The Runners
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Living on a foreign planet wasn't easy even if it had been done for centuries. Though, C47 wasn't meant to last as long as that, they were running out of the resources they needed to survive. CJ Hofferson was just a prisoner, she just wanted to live out the rest of her days in the comfort of her cell. With the resources dwindling and the Committee willing to sacrifice the innocent, CJ has to act fast as the fate of the human race is put on the shoulders of a hundred-and-fifty young adults.
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