Overpopulation
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Last published Tue, Jun 28, 2016
Emma a seventeen year old girl is living in a world where the earth is overpopulated with over fifteen billon people, but soon that will all change with the governments new plan to put teenagers through trials to test their strength, capability to work with others, intelligence and health. If they do not fit the requirements they will be executed to control and regulate the worlds population.
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