My book is Slated by Teri Terry. It takes place in the late 21st century, where the government in the United Kingdom got really strict and was now called the Central Coalition. The government and society is now runned by the Lorders. Who have found a new way to deal with criminals and instead of prisons or punishment, they slated. Slated criminals would get their memory wiped clean and, if they’re underage, they get assigned to a whole new family they’re supposed to treat as their own. All slated wear a device around their wrists that measures their moods and keeps things from getting out of hand called a levo. If they feel anything too strongly and above level 3, their Levo shuts them down and they black out in pain. Kyla is one of those who has been slated, she was slated nine months ago and was sent to
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After this incident, her art teacher asks them to draw about something they care about. The teacher, Mr. Gianelli draws Phoebe, which leads up to him being carried out of the school by lorders. Many innocent people have disappeared and the number of people being slated was increasing by the hour. In fact, all this ruckus has made many curious, such as Kyla and her sister Amy. To satisfy her curiosity she heads to her one of her new friend’s house with Ben, where she finds out that there is a large database of missing kids that were taken for what seemingly was no reason and her true identity as Lucy Connor. Ben wants to try and expose the government using this new knowledge. In order for Ben to carry out his goal of exposing the government, he needs to be stronger by taking off his levo bracelet and joining a group that is called the Antin Government Terrorist. Everyone knows that when taking a levo off it causes seizures and/or death. Despite that, Ben still takes the risk and tries to chop it off with Kyla helping him. He ends up having seizures and is taken away by the lorders. Kyla runs away just before they come, as she does not want to be blamed for
After this incident, her art teacher asks them to draw about something they care about. The teacher, Mr. Gianelli draws Phoebe, which leads up to him being carried out of the school by lorders. Many innocent people have disappeared and the number of people being slated was increasing by the hour. In fact, all this ruckus has made many curious, such as Kyla and her sister Amy. To satisfy her curiosity she heads to her one of her new friend’s house with Ben, where she finds out that there is a large database of missing kids that were taken for what seemingly was no reason and her true identity as Lucy Connor. Ben wants to try and expose the government using this new knowledge. In order for Ben to carry out his goal of exposing the government, he needs to be stronger by taking off his levo bracelet and joining a group that is called the Antin Government Terrorist. Everyone knows that when taking a levo off it causes seizures and/or death. Despite that, Ben still takes the risk and tries to chop it off with Kyla helping him. He ends up having seizures and is taken away by the lorders. Kyla runs away just before they come, as she does not want to be blamed for