Variant (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062026088)

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.

He was wrong.

Now he's trapped in a school that's surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.

Where breaking the rules equals death.

But when Benson stumbles upon the school's real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape--his only real hope for survival--may be impossible.

Author: Robison Wells
ISBN-10: 0062026089
ISBN-13: 9780062026088
Publisher: Harperteen
Language: English
Published: 10/04/2011
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 147560 / Variant

Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee
Award: Truman Readers Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2011
Publishers Weekly 08/15/2011 pg. 73
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2011
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2011 pg. 413 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Booklist 10/15/2011 pg. 47
Shelf Awareness 10/21/2011
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/07/2011 pg. 40
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2011
School Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 132
Publishers Weekly 08/22/2011
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 116 - Recommended, Satisfactory