Contributor

Contributor trilogy, book 1

by Nicole Ciacchella

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Pub Date Sep 04 2012 | Archive Date Mar 30 2014

Description

When the Great Famine threatened the existence of mankind, the Creators saved humanity. Humanity has been their loyal subject ever since.

This history has been ingrained in seventeen-year-old Dara Morrow since her first day of Creator-sponsored school. Grateful for the life-giving necessities her Creator provides, Dara is thrilled to be one of three students chosen for an elite, year-long apprenticeship program. Now is her chance to prove herself a devoted Contributor.

But Dara’s competition is ruthless and will stop at nothing to win the competition. Worse yet, her exacting master has little patience for her.

Then Dara’s mother is seriously injured, and Dara realizes the price of being a Contributor: once you’ve outlived your usefulness, you’re discarded. Can Dara learn to manipulate the system to save not only herself, but everyone she loves?

Advance Praise

"This book is brilliantly constructed. I was immediately taken by how much it sucked me in.

Every aspect of the world is carefully crafted and intricately designed, but it is up to Dara (and us) to figure out how things really are.

I read this in one sitting because I couldn't put it down."

"This book snuck up on me. I started reading it thinking, "This could be good," and, "Hey, this is pretty interesting," and somewhere along the line it turned into, "What do you MEAN I have to put the book down I'm NOT DONE."