1st Entry

The Program...

   In my opinion a good book captivates you from the beginning and never lets go, well let's just say I'm captivated and I haven't even finished the second chapter. Imagine a world where teenagers were no longer free to be teenagers and would constantly have to hide their emotions and not be so flamboyant all the time. We wouldn't really be teenagers anymore would we? ( because let's face it that's all were made out of : mood swings and hormones) Well that is precisely what a teenager's reality is in this world. Where teenage suicide is an epidemic and the Program is the cure...

    So far I think I've met all the really important characters: Sloane, James , and Miller being the most important. Sloane is a quiet girl who lays low but not too low just because that's how things work in the program you don't really want to be noticed, in either direction. James is her boyfriend and currently my favorite character, only because he is so extremely supportive of her knowing that she just lost her brother to the "epidemic".
   Miller is sort of their third wheel and the reason for that is not because he isn't desirable (haha) no it's just one of the perks of the program. This is where being noticed can lead to miserable things, Lacey Thompson, Miller's girlfriend (well ex now that she can't remember , just wait I'll explain :D) was a strong girl. Little by little she started showing signs that she was withering away, signs that the Program looks for. She was sent away to treatment only weeks later. Here's the catch treatment consists of brainwashing the subject so they don't remember having any suicidal thoughts but it just so happens they don't remember anything else either. 

This is the program.. Makes me wonder if death isn't better.