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APRIL 26, 2010
Book Review: Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien
For those fans of Katniss in the Hunger Games, a new heroine has emerged in the book Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien. The story is set 300 years after Lake Michigan has completely dried up and become Unlake Michigan. Certain privileged classes now live in the walled city called the Enclave, while others live in the decrepit villages surrounding the Enclave. Villagers are required to give up up the first three babies born each month to be raised by families in the Enclave. Sixteen year old Gaia Stone helps her mother deliver village babies. Her parents are arrested one night and Gaia bravely attempts to enter the Enclave to rescue them. Will she succeed? Can she trust the son of the high est Enclave official, the Protectorat, or will he betray her and lead her to her death?
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