The Elite

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THE ELITE Copyright © 2013 by Kiera Cass All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks. www.epicreads.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cass, Kiera.

The Elite / Kiera Cass. — 1st ed. p. cm.

Summary: “Sixteen-year-old America Singer is one of only six girls still competing in the Selection—but before she can fight to win Prince Maxon and the Illean crown, she must decide where her own heart truly lies”—Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-0-06-205996-3 (trade) ISBN 978-0-06-226285-1 (int’l ed.)

[1. Marriage—Fiction. 2. Contests—Fiction. 3. Social classes—Fiction. 4. Princes—Fiction. 5.

Love—Fiction.

6. Revolutionaries—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.C2685133Eli 2013 [Fic]—dc23

2012038124 CIP AC

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