If you like all the postapocolyptic type books, this one is for you. I loved it. It's in a world where North America is the only continent "supposedly" left after a huge world war. There is a virus that is affecting the life span of children and no one has an anticdote for it. The life span for the new generation is 20-25 years. That young of an age has quite drastically changed things! Girls are getting pregnant at age 13 now, as soon as they possibly can. Wealthy people send what is called gatherers out to find girls to experiment on in order to hopefully find an anticdote. But this story follows Rhine as she and her twin brother are trying to make their life better after their scientist parents die in an explosion on their lab. She is kidnapped on her way to apply for a job and thrown in a van with a handful of other girls. Their are taken to the middle of nowhere and are put in a lineup. She and 2 other girls are chosen while the others are herded into the van and shot to death. The three girls chosen, Rhine, Jenna and Cecily, are to become sister wives to a man named Linden. Their sole purpose is to bear children for his family, but things don't always go according to plan. Cecily is a 13 year old ready to please her husband and get pregnant while Jenna is almost at the age of succumbing to the virus and Rhine just refuses her body to her husband. Jenna puts on an act towards everyone and Rhine ends up sneaking kisses and glances at a servant. Rhine has become first wife and is trying to use her privelages to escape. I'm not going to give anything else away and let you find out for yourself, but this story is GREAT. I would highly suggest it. It's more for highschool and up though, I don't think middle school age could handle it. It does talk about intimacy and childbirth, but no gory specifics. Happy Reading!
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