Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund

Aerin Redding has been enslaved for six years on a distant planet when the ship her father was flying crashlanded. Now Aerin has had enough of the beatings, hard labor, and too little to eat. She repairs her father's ship and barely escapes out of the planet's atmosphere before the ship starts falling apart again. Sending out an SOS she hopes will be heard, Aerin hopes to be rescued. Aerin is taken aboard a merchant ship where she begins to heal from her enslavement. The merchant ship's captain encourages her to take the entrance exam for Academy 7, an exclusive school for only the smartest students in preparation to serve as protectors of the Alliance, Aerin makes top scores and is admitted. While at Academy 7, she meets Dane Madousin, a rebellious son of a high ranking officer in the Alliance and overcritical dad. Both harbor a secret that will tear their lives apart but without each other nothing will ever be right.

I liked this book - full of adventure, mystery, and characters who seem real. The book moves quickly and is easy to read. Students stay at Academy 7 for three years so I foresee two more books in the series.

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