YA Dystopian series. Girl goes through a rite of passage by crossing a river with her brother, discovers she's not ordinary but is special, taken away by guards. Title: The Ordinary? Read 2010-2015.

[Rowan]

I'm trying to find a book series I read as a kid. The story follows a girl who all her life has thought she was ordinary but when she goes to complete a rite of passage by crossing a river with her brother and is taken by guards to the city where the special (powerful) people live she realizes she is actually special because she isn't getting the power suppressing injections that she got at home from her mother.

Ive looked everywhere and even asked Chat GPT but nobody can find it. Plese let me know if you know the book and where I can find it!

[Jade]

Can you remember the approximate year you read this? When you say as a kid, do you mean it was a children's series, middle grade, young adult, etc?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

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[Kris]

Rowan, I copied book details to the topic header. Feel free to edit it.

Around what year did you read this book? A range of years is fine (e.g., 1980s, before 2000).

[Rowan]

Read in 2010-2015 time range

[David]

Hi, Rowan.

What makes this girl (and the other people) special?

Does this realization happens early in the book?

[Irene]

Is it Exceptional by Jess Petosa? It was published in 2012.
From the description: Ally is an Ordinary; a human immune to the virus. She lives in a settlement outside the City with her mother and twin brother, but lately it doesn't seem to be enough. She is wrestling between being with her family and volunteering to move to the City, where she can work for the Exceptionals.

Just a guess, I found it by googling "YA dystopia series Ordinary", and it came up as the name of the third book in this series.

[Kris]

Amazon's preview (sample) of Exceptional by Jess Petosa - Irene's suggestion:

- https://www.amazon.com/Exceptional-Je...
- There are different cover images.

Quotes from the book:

- The walk to the boundary was about twenty minutes, which gave them just enough time to do the jump and then run back to the settlement for the feast.
- The boundary line was actually a small creek...
- The Guard laughed. "I don't care why you are over here... You are now in the custody of the City, and you'll be coming with us."