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Spectrum

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asd autism modern-dystopian sci-fi science-fiction

In this society, the autism rate is in one in every four children. With no cure in sight and no one willing to support the increasing rate of autism and accept it, the government creates a program known as Spectrum to kill all known autistics if they can't be seen as a cure.
Mariah Jean has been lucky and has hidden from Spectrum for seven years now. However, when new testing is formed, she is Spectrum's newest patient. Nothing is as it seems when fate brings Mariah to be a cure possibility, and the world she knew is shaken forever.

(Copyright of Ciara Sprague "ciaraschasingstars" 2014. All rights reserved.)All Rights Reserved

asd autism modern-dystopian sci-fi science-fiction

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