Her parents torn away from her, Easier to pretend she’s always been an orphan. Government mind drugs don’t work on her. Keeps her head down, keeps quiet. The government-mandated brain scan shows that she has  tendencies toward anti-social behavior and criminal violence, so 16-year-old Alanna Fanshawe is no more. All mention of her is erased … Continue reading The Forsaken, by Lisa M. Strasse (book review) – teens on prison island, survival at any cost