The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
There's something wrong with children. When they reach the age of 10, they either drop dead or develop strange powers. As a result, those with powers are picked up and taken to camps. In these camps, they are sorted into colors based upon these powers. Blue and green are desirable because they are fairly complacent. Red, yellow and orange, not so much. Most of the children sorted into those colors have been killed. Ruby, our protagonist, is an orange, but has been masquerading as a green.
Somehow, members of The League find out that Ruby is an orange and help her get out of the camp, but it is so she can help them with their nefarious purposes. She escapes from them at an abandoned gas station, and takes up with some other fugitive kids from another camp: Chubs, Liam, and Zu. They are trying to find the Slip Kid, another escaped kid who helps escapees get back to their families. They finally find the Slip Kid, but he isn't what he appears to be either.
Apparently, this is the first book in a new trilogy or series, and since it is on the TAYSHAS list, I most likely won't read the next one.
This book was ok. There were parts where I couldn't wait to see what happened next, and others where I felt like I had to force myself to move on.
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