ist der beste Jugentthriller den ich bis jetzt gelesen habe. Ich bin richtig begeistert und kann nun kaum erwarten die Fortsetzung zu lesen. Benson war mir gleich sympath...
Fast-paced. Mysterious. Lots of twists and turns.
I really loved this book--a fast paced psychological thriller with a good bit of meat on its bones. A wide cast of nicely varied characters and lots going on, but a clear, strong plotline. And no swearing? Love it.
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