The Unwanteds / Lisa McMann / 390 pages

This book is very different from Ms. McMann's YA books.  There is no objectionable language!!  The  Unwanteds is appropriate for, and should appeal to, most middle schoolers.  It was created after a family discussion about cuts made to the arts program at Ms. McMann's children's school.  What if children showing creativity were eliminated?  What if everybody just thought they were eliminated, but were really taken to a world that fostered their creativity?  Alex is purged from Quill, but his twin brother, Aaron, is not and has designs on the High Priestess's job.  Ms. McMann's dystopian fantasy is clever, funny, and thought-provoking.