The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau
The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau
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The Testing

Author: Joelle Charbonneau

Series: Testing #1

Narrator: Casey Holloway

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 02/01/2022


Synopsis

The opening volume in the New York Times bestselling Testing trilogy. In Cia's dystopian society, it's an honor to be chosen for The Testing. But it’s not enough to pass the Test. Cia will have to survive it.It’s graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating. All Cia can think about—hope for—is whether she’ll be chosen for The Testing, a United Commonwealth program that selects the best and brightest new graduates to become possible leaders of the slowly revitalizing post-war civilization.When Cia is chosen, her father finally tells her about his own nightmarish half-memories of The Testing. Armed with his dire warnings (”Cia, trust no one”), she bravely heads off to Tosu City, far away from friends and family, perhaps forever. Danger, romance—and sheer terror—await.“The Testing is a chilling and devious dystopian thriller that all fans of The Hunger Games will simply devour. Joelle Charbonneau writes with guts and nerve but also great compassion and heart. Highly recommended.”—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin and Flesh & BoneThe Testing trilogy is:The TestingIndependent StudyGraduation Day

About Joelle Charbonneau

Joelle Charbonneau has performed in opera and musical-theater productions across Chicagoland. She is the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Testing trilogy and the bestselling Dividing Eden series, as well as two adult mystery series and several other books for young adult readers. Her YA books have appeared on the Indie Next List, YALSA’s Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, and state reading lists across the country. Joelle lives in the Chicago area with her husband and son. www.joellecharbonneau.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathleen on June 24, 2014

Very disappointing ending to the series. There were so many little things that irritated in this book. Her magical, omnipresent bag of holding, for example. It's always there, and it contains anything and everything. At one point I thought the bag was the author having a sly joke with the reader, bu......more

Goodreads review by Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ on July 09, 2023

Cia hat die gefährliche Auslese überlebt, aber viele ihrer Mitstreiter mussten sterben. Diese gefahrvolle Auslese soll endlich ein Ende haben. Cia ist bereit, dafür zu kämpfen, doch alleine schafft sie es nicht. Ihre Gegner sind zu stark. Werden Cias Freunde ihr beistehen können? Wem kann Cia vertra......more

Goodreads review by Jilly on May 10, 2017

Well, thank God we have Cia in the future because she seems to be the lone possible savior of the entire world. Literally. Even the president needs this teenage girl to save what is left of the country because she has not one other person in all of her government that can do what Super Cia can do! S......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on June 26, 2014

I just can't get past the Mary Sue main character. She seems to have an intimate knowledge of EVERYTHING, so she never has to ask people questions or consult books. She is the only trustworthy person in the entire novel, so much so that the president asked her alone to commit the act that would prev......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on October 28, 2015

Reading the final book in a trilogy,most of all in dystopian is always a dread for me (especially after having read the Divergent series),'cause I never wanted to experience any more frustrations after having read an awesome starting of the series,when at the final book,you'll only be devastated on......more