T he Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, is a sci fi book about dystopian future where tennagers have a disease which adults are scared of. There are 5 types of the disease and each type is a different power. Some can control other people's minds, some play with fire/cause explosions, some are extremely intelligent, some can move objects with their minds and some can control electricity. Ruby, the protagonist, can control other people's minds and erase the memoriesthey have of her. She was classified as one of the really intelligent ones by accident. All teenagers, including Ruby, are taken away to camps much like those during the holocaust except they're not as violent. Psi (the adults that work at the camps), keep an eye on all the teens, they are all afraid of their abilities and treat them like freaks. No kid is left roaming around if a Psi has them in their sight. Ruby manages to escape with the help of one of the Psi, who works with an organization that supposedly rescues kids so they can use their powers freely, but really they use the kids as weapons against the government. The main conflict in the story right now is that Ruby isn't sure if she should trust these people, she has a bad feeling about it all and she feels like running away from them, even though they bailed her out of Thurmond, the camp she was in. So long the book is really engaging, Ruby's character is still a mystery and so is the Psi who helped her escape but still you are emotionally attached to Ruby's character, although not to the rest of the characters in the book. So far this book is awesome and I really hope it stays that way.
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