The teachers have been replaced with military personal. The school doors are locked. We won't be going home until we're 22. And somehow, everyone seems to be ok with this. Everyone, that is, but me.
When Allie Thompson graduated, she thought she'd put high school behind her. But when a series of violent outbreaks by teens sends panic surging through the nation, high school is right where she finds herself again. Now transformed into what the government calls The Academie, what was once the public school system is now the permanent home of everyone 22 and under.
Torn from her boyfriend, her friends from college, her life, Allie doesn't take too well the Academie's militaristic nature or its 16 foot perimeter fences. Knowing she won't see her boyfriend for years and remembering all she's left behind, Allie plummets into depression. But when strange things being to happen and her brother disappears, Allie realizes that she must unravel the mystery that is The Academie-before it's too late!
Fans of Divergent (Veronica Roth), Delirium (Lauren Oliver), The Girl Who Dared to Think (Bella Forrest) and more will enjoy this scifi romance dubbed "a sweet love story" by Publisher's Weekly .Mystery, heartbreak, true love, unexpected friendships, and a dark secret await inside The Academie.
