The Program

There is a suicide epidemic going on. Teenagers are committing suicide left and right. So society has created The Program, a way to erase all the bad memories and cure the teens. Only problem is, all your memories get erased until you barely know who you are anymore. Sloane's brother has committed suicide and she and his best friend James have been trying to cope. They turn to each other and fall in love. But the Program is always watching for signs that you are sick. When James starts to show the symptoms, Sloane tries to save him, but she can't and she watches as James is dragged into the Program. Her mother soon turns her in as well and Sloan finds herself undergoing 'treatment'. Fighting back is futile. As her memories of James are slowly stripped from her, she finds a friend in Realm, a boy who seems to know the ropes of the Program. He tries to help Sloane get by, but what are his true motives? Sloane is exited from the program with no memories but finds herself drawn to this boy- James. When she discovers a message she left herself, Sloane must decide what her and James's past was really all about and she needs to rely on Realm to help her. This was a frightening book that begs the reader to think about what memory they would save and how much of ourselves are made of memories. The Program will make me think for a long time to come. Happy Reading my friends!