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"Six young people play a dangerous Game of Tag in public, chasing through the crowds, streets, and buildings of Chicago. This secret, one-of-a-kind, wildly expensive Game offers a macabre twist to the childhood version...if you get Tagged, you get Dead. Three """"Its"""" have their reasons for buying a place in the Game. Surgically enhanced Brandy is obsessed with destroying a naturally beautiful girl. Untalented Robert covets his target's position as superstar of the basketball team. Brainiac Charles craves a battle against an intellectual equal. Given their elite social status, they reject any possible downside to the contest. Each expects the satisfaction of killing their prey, then walking away. Hand-picked innocents play as 'Runners,' under threat to their loved ones should they refuse to participate: lovely, small-town Laura; celebrated athlete Tyrese; and Amanda, gamer extraordinaire. Alone, hunted by their adversary, each feels a single hope...to survive. Technological wizardry controls the Game. As soon as Runners receive the 'Go' signal on smartwatches locked to their wrists, the Game rockets them through the city, from the El to Michigan Avenue to the Lincoln Park Zoo. There is no time to rest. Every thirty minutes the Runner's location is transmitted to the It, which steadily diminishes the Runner's chance of ever reaching Home Base alive. The Game will not end until someone is Tagged, so the Runners must choose how to play. Will they accept death? Murder their Its? Or find a way to use individual strengths to stop the Game before anyone dies?"

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Wow....Just wow. I haven't gotten any work done since the day I opened this book!!!!! This book has great flow. I love a book that doesn't skip around and just goes from A-Z., TAG, YOU'RE DEAD did just that!!!!! It has a few main characters, but it is written so well that you know exactly who you are reading about. It just keeps you hooked all the way to the end. If the Hunger Games and The Purge had a baby, it would be TAG, YOU'RE DEAD. The suspense is super intense and Laura, Tyrese, and Amanda are all so different in so many ways. All from different walks in life. Laura is your everyday girl next door. Tyrese is your big black come up basketball star, and Amanda is the token hot geeky computer nerd. Looking at just these three characters there is one thing that is clear. Outside of what happened to them they probably would have never crossed paths. That's part of the beauty in this story. In a matter of a night they turn from normal people into people literally running for their lives. I will just go for the kill (no pun intended) I have never wanted to strangle the life out of a character so much as I wanted to do to Brandy. She is everything I hate about a human. Fake, greedy, stuck up, and murderous. There were literally times when I wanted to pull her out from the book and slap her! At times this book makes you ask yourself some really hard questions. What would you do? Would you press the Tag button? Would you honestly kill someone that was coming to kill you? Would you have done what Amanda did and just give trust out so freely? It makes you tap into that survival part of your being and places you right in the heart of all the chaos. I read this book in 3 days. That never happens! Bravo J.C. Lane! I am so pleased with this book beyond words. I can no wait to see what else you publish!--Trudy V Bryant

Always entertaining and constantly filled with suspense, PROPERTY OF THE STATE will captivate its young audience.--Rob Bentlyewski Teenreads

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Tag, You're Dead is J.C. Lane's first thriller. She writes mysteries as Judy Clemens, including the Stella Crown series, the Grim Reaper mysteries, and the stand-alone, Lost Sons. She lives in Ohio, where she shuttles her kids to events, loves cooking and baking new recipes, and is training for a half-marathon.

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