Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes5/24/2023 When they arrive, they go into a room with reclining chairs. The teens follow the instructions on their invitation, taking a subway train to the Barton Oaks station. Not long after, they each receive invitations to The Game. They ask around about The Game but cannot find out more about it. He survives, and the group grows closer after this brush with death. When one of Lisse’s friends, Alden, turns down a crime boss’ offer to join his gang, the gang attacks him. You cannot apply to The Game you must receive an invitation. They hear rumors about a mysterious program called The Game. The teens try out different cafés, where they observe other unemployed people drinking and taking drugs. They decide to check out the nightlife to meet other unemployed people. She and seven other students are dropped off in a run-down, crime-ridden city where they receive basic food and shelter. At her graduation ceremony from school, Lisse receives a letter telling her she will be unemployed. She lives in a dystopian world where robots have taken a majority of the available jobs, leaving most humans unemployed and forced to survive on welfare from the government. The novel tells the story of Lisse, a teenager in 2154.
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