Possession (32 page)

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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition June 2011

Copyright © 2011 by Elana Johnson

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Designed by Mike Rosamilia

The text of this book was set in Berling LT.

Manufactured in the United States of America

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Johnson, Elana.

Possession / Elana Johnson. — 1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.

p. cm.

Summary: In a world where Thinkers control the population and Rules are not meant to be broken, fifteen-year-old Violet Schoenfeld must make a choice to control or be controlled after learning truths about her “dead” sister and “missing” father.

ISBN 978-1-4424-2125-7

[1. Science fiction. 2. Rules (Philosophy)—Fiction. 3. Brainwashing—Fiction.

4. Insurgency—Fiction. 5. Missing persons—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.J64053Pos 2011   [Fic]—dc22   2010034675

ISBN 978-1-4424-2391-6 (eBook)