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Invitation to the Game

Name: Invitation to the Game
Rating: 3.79 (5674 reviews)
Author: Monica Hughes

Monica Hughes February 25, 1991

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Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their “Designated Area” until the government invites them to play The Game

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