But I loved how determined Anna was, and how she actually thought things out and didn't get herself captured or killed in the process. I am not going any deeper into the characters since there is a lot of them and I will just end up rambling about them. Cas is funny, flirty and constantly hungry, Trev is the book worm who has the mind of an older man, Nick is just plain angry and hates the sight of Anna and Sam is the leader, and he has also stolen Anna's heart. I loved the set of characters in this book. Besides Anna you have Sam, Cas, Trev and Nick all who have lived in Anna's basement ever since their memories were wiped by The Branch years before. A long the way though Anna learns who she really is, and maybe not everything she has been told is true. After a gun fight Anna and the four boys are off to learn the secrets about their past lives and not fall back into the hands of The Branch. When The Branch comes to Anna's ranch and declares the boys ready she isn't ready to let go and neither is her father. At night she sneaks down to visit them with out being monitored. During the day Anna draws blood, files chart, and bring the boys treats. For five years Anna has sneaked to visit the boys, until she is caught and then eventually given permission to work beside her father. Her Dad is a scientist, part of The Branch who are trying to make 'the perfect solider' by biologically altering these boys. Since the time Anna was a young girl there has always been four boys living in her basement. And if they’re both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away. Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected.

Sam and the boys don’t remember anything before living in the lab-not even their true identities. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs. Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday life. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersĪdd it to Goodreads / Buy it on Amazon *It is currently $11 for the hardcover!*Įverything about Anna’s life is a secret.

Altered by jennifer rush