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When the world has given up on you, who will you become?
As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do that to a girl. But Alenna can’t help but stand out when she fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have to take: The test says she has a high capacity for brutal violence, and so she is sent to The Wheel, a mysterious island where all would-be criminals end up.
The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.
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What a great question. I’ve experienced a lot of starting over growing up. I moved more than 50 times before I turned 18. Not all these experiences were good, going through them. But, I learned a lot and I grew. I had to. When you are forced to start over, it gives you a chance to take a more objective look at yourself and make changes that are sometimes long overdue. A do-over isn’t always a bad thing. Even if the experience is rough, it can still be a step to a positive future. This book sounds great! Thank you for the opportunity.
I hope that i would stay the same.
I imagine that I would change in order to survive, but I hope to have the same inner self.
If I was banished and had to start over I would most likely create a whole new identity for myself and become someone more interesting and awesome. Like a spy or professional bungee jumper or something =)
I say it’s important to create some kind of allegiance in a situation such as this, but never trust anyone. Always rely on instinct and become ruthless if that’s what it takes to stay alive!
I would definitely take the opportunity to reinvent myself. Make the best of a bad situation and become the me that I want to be, but am restrained from being. I want to be more of a free spirit.
the core of who I am would never change. circumstances do shape a person and can harden them or soften them. I always look for the deep side of a person and then play with the lightness of their personality. I love long term relationships and freindships
I would stay the same I suppose, but then if I had to start over, my personality would be mine, not that of the person all my friends grew up with.
I think I would cry and freak out. Then I hope I would become a stronger person. Only through problems do you grow as a person. I would probably stay in this country but move to Alaska.
I would change its a fresh start
I would change its a fresh start
I would completely reinvent myself and become something really cool.
For me, it depends on whether my life before was a good one for me or not because if it’s not I will definitely changed not because i wanted to escape my old life but because i wanted to prove to those people who hated and hurted me, that I am no longer that poor girl who can easily be manipulated by them. I will create my own plan on getting revenge but I will not let my family know about this because i dont want them o be involved on it. I will somehow get them to trust me again in case they forgot about me (because I chose to changed) and yeah the new me will be a better one this time
For me, it depends on whether my life before was a good one for me or not because if it’s not I will definitely changed not because i wanted to escape my old life but because i wanted to prove to those people who hated and hurted me, that I am no longer that poor girl who can easily be manipulated by them. I will create my own plan on getting revenge but I will not let my family know about this because i dont want them o be involved on it. I will somehow get them to trust me again in case they forgot about me (because I chose to changed) and yeah the new me will be a better one this time
For me, it depends on whether my life before was a good one for me or not because if it’s not I will definitely changed not because i wanted to escape my old life but because i wanted to prove to those people who hated and hurted me, that I am no longer that poor girl who can easily be manipulated by them. I will create my own plan on getting revenge but I will not let my family know about this because i dont want them o be involved on it. I will somehow get them to trust me again in case they forgot about me (because I chose to changed) and yeah the new me will be a better one this time
For me, it depends on whether my life before was a good one for me or not because if it’s not I will definitely changed not because i wanted to escape my old life but because i wanted to prove to those people who hated and hurted me, that I am no longer that poor girl who can easily be manipulated by them. I will create my own plan on getting revenge but I will not let my family know about this because i dont want them o be involved on it. I will somehow get them to trust me again in case they forgot about me (because I chose to changed) and yeah the new me will be a better one this time
For me, it depends on whether my life before was a good one for me or not because if it’s not I will definitely changed not because i wanted to escape my old life but because i wanted to prove to those people who hated and hurted me, that I am no longer that poor girl who can easily be manipulated by them. I will create my own plan on getting revenge but I will not let my family know about this because i dont want them o be involved on it. I will somehow get them to trust me again in case they forgot about me (because I chose to changed) and yeah the new me will be a better one this time
I would stay the same.
I would stay the same and never change.:)
I’d try to be a different person, because it might be interesting and I might end up liking who I was, but some things might be hard to change, such as my personality, so that would probably stay partly the same. I would probably travel around too, there are still lots of place I want to see and that would a pretty good reason to go visit them.
I’d stay the same. Just maybe a bit more tough, if you get through all that, you gotta get a thicker skin and let no one mess with you! 😉
I would probably stay the same, but change over time, unintentionally.
I would try and stay the same, at least on the inside, because I worked hard to get to know myself as well as I do now. 🙂
If I had to leave home, I’d definitely be a new person, at least on the outside. I’d wear more colors and travel and try my best to find my way back to my roots, even if it meant painting my nails black or signing up for the Peace Corps. I’d probably still be recognizable from the books crowded around my feet, though. :p
I think I’d probably try to become a new person because I’d want to start completely over after being banished from my family. I’d have to completely reinvent myself so I wouldn’t be constantly reminded of what I had to leave behind.
Technically, I’d still be the same person, but I’d still be different from who I am now because, hey, my entire life just changed, I’d be kind of weirded out if I was the exact same person but I wouldn’t have a 180 degree change on my personality
I would become a new person becuase then i would have nothing left if i lost evreything
actually i would stay the same because I love who I am right now, would you lose evreyone you care about, or just family, (which is a lot of peole i care about) 😉
I would become a stronger person and rebuild myself from the bottom up.
I would become a new person….starting with makeover. Another great excuse to shop!
I think I’d more or less be the same person. I mean yes I’d miss my family, but I don’t know that that would really change me. I’ve changed very little over the year, which is kind of surprising.
Being placed in a new environment, and trying to survive would challenge me. I believe that internally, I would be the person I am; but outwardly I would listen and learn new things.
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I wouldn’t necessarily become a new person, but I would be free to be more of who I am, not that I am not around my family, but there are certain things i would like to do or be and haven’t been able to because i’ve stayed at home or the family didn’t approve.
I would stay the same and Hold up a sign on the street that says ‘Will Work For Books’ 🙂
I would become a new person.
I believe the experience of losing all I care would make me a different person.
I would become completely different on the outside, change my name, my story, etc. But I think on the inside I would stay the same.
i would like to think i would be a better version of my self.
It would be a great chance to start over, so I’d try to be a different, somewhat better person. But I don’t know… maybe I’d end up just as I am. 🙂
Maybe I will and maybe I won’t. We never know. I just take whatever it is and makes a better of myself
I would want to completely become a new person but I don’t know if I would be strong enough to. I would probably try to start over and pick myself back up again. I would try and find who my inner self really is and try to become that self and do the best that I can in that bad situation. Awesome thought provoking question. Thanks for this awesome giveaway. =]
I would probably try to be someone else, but would end up acting like I do now…
I think I would pretty much stay the same but I would like to change/do some things differently. It would be interesting to see how everything turns out.
I would stay the same. I like the person who I am & don’t feel like I would need to change just because of circumstances. No matter what happened in the past, I would still want to hold onto the person I am now and stay the same . I would want to keep my same values, beliefs, likes and dislikes.
I think I would try to stay the same, because that’s what I’m comfortable with, but in a new situation, I’m bound to change.
I think I would change some of who I am, family does shape us, but I also think that life experiences and challenges shape who we are and if I were banished I would not want to be the entire person my family knows
I’d become someone new… a warrior maven sounds good.
I would also limit my associations and try to be independent and not draw much attention to myself.
I would definitely leave everything and have a complete change but that doesn’t mean I have to completely forget everything. 🙂
I would try my best to remain the same person that I am, however I would adapt myself to the current situation. I would have to slightly change my morals, if this were a survival of the fittest, but I would definitely try to remain the same person that I am today.