Alex Moore- Slated is a new beginning, a fresh start in life for the past
criminals, or is it. That is basically what Kyla is trying to figure out. In the beginning of the book Kyla comes home
from the hospital from being slated. She has terrible nightmares that can drop
her levels down to 1.0 and that is basically brain dead so that’s bad, but why
didn't she get knocked out or go brain dead? Kyla is different and she always
will be different than the other slated that is one of the first things she
figured out after she started to get out of that hospital and to see the real
world. Kyla is just starting to warm up to her family and her new mom and 19
year old sister, Amy, are always fussing over her.
At this point
all Kyla wants to do is start school, but they nurses won’t let her until she
starts to get more adjusted. She is forced to start group were slated people
like her are adjusting to their own families. That’s when she meets ben. Ben is
a handsome young boy and she likes him just by looking at him. Kyla later ends
up meeting ben at the circus where Kyla went with mom and Amy. She and ben end
up bonding and becoming friends over the strangest things.
Ok. Ben had
this friend named Tori. She was always following her around and insisting on
doing things with him. She was kind of a Debby downer to other people and not
the nicest person Kyla has ever met. But soon after Ben and Kyla meet Tori goes
missing. Ben and Kyla want to know what’s up, but in the mean time Kyla is
struggling to get along with school because much people at the school she just
started don't like slated people that much and tries to avoid them. Kyla soon
starts track With ben and they become friends and they are trying to figure out
the mystery of Tori gone missing. That is half way through the book and so far
it is really good.