Unwanteds

English

Series: The Unwanteds Ser.

ISBN: 1442407689

EAN: 9781442407688

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings/Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

Release Date: 01/15/2012

Age Range: 8-12

Synopsis: When Alex finds out he is Unwanted, he expects to die. That is the way of the people of Quill. Each year, all the thirteen-year-olds are labeled as Wanted, Necessary, or Unwanted. Wanteds get more schooling and train to join the Quillitary. Necessaries keep the farms running. Unwanteds are set for elimination. It???s hard for Alex to leave behind his twin, Aaron, a Wanted, but he makes peace with his fateuntil he discovers that instead of a ???death farm,??? what awaits him is a magical place called Artim . There, Alex and his fellow Unwanteds are encouraged to cultivate their creative abilities and use them magically. Everything Alex has ever known changes before his eyes, and it???s a wondrous transformation. But it???s a rare, unique occurrence for twins to be divided between Wanted and Unwanted, and as Alex and Aaron???s bond stretches across their separation, a threat arises for the survival of Artim that will pit brother against brother in an ultimate magical battle.

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Unwanteds

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 16.68 oz

Pages: 400