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In a Nutshell: Flame-hot dystopian thriller
This dynamo of dystopian YA, the first in the Dark Matter trilogy, sizzles with sinister science and supernatural intrigue.
12 year-old Callie has survived an epidemic and broken out of an institute where she was known only as Subject 369X. While she’s struggling to deal with her transformation into an unimaginably shocking state – the excruciating effect of her treatment - her beloved half-brother Kai is searching for her.
Enter Shay. Sharp-minded Shay has a photographic memory and remembers seeing Callie get into a car. As Shay and Kai try to piece together the mystery, the epidemic worsens. Schools are closed, a major army-administered quarantine operation is put into place, and Kai and his doctor mother are among the few who seem immune to the disease’s deadly grip.
And then Shay herself seems to survive it, but why? So many questions unravel and knot, knot and unravel, as this gripping story accelerates to a cliffhanger of a conclusion. When Shay works out what’s going on, she’s hit by her most devastating realisation yet, and readers will be left desperate for the trilogy’s second installment in order to find out where this new knowledge takes her.
Revenge, romance, ravaging disease, and a tenacious girl’s colossal survival instinct, this novel injects a high dose of adrenalin into the genre. ~ Joanne Owen
The first book in the spine-tingling Dark Matter trilogy about the frightening effects of a biological experiment gone wrong.
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The first book in the spine-tingling Dark Matter trilogy about the frightening effects of a biological experiment gone wrong.An epidemic is sweeping the country. Almost everyone will be infected.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Contagion and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Contagion features in the following genres: Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Recommendations, Featured Books for Young Adults, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Science Fiction, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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Contagion was written by Teri Terry and published by Charlesbridge
Contagion has 416 pages
Yes it is part of The Dark Matter Trilogy series
