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The Treatment: The Program, Book 2

By Joe Applegate, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 14+

Fast thriller turns into fairly tame adventure-romance.

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Concluding The Program, which presented a creepy world of rampant suicide and government intervention, The Treatment devolves into a classic romance with the heroine choosing between two admirers. Being on the run from a government effort to kill or lobotomize fugitive kids is rendered in paper-thin detail. When true love's never in doubt, the result may be uplifting, but not for long, no matter how fast the story unfolds.

Book Details

  • Author: Suzanne Young
  • Genre: Romance
  • Topics: Adventures , Friendship
  • Book type: Fiction
  • Publisher: Simon Pulse
  • Publication date: April 29, 2014
  • Publisher's recommended age(s): 14 - 18
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Available on: Nook, Hardback, Kindle
  • Last updated: July 12, 2017

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