The Lottery

Every student in the school knew that all the most important aspects of school life were controlled by a secret club called Shadow Council. Each fall, Shadow held a traditional lottery during which a single student's name was drawn. The rest of the student body called this student the lottery winner. But Shadow Council knew better; to them the winner was the lottery victim. Whatever the label, the fated student became Council's go-fer, delivering messages of doom to selected targets. In response, the student body completely shunned the lottery winner for the entire year. This year's victim was fifteen year old Sally Hanson.


Genre: Young Adult Fiction