Tested by Anna Monders

 

Humanity was almost wiped out in the "Great Dying" when a company called GenIn stepped in to make sure that those with the best genetics would survive and help lead the future. Mikayla is one of the genetic elites, and she has prepared her whole life for the test that will get her into the Elite Scholars program. Her score of 94 places her high up in the social hierarchy, above the "Defectives" and the "Expendables." But Mikayla's world is shaken by a genetic test that shows she may not actually be elite, and a family secret that connects her to the defectives and expendables she has spent her life denigrating. This book asks the question, when you know that the society you live in is corrupt and that you've been fed lies your whole life, to what length will you go to make amends and try to change the system? The book centers around Mikayla's friendship with a lower-scoring boy from her past as well as some teenagers who have been caught in the lesser levels of the caste system. Tested is recommended for middle school book collections where science fiction and dystopian books are popular.