Beta

by Rachel Cohn

Book Overview

Elysia is created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen-year-old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from. She is a Beta, an experimental model of a teenage clone. She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to exist.

Elysia's purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection. Even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423157192
• ISBN13: 9781423157199
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Beta follows main protagonist Elysia, the first teenage clone (hence the 'Beta') to ever be created to serve on the island of Demesne where only the most elite people live. Demesne is so elite that its entire climate is controlled -- better oxygen, incredible weather 365 days a year. Clones are there to serve, have no souls, and definitely no rights. This story ends on an incredible cliff-hanger that gives you no choice but to read the second! This story was gripping to me from the beginning. I love dystopian stories an incredible amount, and Beta does not fall short. Some relationships/friendships within the story felt a little rushed which kind of took me out of it, but I can also see how this fits the tone of the story as well. I immediately bought and read the second book in the series and cannot wait for the third!