Waiting On Wednesday (39)

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly blog post hosted by Breaking The Spine. For this week's Waiting On Wednesday I chose *drumroll* The Disappeared by C.J. Harper

Author: C.J. Harper
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Simon&Schuster UKExpected Publication:
January 31,2013
In a future where children are segregated into institutions that range from comfortable “Learning Communities” to prison-like “Local Academies”, seventeen-year-old Jackson is an academic high flyer, living in a top Learning Community and destined for a position in the Leadership. But when he is sent with his best friend Wilson to deliver a package to a factory block, the two boys are attacked, leaving Jackson badly beaten and Wilson dead.

Confused and upset, Jackson returns to his Learning Community only to be dismissed by his teachers who claim not to know him. Sent to an Academy, an institute set up to train factory workers, Jackson finds himself immersed in a world that couldn’t be further removed than the comfortable life he’s used to; a harsh, violent, semi-articulate society where the students have created their own hierarchy based on fighting ability.

Using his wits to survive, Jackson starts to realize that his whole life has been based on half-truths. And in order to survive he needs to expose the lies that surround the Academy and find out the truth about who he really is. As he builds alliances and begins to educate those closest to him, a plan for rebellion and escape gradually comes into shape...

Why Am I Waiting
This book sounds so different than anything else I've read lately. It's also neat to see a British Dystopian. I can't wait to read this and hope it lives up to my expectations.

That wraps up my Waiting on Wednesday, leave me the link to yours so I can check it out as well! Have you heard of this book? If so, Do you plan on reading it? What do you think of the cover? Let me Know In The Comments Below! I love reading your responses.