Hit (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481423397)

In order to save her mother, a teen is forced to become an indentured assassin in this sizzling dystopian thriller.

No one reads the fine print.

The good news is that the USA is finally out of debt. The bad news is that we were bought out by Valor National Bank, and debtors are the new big game, thanks to a tricky little clause hidden deep in the fine print of a credit card application. Now, after a swift and silent takeover that leaves 9-1-1 calls going through to Valor voicemail, they're unleashing a wave of anarchy across the country.

Patsy didn't have much of a choice. When the suits showed up at her house threatening to kill her mother then and there for outstanding debt unless Patsy agreed to be an indentured assassin, what was she supposed to do? Let her own mother die?

Patsy is forced to take on a five-day mission to complete a hit list of ten names. Each name on Patsy's list has only three choices: pay the debt on the spot, agree to work as a bounty hunter, or die. And Patsy has to kill them personally, or else her mom takes a bullet of her own. Since yarn bombing is the only anarchy in Patsy's past, she's horrified and overwhelmed, especially as she realizes that most of the ten people on her list aren't strangers. Things get even more complicated when a moment of mercy lands her with a sidekick: a hot rich kid named Wyatt whose brother is the last name on Patsy's list. The two share an intense chemistry even as every tick of the clock draws them closer to an impossible choice.

Delilah S. Dawson offers an absorbing, frightening glimpse at a reality just steps away from ours--a taut, suspenseful thriller that absolutely mesmerizes from start to finish.

Author: Delilah S. Dawson
ISBN-10: 1481423398
ISBN-13: 9781481423397
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2015
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 184784 / Hit


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 108
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015
Booklist 03/01/2015 pg. 58
Romantic Times 04/01/2015 pg. 32 - Excellent
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2015 - Recommended - Readable
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2015