Flagged: One Bad Scan Changes Everything

By Dona Plewis

One bad scan can destroy everything.

Sixteen-year-old Ava Barrett has learned the most important rule in Westhaven: don't get noticed.

In a country ruled by surveillance, social scoring, and quiet fear, every student is watched. Every family is measured. Every mistake has a cost. So when Ava's routine school scan suddenly flags her for behavioural variance, her safe, careful life begins to unravel.

Suddenly, teachers speak to her differently. Classmates keep their distance. Her family is pushed under growing scrutiny. And the more Ava tries to understand why she was flagged, the more she uncovers a world of hidden faith, buried truth, and dangerous secrets the system was never meant to expose.

In Westhaven, obedience means survival.
But some truths refuse to stay buried.

As pressure tightens around her home, Ava must decide who she can trust, what she is willing to risk, and whether staying silent will cost more than speaking out.

Flagged is a gripping young adult dystopian thriller filled with surveillance, government control, social scoring, hidden resistance, family loyalty, and forbidden faith. Perfect for readers who love The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Giver, and other suspenseful YA dystopian fiction with high stakes, emotional depth, and a chillingly believable future.

If you love YA dystopian books, teen suspense, clean young adult thrillers, social credit dystopia, and fast-paced survival stories with heart, Flagged is a novel you won't want to put down.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1069606340
• ISBN13: 9781069606341
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Karstin Enterprises Inc.
• Length: 425 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 5.5"