Wither by Lauren DeStefano

Details

Publisher:  Simon & Schuster (2011)

Pages:  358

Content:  L- Mild, S- Kissing, Mention of sex, V- Moderate
Recommended Age:  15+
Source:  Dorchester County Library


Front Flap Description
What if you knew exactly when you would die?
   Thanks to modern science, every newborn has become a ticking genetic time bomb--males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty.  In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out.
   When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege.  Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose:  to escape--to find her twin brother and go home.
   But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom.  Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments.  With the help of Gabriel, a servant she is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limited time she has left.

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