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The Darkest Minds
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0 · 260 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
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Sixteen-year-old Ruby escapes from a government-run rehabilitation camp where teens with dangerous powers are held after a devastating virus killed most American children. Her breakout launches a journey through a broken, post-apocalyptic America alongside other powered teens, with the story tracking her growth as a young woman confronting authority and her own abilities.
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- Dystopian: “breaks out of a government-run 'rehabilitation camp' for teens who acquired dangerous powers” source
- Post-Apocalyptic: “after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children” source
- Strong Heroine: “Sixteen-year-old Ruby breaks out of a government-run 'rehabilitation camp'” source
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