Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien

Dystopian Fiction makes me giddy.  I just can't devour it quickly enough.

~For those of you wondering, dystopian fiction just means books about a nightmarish world completely unlike our own current world.  Books falling into this genre include The Hunger Games, Matched, The Maze Runner, The Giver, and more.  The Planet of the Apes is a movie that falls into this genre.~

Last night I finished the first book in a series about a scarred sixteen-year-old girl living in a world that used to be known as Canada.

The main character is a strong-willed 16-year-old named Gaia who is a midwife (someone who delivers babies for a living).  Gaia is under order of the government to give three of the infants she delivers each month to the wealthy people living inside of the walls of the city - even if the parents don't want to give away their children.  Gaia, and many others, are forced to live outside of the walls of the city and are envious of those who live the life of privilege inside...but do you really want to live in world where the government sanctions kidnapping?

When the government inside of the city arrests Gaia's mother and father, her world is turned upside down.  When she hears of plans to execute her mom and dad, Gaia knows she has to get inside of the wall to save them...even if it kills her.

I found Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien to be a page turner.  I hope to read Prized, the second novel, this weekend.

(Will be in the library after Spring Break.  Is also in the Book Fair.)