The Innocence Treatment

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Roaring Brook Press, Oct 17, 2017 - Young Adult Fiction - 256 pages

You may believe the government protects you, but only one girl knows how they use you.

Lauren has a disorder that makes her believe everything her friends tell her—and she believes everyone is her friend. Her innocence puts her at constant risk, so when she gets the opportunity to have an operation to correct her condition, she seizes it. But after the surgery, Lauren is changed. Is she a paranoid lunatic with violent tendencies? Or a clear-eyed observer of the world who does what needs to be done?

Told in journal entries and therapy session transcripts, Ari Goelman's The Innocence Treatment is a collection of Lauren's papers, annotated by her sister long after the events of the novel. A compelling YA debut thriller that is part speculative fiction and part shocking tell-all of genetic engineering and government secrets, Lauren's story is ultimately an electrifying, propulsive, and spine-tingling read.

 

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Contents

Section 1
2
Section 2
4
Section 3
8
Section 4
12
Section 5
14
Section 6
19
Section 7
29
Section 8
31
Section 22
108
Section 23
111
Section 24
115
Section 25
130
Section 26
135
Section 27
167
Section 28
173
Section 29
176

Section 9
33
Section 10
38
Section 11
42
Section 12
48
Section 13
51
Section 14
62
Section 15
65
Section 16
73
Section 17
76
Section 18
79
Section 19
98
Section 20
102
Section 21
107
Section 30
187
Section 31
192
Section 32
196
Section 33
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Section 34
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Section 35
214
Section 36
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Section 37
225
Section 38
235
Section 39
251
Section 40
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Copyright

Other editions - View all

The Innocence Treatment
Ari Goelman
Limited preview - 2017
The Innocence Treatment
Ari Goelman
No preview available - 2018

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2017)

Ari Goelman is the author of the middle-grade novel The Path of Names. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his family.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Innocence Treatment
AuthorAri Goelman
Editionannotated
PublisherRoaring Brook Press, 2017
ISBN162672881X, 9781626728813
Length256 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Young Adult Fiction / Dystopian
Young Adult Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
Young Adult Fiction / Science Fiction / General
  
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