
The Treatment (Paperback)
C. L. Taylor (author)- In stock
"You have to help me. We're not being reformed. We're being brainwashed."
All sixteen year old Drew Finch wants is to be left alone. She's not interested in spending time with her mum and stepdad and when her disruptive fifteen year old brother Mason is expelled from school for the third time and sent to a residential reform academy she's almost relieved.
Everything changes when she's followed home from school by the mysterious Dr Cobey, who claims to have a message from Mason. There is something sinister about the 'treatment' he is undergoing. The school is changing people.
Determined to help her brother, Drew must infiltrate the Academy and unearth its deepest, darkest secrets.
Before it's too late.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008240561
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 300 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 24 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A truly heart-pounding page turner for young adults, with a brilliant climax.' New! magazine
'This gripping book will keep you hooked, whatever your age.'
Fabulous magazine
'Suspense, suspicion and sinister secrets abound in this accomplished YA debut.' Lovereading.co.uk
'Creepy, chilling and thrilling - The Treatment will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last sentence.' Tamsyn Murray, author of Instructions for a Second-Hand Heart.
'A gripping look into a nightmare future.' Caroline Green author of Dark Ride
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“Superb!”
What an excellent YA novel by C.L Taylor.
Drew Finch a sixteen year old girl who keep herself to herself, she doesn't engage with her family much at home or people at school. When her disruptive brother Mason is...
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“Teen Read...”
Good Plot! Good Pace!
I really enjoyed this, but I wanted more from the ending....perhaps even needing a follow up.

“Good idea but needed more development of ideas and characters”
Even bearing in mind that strictly speaking I'm not the target audience for this novel, I feel that the plot was a little bit underdeveloped even for a young adult audience. The ending was rushed - it could... More
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