![]() ![]() It’s not until later that Ruby realizes she erased her parents’ memories, but only those memories related to Ruby. A short time later, Ruby’s father arrives at the garage. ![]() ![]() She takes Ruby to the garage and locks her inside. When she asks why, her mother is obviously frightened and doesn’t recognize Ruby. The following morning, Ruby is amazed that her mother isn’t cooking the traditional birthday breakfast. She ends the contact rather abruptly and moves to her father’s side of the bed, where she repeats the process. She doesn’t understand what she’s seeing or how it might affect her mother, but she’s curious about it. She quietly looks at her mother and suddenly discovers she is able to see into her mother’s mind. Later, she slips downstairs to her parents’ bedroom. Her parents argue that night and Ruby rushes to her room, locking herself inside. Ruby watches as friends fall victim, but she doesn’t show any signs of illness herself until the night before her tenth birthday. Even parents are sometimes afraid and willingly turn those who appear to be affected over to the Psi soldiers. The youngsters, known as the “Psi” children, soon become a group to be feared. The government creates a police force to deal with them. Many of those who don’t die exhibit an array of strange symptoms. In The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, Ruby Daly is almost ten years old when children across the United States begin dying at an alarming rate. ![]()
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