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Trapped in a parallel universe where it is illegal to be overweight, sixteen-year-old Morgan Campbell is on the run with Billy Foster, the boy who helped her escape Camp Willowmoss, the Federally Assisted Thinning (F.A.T.) center where they were both held prisoner. With nowhere to go, and no resources, they fear for their lives as they hide from the Enforcers who would capture them. Morgan has six weeks until the right date, at which time she can pass back through the portal that brought her to this world.Will she be able to stay free until that date arrives, or will the Enforcers find her and lock her up, condemning her to live in this dangerous reality forever?

355 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2013

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Christine Kersey

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Christine loves to read, but also loves to write suspenseful stories. She enjoys camping and hiking with her family and watching movies. Check out her website: christinekersey.com

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121 reviews1 follower
December 5, 2013
Yea! A wonderful conclusion (Or IS it the end?) To an awesome trilogy! I particularly enjoyed the fact that the ending was not all rose petals & unicorns. Or "it was all a bad dream!" Good job, Christine! I'll be keeping my eye out for the next one.
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283 reviews46 followers
January 25, 2015
A great ending to the trilogy. It seemed kinda crazy at times but I like how the author expounded more on the characters. Though it wasn't the most well written trilogy I've read it definitely was enjoyable to read. It was very well imagined ... I've never read a story like it.
7,710 reviews47 followers
May 7, 2017
HUNTED by Christine Kersey Morgan on the run again, this time with. Billy, as they escaped from F A T center. With zero resources, and six weeks before the portal to retiurn to the world with her family. November 10 , she now realizes no other date will work. Enforcers are after them, a guy, motions to help them. Is he to be trusted. Billy leads here to Nick, his group, they want her to stay, she has information they need about the Enforcers. He's needed there, and she needs him, but wanting home. Story continues with AFTER Given ARC for my voluntary review and my honest opinion.
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9 reviews3 followers
June 13, 2018
This was a good series! Definitely read them in order. The ending kinda shocked me with a few things thrown in there. It ended how I wanted and expected, but it still kept me on edge with everything the author threw in at the end. I was so glad Billy ended up in her world, and that she killed Hansen at the end. He shocked me when he showed up at the tunnel, but then again thinking back I figured it would happen. I am just glad he didn't capture Morgan and make her miss her chance to go back home.
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345 reviews1 follower
October 25, 2019
Good five star!

Ms. Kersey has a real quick mine and is an excellent author to write this series. I enjoyed reading this series very much and recommend it to everyone. I read the series frist before it was revised. That was several years ago. I remembered the general outline, but not enough details to spoil reading it again.
3 reviews
July 5, 2021
The story held my attention the entire time

I give this book five stars. I enjoyed the story so far in the first three series and I can't wait to read the next book. The story kept my attention the whole time. I've read many books from other authors and I must say, I enjoyed Christine Kersey's books the best.
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14 reviews
April 18, 2022
Dare to Defy

This story really pulled me in. I'm an over weight person. The parallel world Morgan finds herself in is horrible.
The Federal Assisted Thinning is without a doubt a terrible place to get sent to.
955 reviews8 followers
December 10, 2017
A good conclusion to a good series! I didn't realize it was a young adult book until I was to far in to stop
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3,418 reviews63 followers
May 19, 2018
Wow. This has been one of the best series I have ever read in my life. Incredible storyline. I simply devoured these books one after another. Pure genius!!!
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168 reviews1 follower
June 22, 2018
Good Read

The plots a little more improbable than I would’ve liked, but if you have an afternoon on the beach, it’s a quick read.
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Author 9 books149 followers
March 16, 2014
Okay...I did get sucked into the parallel universe and after reading the first one for free...and it ended on a cliff-hanger, the second wasn't expensive so I got it to see where the story went, and by the time I got to the end of the second one I HAD to get this third one to see if she got home, to see if her other self got back, to see what happened to her family and her sister, and to see what happened to Billy.

A little wordy, so I skimmed some but at least I didn't want to throw it at a wall. Not world shaking but it was interesting and well thought out. So I enjoyed it even though it was wordy :-)
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37 reviews66 followers
January 10, 2014
Slow in places, but overall, a pretty good series. It lacked the world building that a lot of dystopian fiction has but the foundation is there and hopefully with the next book we'll get more of it, from the Resistance side of things.
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March 9, 2014
Another futuristic story with a female 16 yr old heroine. This time, she stumbles into a parallel universe where being fat is against the law. Hunger Games, Divergent, Pretties equivalent? Not hardly, but I do believe 13-15 yr old girls may enjoy the story.
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Author 47 books47 followers
March 12, 2016
I jumped right into this book after finishing book 2. I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. An exciting conclusion to the series, with the promise of some follow-up with each of the characters in subsequent books, which are on my to-read list.
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633 reviews4 followers
February 28, 2014
I loved this series. It is so possible for this to be true in the future. I think I better get on a diet ); lol
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340 reviews9 followers
March 16, 2014
Trilogy

Trilogy








I just loved this trilogy and can't wait to
for the next two books to come out. It will be good to see what happens to both Morgan's.


3 reviews
May 8, 2014
Parallel trilogy

these 3 books left me sitting on the end of my seat. I couldn't put it down. very good reading.

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56 reviews2 followers
August 16, 2014
Really enjoying this series! Highly recommend .
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44 reviews1 follower
November 1, 2014
I love this story a lot and couldn't wait to read Morgan and Billy's new adventure in their new life in After.
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675 reviews3 followers
March 28, 2016
I liked this book a lot. It is as good exciting and the characters were interesting. I loved the end.
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February 5, 2015
Worth reading the first two books again. Greayt trilogy, but am very glad to now reading the book After to learn what happens after the trilogy.
73 reviews1 follower
February 19, 2015
Great!

This was such a good story. The imagination of the author is broad. I love all of her other stories as well!
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118 reviews1 follower
March 10, 2015
This series of books would make a GREAT movie! Full of action and suspense, made me want to keep reading!
217 reviews1 follower
August 7, 2015
I could not believe what happened in this installment! The story resolved to my satisfaction, but I found myself wanting to know more.
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1,463 reviews8 followers
November 27, 2015
The third book in the series. Morgan steps up a bit here, but she does some very stupid things. The whole idea of getting to a parallel universe through a tunnel lets the whole series down.
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