Variant

Name: Variant
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Author: Robison Wells
ISBN: 9780062111449

Author: Robison Wells

Series: Variant #1

Narrator: Michael Goldstrom

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/04/2011

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Action & Adventure Stories

Synopsis

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life. He was wrong. Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.Where breaking the rules equals death.But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.

About Robison Wells

Robison Wells is also the author of Blackout, Variant, and Feedback. Variant was a Publishers Weekly Best Book and a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Robison lives in the Rocky Mountains in a house not too far from elk pastures. His wife, Erin, is a better person than he will ever be, and their three kids cause mischief and/or joy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robison on February 26, 2011

That's a completely unbiased rating.......more

Goodreads review by karen on November 25, 2011

if anyone popped into my RA group looking for a book that was "not well-written, consistent, or plausible," i could hand them this book with full confidence. and i feel bad for saying that, i do. this book means well, you can tell. the author dedicated it to his best friend erin. that's cute, right?......more

Goodreads review by Margot on November 22, 2011

I can't think of a single reason why I shouldn't give this a five-star rating. I loved everything about it. First of all, Variant is one original little book. Yeah, everyone says the same about all the books they read, but I definitely found Variant refreshing and unique. And I really enjoyed Benson......more

Goodreads review by Cassi aka Snow White on August 02, 2011

4ish stars (yes I'm a little wishy-washy on this point) Variant is one of those books that's hard to review. (Yes I know I say that a lot!). It's a book with a First Half. Then a Second Half. And I want to judge them separately. Because by the end I couldn't put the book down, almost finishing it in a......more