Perfect for fans of Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy and Lois Lowry’s The Giver. Amidst the excitement of the advances in stem cell research, little thought has been given to the human spare parts created at the world-famous Centre. But what happens when those ‘spare parts’ are revealed to be a lot more than that – to be living, breathing replicas of human beings? When teenage orphan Stella flees from a life in care homes, she escapes to the northern wilderness where a race of people known as Ferals live. The media portrays them as dangerous criminals, but when Stella encounters one she realises they’re not so different from her. They call themselves Labs, and they’re clones, products of a sinister research programme. Destined to grow to a certain age and then be used solely for their body parts, some of them managed to escape to the wilderness, where against all odds they survive under a fierce leader called Abel. Faced with fear, hatred, and violence, the Labs – with Stella’s help – start to fight for freedom, acceptance, and a place in a society that would rather not face up to some unpleasant truths about itself …