Then, she blacked out. Visions flooded her mind. Carnivel tents, ragged magicians hats, and the storyteller. Buttons being sewn into her skin, and yarn being used as hair. All the memories came flooding back. The fiction book Conjured by Sarah Beth Durst takes place in the early 2000's in multiple worlds. The main character is Eve. Eve is a teen girl that doesn't have a past. She is in the witness protection program, because of her ominous past. The past that she doesn't even know about. Eve is strong-willed and independant. The central conflict is the cops trying to figure out what happened in Eve's past, but if Eve can't even remember her past, she can't be much of a help.. or so they think.
Theme Analysis: This book makes me think about injustice because of how the police and FBI can use people. You are a witness if you saw whatever crime took place. Because you were at the wrong place at the wrong time, you can be used for whatever purposes the police want to use you for. That could also make you a target. The witness protection program in this book is supposed to protect you and lead you to a better life, but what if you like your life the way it is. They police just assume you are a target, and they change your whole life around. You get a new look, a new name, and a whole new identity. At the end of this book, when they are done using Eve for information, they court rules to "dispose" of Eve. She was related to the case, therefore they think they can automatically dispose of her. That is injustice.
This book overall was a good read and I recommend it to eighth graders and up. For kids younger than that, some things in the book might be hard for them to understand.
