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.