The Testing (The Testing, #1)

by Joelle Charbonneau

I am an adult. Ever since I was little I watched my parents and the other adults and wished for the day I would be one of them—confident and strong. Never have I felt so unsure of myself.

any government that is willing to stand by and watch as candidates commit suicide or ingest poisonous plants because they gave a wrong answer won’t shrink from eliminating a man they might see as a threat.

The earth is resilient, but it’s hard to imagine a time when this place will be anything but a terrible reminder of what we as a people can do.