What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. Main Character in a girl, and a group of children live in a "school" with teachers, who make them believe that they are the only hope to save the world. [s]
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I remember that there is a little girl, and she lives in the middle of nowhere with other children like her. They have almost no outside communication other than a radio. The "teacher" uses that radio to send messages to the outside world (I don't remember what it was but I think it was about how these kids are the only hope for humanity).
Every day, they would do exercises to improve their abilities. For example, following through a maze on paper while blindfolded. (However, they did not do very well, as they are only human). One day, they decided to do a mind-reading exercise. Each person took turns guessing what the other kids were thinking. The girl, using her past knowledge of each of her friends (their passions, what they liked, what they liked to think of, etc.), and guess every one of them correctly. One boy was thinking of scorpions.
For food, they ate canned meals and rationed them because they were scarce. Some days, the "teachers" would leave the "school" in a car and come back with more food. However, the children did not know where they always went, and they would not tell them.
Once, the "teacher" took the girl to the so-called "ocean" and showed her how awful and hopeless it was. The "ocean" was almost dried out and was full of murky brown water. It looked very polluted with trash floating around. The teacher told her that this was what the world had become. That is used to be blue and beautiful. That now, they were the only hope to save the world.
One day (I don't remember how) but she managed to escape? she was by herself and on a hiking trail pretty far away from their "school". She met another man, who looked like a fellow civilian on a hike. Either he asked her for directions, or she asked him (I don't remember) but he showed her his phone at one point. She was obviously fascinated, describing it as some kind of odd rectangle thing with moving pictures. Some kind of exchange was made, and he told her that the place she came from was an old military camp.
She also saw the real ocean and found out that the teacher was lying to her. The other "ocean" she looked at was just a lake (a small body of water I think).
Eventually, the children were saved. Using the radio, I remember. The children communicated with each other.
I'm not so clear about the ending.
I would really appreciate it if you knew the title of this book, it was a childhood favorite that I checked out at the library. Thanks!