Rite of Rejection by Sarah
Negovetich
Releasing
December 4th, 2014
Straight-laced, sixteen-year-old
Rebecca
can’t wait for her Acceptance.
A fancy ball, eligible bachelors, and her debut as an official member
of society.
Instead, the Machine rejects Rebecca. Labeled as a future criminal,
she’s
shipped off to a life sentence in a lawless penal
colony.
A
life behind barbed wire fences with the world’s most dangerous people terrifies Rebecca. She
reluctantly joins a band of misfit teens in a risky escape
plan, complete with an accidental fiancé she’s almost certain she can
learn to love. But freedom
comes with a price. To escape a doomed future and prove her innocence Rebecca must
embrace
the criminal within.
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the cover? Go on then and read the first
chapter...
One
Before
You Stands the Future.
The dark-red banner strung
across the storefront awning matches the dozens of others lining the
streets of
the shopping district. Each one with the same clock counting down to Acceptance. Tomorrow morning can’t get here soon
enough.
I push the glowing blue button and the door slides open with a staccato puff of air. Overhead, an electric
bell dings
as I shuffle into the upscale boutique packed with other Candidates.
Cheryl is right behind me, bouncing
on her toes with each
step. My mother would die of embarrassment if I showed the same lack of
decorum
as my best friend, but I’m bouncing on the inside. Our mothers walk in
behind
us and the door slides shut with another whoosh of
air.
We visited half the shops in Cardinal City
this morning in our search for the perfect dresses and dyed-to-match
shoes. I got a thrill buying my
first pair of silk gloves, Cheryl
and I gushing over the tiny pearl buttons, but this is the purchase I’m
looking forward to the
most. Shelves bursting with dance cards cover every square inch of wall space. Dozens of girls sigh and squeal over
the small books we’ll use to record the names of our dance partners for
tomorrow’s ball. I wipe damp palms against the cool material of my skirt and force
myself to focus on the goal. One of these books is the perfect one for me.
Hopefully, by
the end of tomorrow night, it will hold the name of my future
husband.
Sarah
Negovetich knows you don't know how to pronounce her name and she's
okay with
that. Her first love is Young Adult novels, because at seventeen the world is
your oyster. Only oysters are slimy and more than a little salty; it's accurate
if not exactly motivational. We should come up with a better
cliché.
Sarah divides her time between writing YA books that her husband won’t read and
working with amazing authors as an agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency.
Her life’s goal is to be only a mildly embarrassing mom when her kids hit
their teens.
or follow her antics on Twitter
@SarahNego.
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